12204 (v.2) Business Research Project (Marketing) 591

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Area:	School of Marketing
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Guides students through the preparation of the smaller business research projects. Develops researching capabilities, writing abilities and the planning, structuring and production of a business research project. Students are guided through the stages offormulating a research idea and producing a research plan. During the course, participants will be taught where to look for information, what to look for, how best to look for it and how to put together a body of information to produce a literature review. Participants will be taken through the steps of structuring, organising and collating information and data to produce a comprehensive, critical and unbiased research report
Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit students will have- Obtained the basic skills necessary to produce a research report. Enabled to manage time. Completed the task on schedule. Provided the foundations for more advanced research units or degrees by research. Isolated a researchable topic. Ensured the topic is well defined, straightforward with limited scope. Presented the problem, question, idea/topic and its importance to a critical audience. Defended and justified the topic to the critical audience. Presented the grounds for continuing with the research on the topic. Found a source of information and managed information sources, references and data. Produced a state of the art literature review: Where major areas are obvious and the review is logically organized, explained, constructed, styled and presented clearly and understandable, argued the research findings of others working in the area, indicated the data necessary for solving the problem/question, presented a summary of your topic in relation to the current literature.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Kumar, R. (1996). Research Methodology: A Step by Step Guide for beginners. Australia, Addison Wesley. Butler, P.F. (2000). Business Research Sources: A Reference Navigator. (latest edition). Sydney, McGraw Hill. Ticehurst, G.W. and Veal, A.J. (2000). Business Research Methods. Longman. Cavana, R.Y., Delahaye, B.L. and Sekaran, U. (2001). Applied Business Research: Qualitative and Quantative Methods. Sydney, John Wiley and Sons. Zikmund, W.G. (2000). Business Research Methods. (sixth edition). Harcourt College Publishers. Sekeran, U. (2000). Research Methods For Business: A Skill Building Approach. (third edition). John Wiley and Sons. Saunders, M., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A. (2000). Research Methods for Business Students. (second edition). Pearson Education. Turabian, K.L. (1987). A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. (fifth edition). Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Coakes, S.J. and Steed, L.G. (2001). SPSS for Windows: Analysis Without Anguish. Sydney, John Wiley and Sons. http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Social_Sciences/Methodology/ Curtin University Library and Information services home page: http://lisweb.curtin.edu.au/ Curtin Library Catalogue: http://lisweb.curtin.edu.au/draweb/welcome.html
Unit Texts:	Cooper, D.R. and Schinder, P.S. (2000). Business Research Methods. (seventh edition). Sydney, McGraw Hill.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Selection and Presentation of Topic 20%, Literature Review and Research Plan Presentations 20%, Final Project Report 60%. To pass this unit you must obtain 50% or more and you must pass each assessment point before proceeding on to the next. This is doneby grade/mark assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y     2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y