Bachelor
2023/2024
Research Seminar "Preparing a Term Paper"
Type:
Compulsory course (International Business and Management Studies)
Area of studies:
Management
Delivered by:
Department of Management
When:
3 year, 2-4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
46
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course covers six main topics: research basics and components; research motivation and literature review; qualitative and quantitative research design; data collection and analysis; reporting and communication of the research results; research ethics. These topics cover the main stages of the research process, including the formulation and justification of a research question, analysis of the previous literature on the research topic and its summary, development of an appropriate research methodology, data collection and sampling, analysis of the results in a close compliance of the research with research ethics guidelines.
Learning Objectives
- to understand and adhere to benchmark standards of academic research
- to understand the importance of theoretical foundation of their research
- to apply the principles of an effective literature review
- to make informed decisions on the research design of their academic papers
- to recognize the importance of a research framework
- to address data collection and sampling issues as well as bias and validity issues
- to understand widely used research methods and data analysis techniques
- to understand the main principles of research ethics and the consequences of research misconduct
Expected Learning Outcomes
- to understand the basic concepts and main components of Academic research
- to get familiar with the rules for preparing a Term paper as the main guiding document
- to understand and adhere to benchmark standards of academic research
- to know the instruments and approaches of searching the articles on the chosen topic
- to organize the articles in the form of a specially tailored literature review table paying attention to the level of maturity of a research field and article types
- to understand the main components of research motivation and their functions in the Term paper text
- to know the limitations of a research gap focused approach
- to be able to formulate a research problem and research question(s) that are meaningful for managerial practice
- to be able to conduct a structured literature review based on theoretical framework
- to be able to formulate testable research hypotheses
- to be able to justify the research design based on the formulation of the research problem and research question(s)
- to be able to present the research
- to be able to give and receive feedback on research
- to be able to analyze the relevant problem and data developed with modern techniques described in the theoretical foundation of the term paper
- to justify the subsequent development of the term paper
- to be able to present a comprehensive, thorough and complete solution to the problem studied in the term paper
- to understand widely used research methods
- to understand the data collection and sampling issues as well as bias and validity issues
- to be able to use data analysis techniques
- to understand the main components and effective organization of results, discussion and conclusions sections
- to know the main principles of research ethics and the consequences of research misconduct
Course Contents
- Course structure, learning objectives and assessment methods. Introduction to academic research
- Starting your research: a literature search
- Research motivation and research questions in quantitative and qualitative research
- Theory and Literature review
- Research design basics
- Consulting format of the term paper
- Data collection and analysis
- Research findings and research ethics
Assessment Elements
- Class assignments
- Literature review text
- Midterm test
- Term paper draft presentation
- Term paper draft text
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 4th module0.05 * Class assignments + 0.2 * Class assignments + 0.05 * Class assignments + 0.2 * Literature review text + 0.15 * Midterm test + 0.15 * Term paper draft presentation + 0.2 * Term paper draft text
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- 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
- Oliver, P. (2010). The Student’s Guide to Research Ethics (Vol. 2nd ed). Maidenhead, Berkshire, England: McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=466502
- Strang, K. D. (2015). The Palgrave Handbook of Research Design in Business and Management. New York City, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1075586
- Ted Gournelos, Joshua R. Hammonds, & Maridath A. Wilson. (2019). Doing Academic Research : A Practical Guide to Research Methods and Analysis. Routledge.
- Wahyuni, D. (2012). The Research Design Maze: Understanding Paradigms, Cases, Methods and Methodologies. Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research, 10(1), 69–80. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=bsu&AN=76405928
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Busi, M. (2013). Doing Research That Matters : Shaping the Future of Management (Vol. 1st ed). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=606114