Аспирантура
2023/2024
Аспирантский семинар
Статус:
Курс обязательный
Направление:
00.00.00. Аспирантура
Кто читает:
Департамент менеджмента
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 1 семестр
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
5
Контактные часы:
68
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Research Seminar course designed for doctoral students in “Economics and Management” is an educational component of the postgraduate education system which aims at forming Doctoral students’ knowledge and developing their skills on how to conduct individual research work in the area of the chosen profile, prepare research papers, including thesis and improve relevant competencies.
Learning Objectives
- Mastering the methods of searching and summarizing scientific literature, working with specialized statistical resources
- Development of skills of independent work with reference and legal information systems
- Formation of skills among doctoral students in setting research problems and determining the basic conditions for empirical research in the study area
- Formation of skills among doctoral students in the formulation of research hypotheses, theories, knowledge and skills of applying research methodology in management
- Acquisition of skills to analyze practical situations
- Improving the skills of public presenting research findings and conducting research discussions
- Improving the skills of preparing publications (scientific reports, conference papers, articles for refereed academic journals) both in Russian and in English
- Usage of theoretical tools for the case analysis
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Acquisition of knowledge and skills necessary to conduct individual research work in the area of the chosen profile, prepare research papers and improve relevant competencies.
Course Contents
- Developing the research proposal: Problem formulation and research question development.
- Creating, developing, and writing theory
- Literature review: how and why to do literature review?
- Research design, methodology, data
- Theoretical and practical implications
Assessment Elements
- ParticipationStudents’ participation and contribution to class discussion will be assessed during the course.
- Current tasks during the courseA series of tasks will be given to students, mostly related to analyzing and presenting an academic paper or own research.
- Examination in the form of an individual written research design
- Attestation of other Seminar's parts
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 1st semester0.3 * Current tasks during the course + 0.3 * Current tasks during the course + 0.5 * Examination in the form of an individual written research design + 0.5 * Examination in the form of an individual written research design + 0.2 * Participation + 0.2 * Participation
- 2024/2025 1st semester1 * Attestation of other Seminar's parts + 1 * Attestation of other Seminar's parts
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Andrew H. Van de Ven. (2007). Engaged Scholarship : A Guide for Organizational and Social Research. OUP Oxford.
- HU, C.-P., & CHANG, Y.-Y. (2017). John W. Creswell, Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.BCEBF1CE
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- ALVESSON, M., & Sandberg, J. (2011). Generating Research Questions through Problematization. Academy of Management Review, 36(2), 247–271. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2009.0188
- Berk, R. A. (1983). An Introduction to Sample Selection Bias in Sociological Data. American Sociological Review, 48(3), 386–398. https://doi.org/10.2307/2095230
- Blaug, M. (1992). The Methodology of Economics : Or, How Economists Explain (Vol. Second edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=676611
- Business research methods, Bryman, A., 2007
- Certo, S. T., & Semadeni, M. (2006). Strategy Research and Panel Data: Evidence and Implications. Journal of Management, 32(3), 449–471. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206305283320
- King, G., Verba, S., & Keohane, R. O. (1994). Designing Social Inquiry : Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=329740
- Publishing in AMJ: Part 1: Topic choice: From the Editors. (2011). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.A8764859
- Whetten, D. A. (1989). What Constitutes a Theoretical Contribution? Academy of Management Review, 14(4), 490–495. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMR.1989.4308371