Delivered at:: Department of Management

Course type:: Compulsory course

When:: 3 year, 2-4 module

Instructors

Kozachenko, Ekaterina

Nefedov, Konstantin

Taraskina, Elena

Full 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 make informed decisions on the research design of their academic papers
· 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 recognize the importance of a research framework;
· to understand widely used research methods and data analysis techniques;
· to address data collection and sampling issues as well as bias and validity issues;
· to understand the main principles of research ethics and the consequences of research misconduct.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Be able to understand the basic steps of the research process.
Understanding of the basic concepts and main components of Academic research based on the recommendations for writing a Term paper as the main guiding document
The knowledge of the instruments and approaches to find articles on the chosen research and organise 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.
Conducting a structured literature review based on theoretical framework to formulate testable research hypotheses
Understanding of the main components of research motivation and their functions in the Term paper text, knowing the limitations of a research gap focused approach
Ability to formulate a research problem and research question(s) that are meaningful for managerial practice
Justifying the research design based on the formulation of the research problem and research question(s), presenting your research, giving and receiving feedback
Understanding of widely used research methods and data analysis techniques, addressing data collection and sampling issues as well as bias and validity issues

Course Contents

Course structure, learning objectives and assessment methods. Intorduction to academic research
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Starting your research: a literature review
Research motivation and research questions in quantitative and qualitative research.
Theory and Literature review
Research design basics
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

2022/2023 4th module
0.1 * Class assignments + 0.2 * Term paper draft text + 0.2 * Literature review text + 0.2 * Midterm test + 0.2 * Term paper draft presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core 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
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
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
Strengths and Limitations of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods. (2017). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.887088

Recommended Additional Bibliography

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

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