Бакалавриат 2019/2020

Научно-исследовательский семинар "Экономика, бизнес и общество"

Статус: Курс по выбору (Социология и социальная информатика)

Направление: 39.03.01. Социология

Кто читает: Департамент социологии

Где читается: Санкт-Петербургская школа социальных наук и востоковедения

Когда читается: 4-й курс, 1-3 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Преподаватели: Колесник Наталья Владимировна, Крупец Яна Николаевна, Маркарян Аревик Гарниковна, Панеях Элла Львовна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 30

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course consists of tutorials (30 hours). The tutorials include Mini-lectures/discussions: - Social organization of academia and how to be a scholar - How to write and read academic papers - What is economic sociology and how sociologists can study business Master-classes: - How to conduct a research and how to be a successful researcher - Master-class by an invited practitioner Trainings: - How to conduct a qualitative interview - How to analyze qualitative interviews Reading - groups: reading and discussing academic papers (about business and economy, about science, about academic writing, etc.) Presentations of the students’ progress in their research activity

Learning Objectives

• Research Seminar is aimed at discussing academic research in the field of economic sociology, and at the formation of professional competences in studying business, economy, and society. Students will also learn how to write and read academic papers.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Understand the principles of doing academic research
• Know the methods and principles of academic and applied research
• Know the specificity of sociological approach to studying economy
• Able to conduct sociological research
• Able to use qualitative methods of data collection and analysis
• Able to study business and economic with sociological methods

Course Contents

• Academic reading and the basics of student scientific work
  The goal of the first module is to give the students some general understanding of academic reading and to provide support for the start of their own yearly essay/bachelor thesis.
• Methods of applied research
  The goal is the development of students' research skills. In Specialization 1. "Organization studies" students will learn about current areas of qualitative and quantitative research in organizations, including Employee Experience, Employer Branding, product approach, People Analytics, and others, and discuss the prospects for developing these areas from different perspectives. In Specialization 2. "Market studies" Students will learn about current areas of qualitative and quantitative research of the markets, including target audience studying, mystery shopping, consumers’ survey, customer’s journey map (CJM).
• Student’s academic work
  During this module the focus will be done on the development of the students’ academic writing and research skills and the discussion of their research papers/project (course papers, research thesis). The main goal of this part is to help students with their research projects. We will discuss how the paper should be organized, the requirements for the research paper, the progress and the difficulties that students have by that moment with their research.

Assessment Elements

• In-class participation
• Homework1
  Presentation of the individual research proposal
• Homework 2
  Presentation of the research design and piloting of instrument
• Exam

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (3 module)
  0.3 * Exam + 0.2 * Homework 2 + 0.2 * Homework1 + 0.3 * In-class participation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Aspers, P., & Dodd, N. (2015). Re-Imagining Economic Sociology. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1200997

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Portes, A. (2010). Economic Sociology : A Systematic Inquiry. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=329852
• Tittenbrun, J. (2011). Economy in Society : Economic Sociology Revisited. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=524366