Bachelor 2018/2019

Research Seminar “Economics, Business and Society”

Type: Elective course (Sociology and Social Informatics)

Area of studies: Sociology

Delivered by: Department of Sociology

Where: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences

When: 3 year, 1-4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Instructors: Колесник Наталья Владимировна, Yana Krupets, Arevik G Markaryan, Ella L. Paneyakh

Language: English

ECTS credits: 4

Contact hours: 42

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is aimed at the development of students’ research skills of organizing and conducting of academic research in the field of economic sociology, and at the formation of professional competences in studying business, economy, and society.

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
• Homework
• Exam
  Экзамен проводится в письменной форме. Экзамен проводится асинхронно: студенты загружают письменные работы (reaction paper) в папку на платформе MS teams в Общем канале по курсу (https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3ae74e358aa762442e8709575318dee103%40thread.tacv2/%25D0%259E%25D0%25B1%25D1%2589%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9?groupId=c41ab207-0c30-42a7-8815-eec9a360e2eb&tenantId=21f26c24-0793-4b07-a73d-563cd2ec235f) не позднее даты и времени экзамена, указанного в расписании. Для участия в экзамене студент обязан: предоставить письменный текст выполненной работы (reaction paper). Во время экзамена студентам запрещен плагиат. Во время экзамена студентам разрешено пользоваться любыми необходимыми источниками для написания работы. Процедура пересдачи аналогична процедуре сдачи.

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (4 module)
  0.3 * Exam + 0.35 * Homework + 0.35 * 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