Research Methods in International Management

2021/2022

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

4

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Strategic and International Management

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

1 year, 1 module

Instructors

Veselova, Anna

Gladkova, Margarita

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course introduces the process of formal inquiry and helps students to develop analytical skills needed to collect research relevant information, process and analyze the data using established quantitative or qualitative research methods and to make conclusions on the basis of research results. It makes students familiar with the development of structured questions to guide their inquiry, bibliographic research to set their inquiry in the context of the work of other scholars, research design and the selection of research methods.

Learning Objectives

• introduce methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis useful in their professional business and management activities.
• identify which method to use depending on the research objective
• introduce how to prepare and evaluate research report
• develop students’ knowledge of diverse qualitative and quantitative methods and instruments for their implementation
• advance students’ analytical skills through introduction and elaboration of key research approaches and methods

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Be able to describe quantitative data and identify key hypothesis about the observed real world environment
• Be able to understand and estimate the simple and multiple linear regression models, test the specification of the estimated models, interpret the estimation results, and make the predictions;
• Gain a general understanding of basic configurational methods, such as factor analysis and cluster analysis.
• The students are able identify different types of data that may be used for empirical analysis
• The students are able to conduct empirical research
• The students are able to determine the information sources necessary for addressing the research question
• The students are able to develop a research design
• The students are able to formulate well-grounded conclusions based on the research results
• The students are able to identify proper research topic and formulate research problem
• The students are able to select different research methods

Course Contents

• Topic 1. Introduction to Research in Management.
• Topic 2. Literature review: aims and objectives.
• Topic 3. Data collection.
• Topic 4. Introduction to qualitative approaches.
• Topic 5. Case study research: underlying principles.
• Topic 6. Introduction to quantitate research
• Topic 7. Quantitative methods for dependence analysis
• Topic 8. Advanced quantitative methods of analysis.

Assessment Elements

• Exam
• Essay
• Home assignments
• Quizzes

Interim Assessment

• 2021/2022 1st module
  0.4 * Exam + 0.2 * Home assignments + 0.2 * Essay + 0.2 * Quizzes

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics, Field, A., 2018
• Leonard A. Jason, & David S. Glenwick. (2016). Handbook of Methodological Approaches to Community-Based Research : Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods. Oxford University Press.
• Saunders, M. N. K., Thornhill, A., & Lewis, P. (2019). Research Methods for Business Students (Vol. Eighth edition). Harlow, United Kingdom: Pearson Education Limited. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5774742

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Sreejesh S., Mohapatra S., Anusree M.R. Business research methods: an applied orientation. Cham ; New York: Springer, 2014. 281 с.