Postgraduate course
2023/2024
Postgraduate seminar
Type:
Compulsory course
Area of studies:
Postgraduate Studies
Delivered by:
Department of Management
When:
1 year, 1 semester
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
5
Contact hours:
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
- To learn the main stages of preparation, submission and publishing processes in leading academic journals. The course suggests that each student attending the class will be able critically review academic articles content and structure, paper introduction, theoretical discussion, methodological section, results and discussion part, and conclusion. Besides, the students will act as discussants on others’ papers and will need to react to the critical points regarding their own research.
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.
- Understand academic articles’ structure and be able to assess them critically
- Learn how to write the main parts of academic paper (abstract, introduction, theoretical analysis, methodology, results and discussion, conclusion)
- Learn how to choose the proper outlet (journal)
- Learn how to submit a paper to a particular journal
- Learn the main stages in submission and review processes
- Know the main rules of integration with editors and reviewer
- Learn how to write response letters and lists of improvements
- Learn how to act as a reviewer in a refereed academic journal.
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
- Topic 1: Academic paper structure
- Topic 2: Preparation for publication
- Topic 3: Manuscript submission and following up
- Topic 4. Acting as a reviewer: Gaining a better understanding of how to prepare a referee report for an academic journal.
- Topic 5. Publishing in international academic journals: secrets of success
- Individual presentations and discussions
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
- Participation in and contribution to the discussions in classTo pass the course, the students should attend at least 60% of the meetings.
- Presentation of the student’s own paperPresentation includs the reaction on the critical points raised by the audience and the discussant in class
- Acting as a discussant on the other student’s paper in class and preparing a written referee report
- Formal response letter4. Preparing a formal response letter detailing the list of improvements following the critical points raised during the discussion in class and in the referee report
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 semester0.2 * Acting as a discussant on the other student’s paper in class and preparing a written referee report + 0.2 * Acting as a discussant on the other student’s paper in class and preparing a written referee report + 0.2 * Formal response letter + 0.2 * Formal response letter + 0.2 * Participation in and contribution to the discussions in class + 0.2 * Participation in and contribution to the discussions in class + 0.4 * Presentation of the student’s own paper + 0.4 * Presentation of the student’s own paper
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
- The Academy of Management Journal. Vol.52, N.5, , 2009
- The Academy of Management Journal. Vol.55, N.5, , 2012
- The Academy of Management Journal. Vol.55, N.6, , 2012
- The Academy of Management Journal. Vol.56, N.4, , 2013
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
- Designing social inquiry : scientific inference in qualitative research, King, G., 1994
- 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