Unit of Study


Research Tools at Work
UoS CodeWORK6008
Credit points6
OfferedSemester 2
Lectures3 hrs per week
AssessmentContinuous: Case studies,  practicals,  exam and/or research proposal.
DescriptionProvides a practical approach for researching human resource management and industrial relations at the organisational level. The unit provided the research skills that practitioners are increasingly required to demonstrate in the workplace. Students will be equipped to design and implement suitable research programs and well as to evaluate research undertaken by other parties, including external consultants. Topics/tools covered include: research ethics, sampling, methods, survey development, focus groups and other qualitative research methods, survey analysis, experimental research, descriptive and inferential statistical analysis, and writing research reports.
Additional InformationStudents wishing to take this unit must first seek approval from the Work and Organisational Studies Postgraduate Coursework Coordinator.
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