Master
2024/2025
Research Seminar "Contemporary Studies in Business"
Type:
Compulsory course (Business Development)
Area of studies:
Management
Delivered by:
Department of Marketing (Nizhny Novgorod)
When:
2 year, 2, 3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Master’s programme:
Business Development
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course is competence oriented and designed to help students in development their own research style and allow to plan, design, organize research, as well as analyze data, and presents results of scientific project in area International Management. During the course students should revise their own academic competencies, get familiar with European and USA research traditions. Seminars will be devoted to analysis of articles from top ten leading Management Journals (e.g. Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal), discussions of possible research problems, and methodology issues, as well as possible ways for data collection and analysis. Although, the course mainly focuses on research methodology, all phases of the research will be considered: finding idea, choosing research paradigm, searching sources, designing research, collecting data, data analysis (quantitative and qualitative data), presenting results, scientific standards and best research practices. Special attention will be paid to: research ethics, differences in intercultural perspectives in the Management, organization of cross-cultural research, and scientific time management. The current control of the discipline includes five quizzes. The final grade will be based on final test, taking into account the results of results of current control.
Learning Objectives
- The aim of the research seminar «Managing international projects» is mastering competences in the field of modern project management tools and enhancing competence in international project management
Expected Learning Outcomes
- knows the relevant tools for data analysis
- be able to justify the chosen research methodology
- Utilize main marketing research methods and techniques
- Highlights the main areas of research in the field of management
- Identifies and formulates a problem in his/her research area
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 4th module0.5 * Classwork + 0.5 * Classwork + 0.5 * Homework + 0.5 * Homework
- 2024/2025 3rd module0.2 * Classwork + 0.2 * Classwork + 0.2 * Homework + 0.2 * Homework
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Kuster, J., Huber, E., Lippmann, R., Schmid, A., Schneider, E., Witschi, U., Wüst, R.. Project management handbook.: Heidelberg, Springer, 2015 - 449 - 978-3-662-45373-5: Текст электронный // https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-45373-5
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- 9781628254587 - Trilling, Bernie; Ginevri, Walter - Project Management for Education : The Bridge to 21st Century Learning - 2017 - Project Management Institute - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1703504 - nlebk - 1703504
- Shankar S., Muller R., Drouin N. Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Project Management, 2017. Режим доступа: http://library.books24x7.com/bookshelf.asp