Executive Certificate in Business Research Methods

The Aventis Executive Education Series

This Executive Certification is part of our Aventis Executive Education Series, which collectively provides a robust platform for like-minded and talented senior executives across Asia to partake in collaborative learning.

Facilitated by reputable industry experts and partnered with the prestigious University of Roehampton (London), our structured courses provide an excellent opportunity for you to enhance your professional skills and keep yourself updated with the latest industry insights, as a working professional. 

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Aventis Executive Certification in Business Research Methods

The Aventis Executive Certification in Business Research Methods will equip you with the knowledge and critical techniques in order to conduct research in business and management. This Certification has been structured to cover the different kinds of research, especially scholarly, academic output and applied consultancy output; whilst the module’s practical emphasis is on facilitating research methods for empirical research.

You will learn about the different approaches that can be adopted to undertake research, and to learn how research methods are underpinned by different factors that impact upon research design, the quality of empirical fieldwork and the final research’s dissemination, and explore different approaches to using academic literature. The course will explore the implications of research design on constructing research tools and planning data analysis or consultancy intervention. We will also outline the importance of research ethics for any human interaction involved in your research.

Course Schedule

This Aventis Executive Certification in Business Research Methods is a structured program delivered across 4 days (2 blocks of Sat & Sun) from 9am to 5pm held Virtually via Zoom.

In this 4-Day Executive Certification program, students will be equipped to learn the following:

• Deepen understanding of different research approaches and methodologies
• Gain a comprehensive overview of what is needed to carry-out successful and effective research
• Gain a deep understanding of the nature and the roles of qualitative market research, and thereby acquire the knowledge and skills to meet their organisation’s qualitative research needs and defend their research thesis.
• Learn to formulate research problems, apply appropriate research approaches and methods of inquiry (both quantitative or qualitative), and in presenting their results.
• Receive guidance on how to conduct their own research projects in their business discipline.

This Executive Certification is ideal for senior executives or managers seeking to enhance their credentials in this subject matter, and for any working professional eager to know more and get updated on current ideas in the respective field.

We would recommend this Executive Certification for the following audience:

• CEO, Director, Manager, Supervisor
• Business professional
• Business Researcher
• Research report writer
• Research and Development Manager

Prof. Malick Ousmane SY with a Ph.D. Economics & Finance has more than 25 years of experience in financial consulting and advisory to many financial institutions in Europe, Asia, and Australia. He is a professor in Financial Management at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University-Australia, a visiting Professor at the City University of New York (USA) and adjunct Professor of Arcadia University, Pennsylvania (USA). He is currently the Managing Director and Principal Consultant of a financial consulting firm with offices in Southeast Asia. Dr Malick was also the Director of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and member of the Singapore Exchange Corporate Advisory Committee.