Week 65 (13.7.08)

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Research Design - Section 5, AMA Module

• A plan for selecting the sources and types of information used to answer research questions
• A framework for specifying the relationships among the study variables
• A blueprint that outlines each procedure from hypothesis to analysis
• Problem statement --> Purpose of Study (Exploratory/Descriptive/Hypothesis/Case study) --> Study setting (Non contrived/Contrived) -->Unit of analysis (Individuals/Dyads/Groups/Organizations) --> Time dimension (Cross sectional/Longitudinal) --> Operationalisation & Measurement --> Sampling --> Data collection --> Data analysis

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In my MBA assignment:

1. Problem statement: What human capital management (HCM) drivers that can predict organizational performance?
2. Purpose of the study: Descriptive study- to ascertain and be able to describe the characteristics of the variables of interest
3. Study setting: Non contrived - business research is undertaken in the natural environment where work proceeds as normal
4. Unit of analysis - Group
5. Time dimension - Cross sectional study - 4 months from July to October 2008
6. Operationalisation & Measurement - follows Human Capital Capability Scorecard (HCCS) by McBassi. 5 dependent variables operationalize to 24 independent variables
7. Sampling - use the 20-80 rules to represent the population = 30 samples
8. Data collection - questionnaires survey
9. Data analysis - using Microsoft Excel and interpretation of results