Course Title: Business Research Design

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Business Research Design

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BUSM4448	City Campus	Postgraduate	610P BUS Portfolio Office	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2016, Sem 2 2016, Sem 1 2017, Sem 2 2017
BUSM4448	City Campus	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2020, Sem 1 2022, Sem 2 2022, Sem 1 2023
BUSM4448	City Campus	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Face-to-Face or Internet	Sem 1 2018, Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 2 2021
BUSM4449	Open Learning Australia	Non Award	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Distance / Correspondence	OUAS1PG19, OUAS2PG19, OUAS1PG20, OUAS2PG20, OUAS1PG21, OUAS2PG21, OUAS1PG22, OUAS2PG22, OUAS1PG23
BUSM4450	RMIT University Vietnam	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Face-to-Face	Viet2 2018, Viet3 2018, Viet2 2019, Viet3 2019, Viet1 2020, Viet3 2020, Viet2 2021, Viet1 2022, Viet3 2022
BUSM4453	RMIT Vietnam Hanoi Campus	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Face-to-Face	Viet3 2019, Viet1 2020

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BUSM4586	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JanJun2018 (KP2)
BUSM4586	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JulDec2018 (All)
BUSM4586	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JulDec2019 (KP4), JulDec2019 (All)
BUSM4586	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JanJun2020 (KP2)
BUSM4586	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JulDec2020 (KP6)
BUSM4586	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JulDec2021 (KP4)
BUSM4586	RMIT Online	Postgraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Internet	JanJun2022 (KP2)

Course Coordinator: Mohamed Farah

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 1546

Course Coordinator Email: Mohamed.Farah@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: build 13

Course Coordinator Availability: by appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required prior study: You should have completed a minimum of 96 credit points of study within your program prior to undertaking this course.

Course Description

This course is designed to equip students with a problem-solving approach that can be used to tackle wicked problems within contemporary business environments. Solutions are then framed within a business model framework, and pitched to peers and industry partners. You will identify assumptions within their business model and develop a research proposal that will address a fundamental inherent assumption within their model. The research proposal will turn the assumption into a research question, identify the appropriate ontology, epistemology, method and methodology to address that question.

 

This course includes a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context, and where feedback from industry is integral to your experience.

 

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

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On completion of this course you will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate the broad range of research designs applicable to exploration of complex and ambiguous business problems

2. Identify and synthesise research designs to explore relevant aspects of a complex and ambiguous business problem

3. Critically evaluate and synthesise options for innovative business research design

4. Effectively communicate advanced and integrated research designs to professional target audiences

Overview of Learning Activities

This course is offered at multiple locations employing different learning modes. This means that the nature of the learning activities may vary depending on where you are enrolled. You may participate in face to face lectures, workshops, seminars, online discussions and collaborative activities. The course will use a mixture of learning activities ranging from lecturer and facilitator-directed learning, through supported identification and analysis of an appropriate business problem, to multi-disciplinary group work on design and assessment of innovative business options in response to a wicked problem.

 

To successfully complete this course, you will need to participate in lectures, tutorials and other learning events. This is an activity based course.  You will need to actively participate in groups and individual activities both within and outside the classroom. You will need to complete regular weekly learning tasks and come to tutorials prepared. This may involve online activities, directed reading, analysing video material and case studies, reporting critically on set questions, researching course topics, provide peer feedback, and complete prescribed assessment tasks.

 

You will be required to actively and effectively engage with peers in collaborative problem-solving activities and other forms of group work.

 

Specifically, you will:

• Engage in research by means of searching texts, internet resources and journals (academic and professional).
• Read selected articles and provide feedback to discussion questions.
• Participate in classroom and/or via Discussion Board on Canvas.
• Prepare and participate in class presentations (live/recorded).
• Develop a research proposal to address assumptions within a business model.

Overview of Learning Resources

Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies\Canvas. The lecture notes and workshop notes are posted on Canvas.

Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. Visit the RMIT library website for further details. Assistance is available online via our chat and email services, face to face at our campus libraries or via the telephone on (03) 9925 2020.

Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period. 

Overview of Assessment

The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:

Assessment Task 1: 20% 
Linked CLOs: 2, 3

Assessment Task 2: 40%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4

Assessment Task 3: 40%
Linked CLOs: 1, 3, 4

Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.