SCHEME OF WORK RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Faculty of Business Management

Assesment

2 Tests (@ 10%) 20%
Individual Assignment-article critique (min. 2 articles) 15%
Group project (3-5 students); written proposal & presentation 10%
Final examination 50%
TOTAL 100%

Textbook

Sekaran, U. (2006). Research Methods for Business - A Skill Building Approach, 4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

References

Zinkmud, W.G. (2000). Business Research Methods, 6th Edition, Dryden Press.
Coakes, S.J., and Steed, L.G. (1999). SPSS Without Anguish Version 11.0. Wiley & Sons.

Lind, D.A, W.G. Marchal and R.D. Mason. (2002). Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics, 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill.

Format of Final Report

INSTRUCTIONS

• DUE DATE: 1 week before final examination
• Softcopy ONLY in CD; final report and raw-data
• For COVER; use Arial, 18 font size (Title of research, names, name of university, name of lecturer and submission date-Month, Year)
• For CONTENTS; Double spacing, Times New Roman, 12 font size, use NORMAL page setup
• minimum pages: 20, no maximum page

ORGANIZATION OF FINAL REPORT

DECLARATION

Example of declaration;

We hereby declare that the work have been done by ourselves and no portion of the work contained in this project paper has been submitted of any application for any other degree or qualification of this any university or institute of learning.

On behalf of group member,

(Group leader name)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

DEDICATIONS

ABSTRACT, should consists of;

• purpose
• design/methodology/approach
• findings
• research limitations/implications
• practical implications
• originality/value
• keywords

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

CHAPTER 1 - INTODUCTION

1.0 Introduction

1.1 Background of research

1.2 Issue of research

1.3 Statement of problem

1.4 Gaps of knowledge

1.5 General aim of research and specific aims of research

1.6 Justifications for research

1.7 Summary of methodology

1.8 Operational definitions

1.9 Scope of study

1.10 Outline of the report

1.11 Summary of the chapter

CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF LITERATURE

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Discussion on issues, and related topis in research

2.3 Evaluation of the literature review

CHAPTER 3: METHOD OF INVESTIGATION

3.0 Introduction

3.1 Theoretical/research framework

3.2 Source of data (Primary data and secondary data collections)

3.3 Research procedures (Pilot testing, construct measure, distribution etc.)

3.4 Type of measurement scales

3.5 Dimension of all variables (Demographic, dependent, independent, intervening, moderating variables)

3.6 Handling blank responses

3.7 Data coding

3.8 Data entry

3.9 Validity (Content validity, construct validity)

3.10 Reliability

3.11 Sampling techniques (population element, sampling procedures, selection of the sample size, selection of respondents)

3.12 Sampling design

3.13 Statistical analysis employed (Frequency distribution, measuring location, level of significance, factor scaling, etc.)

3.14 Statements of proposition (hypotheses)

3.15 Summary of the Chapter

CHAPTER 4: DATA ANALYSIS

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Response rate

4.3 Research findings (Demographics, accessing reliability and validity, factor analysis, operational measures of the study variables)

4.4 Skewness and kurtosis test

4.5 Correlation matrix (multicollinearity test, correlation matrix between variables)

4.6 Proposition testing

CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

5.0 Introduction

5.1 Summary of study

5.2 Key findings of study (exploratory factor analysis and descriptive analysis)

5.3 Summary of the key findings (propositions testing)

5.4 Discussion (Closing the gaps)

5.5 Practical implications

5.6 Limitations of research

5.7 Recommendations for future research

5.8 Conclusion

APPENDICES

REFERENCES

• Example:
• Jurnal; Norzaidi, M.D., Intan Salwani, M., & Lin, B. (2007). Intranet usage and managers' peformance. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 107(8), pp.103-123.
• Book; Norzaidi, M.D., & Intan Salwani, M. (2008). Information Technology (IT) Models: An Introduction, UPENA, Shah Alam.