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Course: Business Research
Subject: Business Research Methods
Word limit: 3000 words
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Assessment Information

Subject Code: BUS 604

Subject Name: Business Research Methods

Assessment Title: Assessment 2 – Essay on research paradigm

Weighting: 35 %

Length: 3000 words

Due Date: Submission due Week 4 – Sunday at 11.59 pm

COURSE: Master of Business (Research)

Unit: Business Research Methods

Unit Code: BUS604

Type of Assessment:

Assessment 2 – Report on research paradigm

Unit Learning Outcomes addressed:

(a) Demonstrate a critical appreciation of the major steps involved in conducting research.

(b) Demonstrate an extended understanding of various business research designs and methods and be able to evaluate and explain their strengths and weaknesses in research designs for particular projects.

(c) Demonstrate a critical appreciation of ethical issues in research and an advanced understanding of appropriate procedures and protocols applicable to these issues.

(d) Critically review and evaluate research literature. (e) Design research for a particular project, explaining the

limitations, advantages, and technical and ethical implications of the techniques employed.

(f) Select, justify and design questions suitable for a survey instrument and be able to analyse survey data in relation to a particular research question.

(g) Prepare a formal research proposal investigating an innovative and/or unresolved research question.

Criteria for Assessment:

 Knowledge and Understanding  Content and exploration of theories and ideas  Analysis, synthesis and critical engagement  Technical skills and referencing

Assessment Task: Using particular research methodologies raises many philosophical questions for researchers about the nature of reality, how knowledge is constructed, the role of value in research and how

 

 

research should be conducted. Identify relevant research philosophies or paradigms and investigate their epistemology, ontology, axiology and their implications for methodology (research design, data collection, etc.) selection. Your essay must focus on contentious and problematic issues,

therefore they must contain a well-argued case with an appropriate

structure and obey academic conventions regarding referencing,

etc.

Although you may use any scholarly sources, the following are list of readings you can use to support your arguments.

Creswell, J.W and Creswell, J.D. (2018). Research Design Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, SAGE, Thousand Oaks

Bell, E., Bryman, A., & Harley, B. (2018). Business research methods. Oxford university press. Burrell, G., & Morgan, G. (2017). Sociological paradigms and organisational analysis: Elements of the sociology of corporate life. Routledge. Hammersley, M., & Gomm, R. (1997). Bias in social research. Sociological Research Online, 2(1), 1-13. Neuman, W (2017) Social research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches: The Meanings of methodology, Allyn and Bacon, Boston. Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Leech, N. L. (2005). On becoming a pragmatic researcher: The importance of combining quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. International journal of social research methodology, 8(5), 375-387. Yilmaz, K. (2013). Comparison of quantitative and qualitative research traditions: Epistemological, theoretical, and methodological differences. European Journal of Education, 48(2), 311-325.

Submission Date: Week 4 (online submission).

Total Mark & Weighting:

35 marks | 35%

Students are advised that any submissions past the due date without an approved extension or approved extenuating circumstances incur a 5% penalty per calendar

day, calculated from the total mark e.g. a task marked out of 35 will incur a 1.75 mark penalty

per calendar day.

 

 

 

 

 

Criteria HD (High

Distinction) 85%-100%

DN (Distinction) 75%-84%

CR (Credit) 74%-65%

P (Pass) 50%-64%

F (Fail) 0%-49%

Knowledge and

u n d e rs ta n d i n g

5 m a rk s

Command

of the

topic,

unusual

creativity,

perception

and insight,

all

suggesting

that work

should be

published

in an

academic

forum.

Demonstr ate

s command

of the topic

by showing

creativity,

perception

and insight —

a serious

c o n tri b u tio n

to th e

academic

debate.

Demonstr ates

a well –

informed

understanding

of the topic

by showing

creativity and

insight — a

serious

contribution to

the academic

debate.

Understandin

g of

contemporary

academic

debate, with

some

creative input

and insight,

with a

tendency

toward

description.

Limited/poor

understanding

demonstrated. Any

creative input is

somewhat off the

point.

Content and

exploration of

theories and ideas

10 marks

Outstandin

g selection

that makes

a

substantial

contributio

n to

Ou tsta nd in g

s el ecti o n

from a wide

relevant and

innovative

range of

Selection

from a wide

and relevant

range o f

perspectives

and sources

Relevant

selection from

a range o f

perspectives

and sources.

Sources are

Narrow selection,

minimal use of

sources, to support

the argument.

 

 

 

academic

debate.

perspectives

and sources.

that draws

upon

contemporar

y academic

debate.

mostly

integra ted

into the

overall

argument.

Analysis,

synthesis and critical engagement 15 marks

Outstandin

g use of

source

material.

Excellent

argument

that is of

the highest

academic

quality.

Critical

distance and

outstanding

analysis of

the

question, to

a high

Sources ve ry

well

integrated into

the overall

argument.

Clear well

structured

argument that

is well crafted

and cogent.

Critical

distance and

outstanding

analysis of the

question.

Sources

well-

integrated

into the

overall

argument.

Clear,

cogent and

well-

structured

argument.

Critical

distance and sound

analysis of the question.

Mostly clear,

cogent and

well-structured

argument.

Demonstr ates

criticality a n d

g e ne rally

g o od analysis.

Sources are not

properly integrated

into the argument.

Absence of clear

and cogent

argument.

Incomplete analysis

with a tendency to

accept the source

material at face

value.

 

 

degree of

excellence.

Technical skills

and referencing

5marks

Referenci

ng

impeccab

le using

appropria

te

conventio

ns.

No errors

in

grammar

or

spelling.

Referencing

clear and

accurate using

appropriate

conventions.

Virtually no

errors i n

grammar or

spelling.

Referencin

g clear and

accurate

using

appropriat

e

conventions. Good grammar and spelling.

Referencing

sufficiently

clear and

using an

appropriate

convention.

Adequate

grammar and

spelling.

References

limited/inappropriat

e. Many errors in

grammar and

spelling, making it

difficult or impossible

to read.

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