Mentor's Seminar

2025/2026

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Strategic and International Management

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

1 year, 1-4 module

Instructor

Prostakov, Ivan

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The seminar aims to provide individual counselling and support for the educational trajectories of students in order to design and follow their individual curricula. It will provide organizational space and individual support for the formulation of key learning outcomes in line with the focus of the pathway and individual learning outcomes to better reflect the career-related needs of each student. The mentor will guide students in the selection of courses and help them to identify potential research topics and suitable supervisors for the MA thesis. The seminar aims to develop students' skills in self-organisation of academic work and to develop their academic writing and presentation skills. The seminar also aims to develop the ability to work with relevant materials and to become familiar with the basic rules of academic ethics in order to organize and manage an individual research project.

Learning Objectives

• To assist students in the design and implementation of their individual learning trajectory.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• an identification of the range of career trajectories
• selection and coordination of the elements of the individual curriculum, corresponding to the individual educational results
• an identification of research interest and selection of research topic for the term paper
• identification of steps necessary to achieve key learning outcomes
• identification of suitable topics for individual research work, formulation of research goals and tasks, preparation of an appropriate research plan

Course Contents

• Designing Individual learning path
• Preparation of the master thesis
• Preparation of term paper

Assessment Elements

• Interim Assesment
• Interima Assesment
  Home works on Master's Thesis preparation

Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 4th module
  0.5 * Interim Assesment + 0.5 * Interima Assesment
• 2026/2027 3rd module
  1 * 2025/2026 4th module

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Deresky, H. (2016). International Management: Managing Across Borders and Cultures, Text and Cases, Global Edition. [N.p.]: Pearson. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1419482
• Snyder, H. (2019). Literature review as a research methodology: An overview and guidelines. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.07.039

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Doing research in business and management : an essential guide to planning your project, Saunders, M., 2012
• Saunders, M. N. ., & Lewis, P. (2017). Doing Research in Business and Management (Vol. 2nd). Harlow, United Kingdom: Pearson. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1594065
• Walle, A. H. (2015). Qualitative Research in Business : A Practical Overview. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1014736

Authors

• Gabrielov Aleksandr Olegovich
• SHAPOSHNIKOV Sergei Viacheslavovich
• Prostakov Ivan Valerievich