IS RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this Course, students will be able to: Apply critical thinking in research; Formulate research questions, problem statements and objective of a research; Build a research theoretical framework or the model and formulate hypothesis if any; Formulate measurement of variables and constructs, and collect the relevant data; Analysis of data and draw research conclusion; Write and present a research report.

Topics:

1. Introduction;
2. Writing a good proposal;
3. How to do literature review;
4. Research Design and Data Analysis (1);
5. Research Design and Data Analysis – Cause and Effect (continued);
6. Research Design and Data Analysis – Variable Measurement;
7. Research Design and Data Analysis: Multivariate Statistical Analysis Related Research questions;
8. Research Design and Data Analysis – Experimental Design (ANOVA and MANOVA);
9. Capita Selecta : Research question related to Operations Research (OR) and Advanced tools- selected articles from journals;
10. Student Presentation of their Work;
11. Enrichment Activity: WORKSHOP – Based on research questions prepared by students from session 1. Each student work on CHAPTER I of his/her PROPOSAL;
12. Enrichment Activity: WORKSHOP – Students to Finish CHAPTER II of their proposal with least 15 literatures reviewed; start working on CHAPTER III;
13. Guess lecture: Topics from Other Areas;
14. Enrichment Activity: WORKSHOP – WORKSHOP:  Working on;
15. Enrichment Activity: WORKSHOP – WORKSHOP: Completing the whole proposal;
16. Guess Lecture: Research Topics from other areas