Qualitative Research Report: HR Development in South Africa

This report presents a qualitative research study focused on assessing the importance of human resources and strategies development in South Africa and SETAs. The research utilizes a constructivist worldview and employs a grounded theory research methodology. The study emphasizes the need for a qualitative approach to generate new insights and understand the context surrounding the research topic, including the use of purposive sampling techniques. The researcher contextualizes the topic through literature review, focusing on the 'why, where, and by whom' of previous studies. The planning of the qualitative research differs significantly from quantitative research, with a focus on understanding rather than measurement, smaller sample sizes, and thematic data presentation. The report highlights the significance of human resource development strategies in the context of South Africa's financial progress and development programs, as well as the role of statutory National Skills Authority.

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QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
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RESEARCH 2
Qualitative Research
The research topic is about assessing the importance of human resources and
strategies development in South Africa and Setas. Rather than using a quantitative research
approach, the research study will utilize the qualitative research approach. The qualitative
approach is necessary for this exercise as the research wants to generate new insight into the
research topic Additionally, the researcher is focussed on actively engaging the participants
throughout the process (Collis & Hussey 2013). Since the researcher is concerned with
getting a better understanding of the research topic’s setting and the context problem, they
will be required to solicit and gather information which reveals the explanations behind the
numbers. In such a case, the qualitative research approach is necessary. The researcher’s
worldview for this study is a constructivist approach. It is through this paradigm that a
grounded theory research methodology is proposed to be applied in this research study (Bell
& Bryman 2007).
Through contextualization, the researcher will widen the perspective and the view of
the research. Also, the researcher will be in a position to find the research questions on top of
preparing a well-organized investigation. The researcher will contextualize the research topic
by reviewing the existing literature and examining other research studies related to the topic
(Collis & Hussey 2013). This way, the research topic will be more specific and focused. The
researcher will then broaden the perspective and narrow the research question to specifics.
The researcher will investigate the relevant theories related to the topic and the relevant
disciplines that are applicable. While undertaking the literature review, the researcher should
focus on the research specifics like finding out why, where and by whom the research was
conducted. The reporting of the literature review forms another way of contextualizing the
research where it is expressed the problem’s context and rationale (Saunders, Lewis &
Thornhill 2012).

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The grounded theory research methodology would augur well with a non-probability
sampling technique. The non-probability sampling approach can be justified by the fact that
there exists no evidence that the attitudes, values and beliefs which form the core of
qualitative research are distributed normally (Normal distribution). In the case of assessing
the importance of human resources and strategies development as a research topic, the use of
purposive sampling technique will be the most valuable option (Saunders, Lewis & Thornhill
2012). This is because the data collection will be done in conjunction with data analysis and
review. The sample sizes will be determined on the ground of theoretical saturation.
Additionally, the technique will be appropriate because the sample sizes fixation is flexible in
that they will be fixed before or after data collection. The technique is economically viable to
both time and resources and this will be a factor in the research project under review.
The planning of the qualitative research varies from that of quantitative research. One
of the key differences lies in the emphasis of each research technique. Whereas the
quantitative research emphasizes on measurement, qualitative research focuses on
understanding. Qualitative research tends to understand the why and how of particular
attitudes or behaviours (Bell & Bryman 2007). The planning of the quantitative research
would focus on measurement being the primary objective. Since quantitative research
demand a high level of statistical confidence compared to qualitative research, the planning
would, therefore, be different. Planning of qualitative research would involve small numbers
of sample sizes while quantitative research involves large numbers of sample sizes; thus,
robust planning is required. Whereas the qualitative researcher plans on presenting the data
on thematic presentations, the quantitative researcher has to plan to use statistical plots as
data presentation tools.

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References
Bell, E., and Bryman, A. (2007) ‘The ethics of management research: An exploratory content
analysis’, British Journal of Management, 18(1), pp. 63–77.
Collis, J & Hussey, R (2013), Business Research: A Practical Guide for Undergraduate and
Postgraduate Students, 4th ed. London: Palgrave-MacMillan
Saunders, M Lewis, P & Thornhill, A (2012), Research Methods for Business Students, 6th
ed., Pearson Learning Solutions