Research Method Source of the Data

CHAPTER III THE METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH

A. Research Method

The qualitative research is concerned with collecting and analyzing information in many forms, chiefly non-numeric as possible Blaxter, Hughes and Tight, 1996. In this research, the researcher used naturalistic method in qualitative approach. Lincoln and Guba 1985: 37 propose that qualitative method is a research method based on naturalist paradigm that has some characteristics. First, the realities are multiple and holistic. Second, the knower and known are interactive and inseparable. Third, hypothesis are bounded by time and context. Fourth, the causes and effect are impossible to be distinguished. Fifth, the inquiry is value-bond. The naturalistic method is selected because this research is based on natural setting or in entity context. Here, natural setting means the condition of the research subject is directed to the natural or real condition of the field. In describing the roles of Human Resource Management toward the improvement of teaching quality, the researcher used qualitative descriptive method. According to Seliger and Shomamy 1989, descriptive research involves a collection of techniques used to specify, delineate or describe naturally occurring phenomena without experimental manipulation.

B. Time and Place of the Research

1. Time of the Research

This research is carried out in three months, from March 2009 until May 2009. The researcher observed the roles of Human Resource Management in the improvement of English course teaching quality in LBPP LIA Surakarta.

2. Place of the Research

This research is conducted in Lembaga Bahasa dan Pendidikan Profesional LBPP LIA Surakarta, Jalan Bhayangkara No.10 Surakarta 57154. The reason why the researcher determines the research in LBPP LIA is because LBPP LIA is a good and famous English Course, which is considered as the right place in conducting this research.

C. Source of the Data

The data of the research in this study were collected in the form of information about human resource management and the staff of the English course, especially the teachers. In this research, the source of the data will be obtained from: 1. Events The event of this research is in the form of teaching learning process in the classroom to observe the teaching performance of English Course’s teachers. 2. Informants The researcher took a manager of Human Resource Division HRD of LBPP LIA Surakarta as the informant to be interviewed. The manager was Urip Danang Nugroho, S.Sos. The researcher also took four teachers and five students of LBPP LIA as the informants of the research. The teachers were Drs. Wasi Dewanto, Umi Lestari, SS, Keni, S.Pd, and Sriyati, S.Pd. The students were Yogi, Ifa, Arum, Yessi and Sasa. 3. Documents According to Sutopo 2002: 54 document is a written material which related with certain event or activities. The documents in this research were all archives or written information concerning with human resource management and staffs in English Course.

D. Techniques of Data Collecting