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Integrating Project A & B

Unit Code: HEI882/883

Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
2 Semesters	66 Hours	Hawthorn	All Core Stage 1 and Stage 2 units of the MEI	Nil

Credit Points: 25 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A Stage 3 elective unit (double unit) in the Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation suite.

Aims & Objectives:

By the end of the unit, students will be able to:

Select and articulate a distinct research problem in the field of entrepreneurship (including a thorough, targeted literature search).
Produce a research design capable of addressing that problem.
Organise and commence the appropriate collection of data relevant to solving the chosen problem.
Analyse data using quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques appropriate to the chosen research problem.
Prepare a report of the results of the analysis.

Teaching Methods:

Research Methodology Seminar: Lecture Discussion, Seminars, Experiential and Practical Learning Exercises.

Assessment:

HEI882: 2000 word Project Proposal (80%) and Presentation 20%; HEI883: Individual Integrating Project 100%

Content:

Defining research and distinguishing entrepreneurship research
Defining a Research Problem and Writing a Research Proposal
Generic Research Tools and Components
Literature Review and Research Design
Major Generic Research Methodologies
Research Writing
Data Analysis: The quantitative study
Data Analysis: The qualitative study
Aspects of Specialist Methodologies

Recommended Reading:

Ticehurst, G & Veal, A, Business Research Methods: A Managerial Approach, Longman, NSW, 2002.
Leedy, PD, Practical Research Planning and Design, 6th edn, New Yark: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1993.
Neuman, WL, Social Research Methods. Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, Allyn & Bacon, Boston, 1991.
Emory, WC, Business Research Methods, rev edn or later, Richard Irwin, Homewood Illinois, 1980.
Van Wagenen, RK, Writing a Thesis: Substance and Style, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1991.