CSR BA Department - Qualitative Research Workshop

On 17th April 2015, the Business Administration (BA) Department of Swiss German University (SGU) held a workshop as part of their community service project. The workshop was titled “The Emergence of Qualitative Research in Social Science and Humanities’ Current Trends” and attended by SGU students, staffs and lecturers.

The goals of this event is to improve the quality of research activities particularly on “Qualitative research approaches” which is quite dynamic in a business environment. The workshop was also supported by the Advanced Technology Solution Team (ATS), the distributor of NVIVO software for a qualitative research.

The event was opened by Ms. Nila K. Hidayat as Head of the BA Department, and followed by qualitative research concept delivered by the Dean of Faculty of the Business Administration and Humanities, Prof. Eric Nasution. The ATS team supported the participants on how to utilize the NVIVO software. Most of the participants were MBA and Ph.D. students, and the other were lecturers from other universities in Jakarta.

This workshop was successfully provided specific guidance on some issues particular to qualitative research in the social sciences field.