- Code
L.15805
- Amount of hours required
168
- Language
en-GB
- Quartile of execution
4, 4
HR professionals regularly are confronted with organizational ‘problems’ (i.e. an unsatisfying situation) and/or changes. For instance: culture, strategic, or social changes or swifts, demotivated or unsatisfied employees, etc.
Conducting research is a means for better understanding (gain knowledge of) this kind of problems that have a practical application. The purpose of conducting applied research is solving them by extracting the best possible solution or intervention (on the basis of the gathered data). Applied research consists of a set of different phases (the research cycle): 1) problem analysis, 2) research design, 3) data collection, 4) data analysis, 5) report (Verhoeven, 2011).
In Research 1, students will conduct a descriptive research (in groups of 4). In this course, they will walk through all of the phases of the research cycle. However, emphasize is on the problem analysis and design phase. The problem analysis phase is extremely important, since in this phase the project and research objectives will be shaped.
Competences
- AMA-IHRM 1 Credible Activist
Learning goals
After this course, students will know how/be able to:
- Conduct a problem analyses (extract and describe the background (reasons for research), the problem and the objective);
- Define the research topic/theme by describing relevant literature/theory and combine them into a conceptual model;
- Construct a relevant central (research) question and sub-questions;
- Design and argue an appropriate research method (i.e. participants/population, measurement instrument (survey), data collection method, analyses procedure);
- Conduct descriptive analyses using SPSS (frequency analyses, central tendency & dispersion figures, graphs);
- Present the research results in appropriate manner (according to APA-style);
- Draw (and interpret) conclusions on the basis of the results;
- Come up with relevant recommendations;
- Discuss (and reflect on) the research conducted;
- Compile a research report.
Tests
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| WC | Werkcollege |
| T.37718 | Research Skills 1 |