Utbildning DBA

Doctoral Business Research 1, 2 & 3

On completion of the three Doctoral Business Research courses, you will receive the award PGCert Doctoral Business Research Methods

Doctoral Business Research 1

An introduction to research methods

This course presents the first step in a basic review of the nature of research and methods for business and management doctoral students. It will provide students with the practical research tools and the theoretical background for critiquing and designing research on a variety of topics. It also serves as a useful guide as to the content required in a thesis, the nature of examination for a doctoral degree, and how to generate research questions and write in an appropriate academic style.

Doctoral Business Research 2

The qualitative researcher

This course introduces qualitative research methods for business and management doctoral students.
It will help students to assess the advantages and disadvantages of different qualitative methods and look at how they can combine with each other. Moreover, it provides a holistic understanding of the qualitative research process starting from outline of philosophical underpinnings to qualitative data collection, analysis, and reporting.

Doctoral Business Research 3

The quantitative researcher

This course introduces quantitative research methods for business and management doctoral students. It will provide an understanding of the different techniques available from data collection through to analysis. The course is designed as an introduction to quantitative techniques, bridging into more advance ones with a comprehensive coverage of the most used methods. The course will also train students on the use of SPSS to carry out analysis and apply the techniques covered within the course.