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Research Seminar "Master Thesis Preparation Skills"

2021/2022
Academic Year
ENG
Instruction in English
3
ECTS credits
Course type:
Compulsory course
When:
2 year, 3 module

Instructor


Kokoulina, Liudmila

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The goal of the course is to familiarize students with the core techniques of scientific work in business studies. This includes developing a research idea, evaluating its contribution, obtaining data and quantitative vs. qualitative techniques as well as reporting results in article and presentation format. Overall, the course prepares students for writing a master thesis.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The goal of the course is to familiarize students with the core techniques of scientific work in business studies. This includes developing a research idea, evaluating its contribution, obtaining data and quantitative vs. qualitative techniques as well as reporting results in article and presentation format. Overall, the course prepares students for writing a master thesis.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • The goal of the course is to familiarize students with the core techniques of scientific work in business studies.
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Final assignment (Research proposal)
  • non-blocking Research thesis pitch
    The pitch is a 3-minute presentation of the student's thesis that includes a summary of the research problem for general audience. It should include the description of relevance, approach to solving the problem, as well as novelty or practical value. 1-3 ppt slides are allowed.
  • non-blocking Written task
    Written task: one of three options (30%) • Writing about your potential article concept: The appropriate length varies with the amount of relevant prior research. Focus on the gap, statement of the purpose and potential contribution. Discuss the background and conceptual framework (e.g., theoretical perspectives, sources of hypotheses). It should provide a well-documented summary and critique of relevant prior research, and discuss implications of prior research for your work. • Literature Review. The second option is to write a structured literature review paper based on extant literature. Existing findings should be summarized and compiled into a structured format. This requires a careful screening of the relevant publications (primarily peer-reviewed journal articles but also of conference papers and book chapters) in the databases available (e.g. Ebsco Host/Academic Source Premier, JSTOR, Web of Science) in addition to Google Scholar, based on concrete combinations of search terms. The challenge here is not only to gather and summarize the most relevant articles but to synthesize findings into a compressed form. • Industrial analysis – please get an approval from me in case you would like to choose this option
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2021/2022 3rd module
    0.3 * Written task + 0.3 * Research thesis pitch + 0.4 * Final assignment (Research proposal)