Understanding how behaviors, policies, and systems in organizations, specifically HR, can impact employees, teams, organizational effectiveness, and industry competitiveness requires methodologically rigorous research. HR and executive leaders need to leverage sound research in order to make evidence-based organizational decisions. This course will be an overview of a wide variety of methodological and analytical topics in organizational and HR research. Topics that will be covered include role of theory in organizational research, construction of hypotheses, research designs, ethics, analytical methods, research translation, and practical application. Students who are interested in having a better understanding of how to conduct, consume, and apply organizational research would benefit from this course.

Understanding how behaviors, policies, and systems in organizations, specifically HR, can impact employees, teams, organizational effectiveness, and industry competitiveness requires methodologically rigorous research. HR and executive leaders need to leverage sound research in order to make evidence-based organizational decisions. This course will be an overview of a wide variety of methodological and analytical topics in organizational and HR research. Topics that will be covered include role of theory in organizational research, construction of hypotheses, research designs, ethics, analytical methods, research translation, and practical application. Students who are interested in having a better understanding of how to conduct, consume, and apply organizational research would benefit from this course.