Postgraduate Course: Methods of Research in HRM (CMSE11211)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | This course is divided into three parts: 'research design', 'quantitative analysis' and 'qualitative analysis'. These are designed to provide students with an overview of the conventions on research in Social Sciences in general, and Human Resource Management in particular, and the role of qualitative and quantitative studies in such research. It is assessed by a report carried out over the duration of the semester, as well as by two formative multiple choice tests. |
| Course description |
Aims, Nature, Context:
This course has three objectives. First, to help students understand the research process in the field of Human Resource Management. Second, to provide students with practical insight into the research process via individually conducted research projects over the course of the semester. Third, to assist them in understanding how to read and evaluate research in the field of Human Resource Management.
Student Learning Experience:
Tutorial/seminar hours represent the minimum total live hours - online or in-person - a student can expect to receive on this course. These hours may be delivered in tutorial/seminar, lecture, workshop or other interactive whole class or small group format. These live hours may be supplemented by pre-recorded lecture material for students to engage with asynchronously.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explain the principles of research in Social Sciences and Human Resource Management
- Choose an appropriate research design for a Human Resource Management research question
- Identify and critically evaluate literature in the field of Human Resource Management
- Evaluate, select, justify and apply appropriate qualitative or quantitative data collection, presentation and analysis methods to their chosen area of research, in order to ensure that the evidence generated, its analysis and the conclusions drawn from it are valid and reliable
- Use such knowledge to construct an original piece of research of their own, and develop further independent research skills as well as the skills for presenting the findings of their research in a professional manner.
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Reading List
| Resource List: https://eu01.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/leganto/public/44UOE_INST/lists/26181442040002466?auth=SAML |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
After completing this course, students should be able to:
1. Develop research questions and objectives in a chosen research area;
2. Critically evaluate both relevant literature and different research design and data collection/analysis methods;
3. Develop thinking to enable production of a sound research proposal;
4. Recognise qualitative and quantitative techniques appropriate to the analysis of some particular circumstances, understand their strengths and limitations, and choose between them.
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| Keywords | HRM-MOR |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Yumeng Yue
Tel: (0131 6)50 3809
Email: yumeng.yue@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lauren Millson
Tel: (0131 6)51 3013
Email: Lauren.Millson@ed.ac.uk |
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