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◄Faculty of Economics and Administration►

COURSE PRO FORMA

EQB7001 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Learning Outcomes At the end of the course, students are able to:

(1) Demonstrate familiarity with concepts and theoretical
perspectives in research methods;
(2) Apply research methods in Public Administration;
(3) Demonstrate competence in information management;
and
(4) Compare past research practices.
Synopsis of Course The course equips students with the required knowledge
Contents and skills to conduct research focussing on the public
sector. Attention is given to areas such as the research
process, variables, design, conceptualisation,
operationalisation and measurement, reliability and validity,
methods of collecting data, sampling, ethics and statistical
analysis.

The course also guides students to prepare a research
proposal and acquire statistical skills, such as Statistical
Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).

Assessment Methods Continuous Assessment :100%
Main Reference (1) Sekaran, Uma and Bougie, Roger (2013), Research
Methods for Business: A Skill Building Approach, 6th
ed., New York: John Wiley & Sons.
(2) Babbie, E. (2007), The Practice of Social Research,
11th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
(3) Saunders et al. (2007), Research Methods for Business
Students, 4th ed., Harlow: Prentice Hall.
(4) Neuman, W. Lawrence (2014), Social Research
Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, 7th
ed., Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
EQB7002 RESEARCH PROJECT
Learning Outcomes At the end of the course, students are able to:

(1) Determine a suitable topic for problem, objective and
background of research;
(2) Integrate information from the relevant literature and
design a research framework;
(3) Apply the right methodology in collecting required
data;
(4) Analyze the information/ data collected; and
(5) Producing written research reports.
Synopsis of Course The course is designed to train students in conducting
Contents research in public administration and writing a research
paper. Students are guided by at least one supervisor from
the development of a research project to the completion of
the research report. The stages include identification of
issues, establish problem statement, research questions,
designing a study, literature review (analysis, synthesis and
critic of empirical research and theory), data collection, data
analysis, analysis of the findings to answer the research
questions, and drawing appropriate conclusions.
Assessment Methods 100% Research Project

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