Delivered at:: Department of Management

Course type:: Elective course

When:: 2 year, 2 module

Instructor

Zubanov, Nikolay

Full Syllabus

Abstract

This course is designed for students who intend to develop their research abilities for fundamental and applied business studies. The advanced topics in economic modelling for marketing research, strategic management, human resource management and other issues are included. The course is designed to support the development of students’ individual projects in the frame of their master thesis with a specific focus on its methodological part.

Learning Objectives

to be able to find appropriate method for the research purposes
to execute several advanced methods of business research
to interpret results of estimation and analysis
to present obtained research results to the academics and business orally and in written format
to master research skills

Expected Learning Outcomes

Development of cognitive and soft skills: creativity and self-sufficiency
Development of research skills
Enhancing critical thinking and personal development skills
Extending theoretical knowledge
Learn how to use legal, regulatory, referential information and professional literature
Obtaining skills of efficient independent professional activities
Systemize theoretical knowledge received at lectures

Course Contents

Survey data
Data parsing from digital sources
Clustering and factor analysis
Parametric and non-parametric techniques
Endogeneity and approaches to accomplish consistency
Structural models
Panel-data analysis

Assessment Elements

Control work
Students will have one control work during the course. Control work will be given at the end of the class, and it will take around 30 minutes. It will be based on students’ home reading and information obtained during the previous classes. The task will be focus on survey data topic.
(Problem-solving discussions
All discussions will be based on the application of different techniques used for quantitative analysis. Sources for discussion are top publications in different fields where quantitative methods of research were used.
Exam
Written examination (test) at the end of the course
Workshops
The course will include three workshops on data analysis techniques, in particular, cluster analysis and factor analysis, panel data, and structural equation modeling.
Presentations of students’ projects
During the course, students will do an analysis of real data about different industries and markets. They will use them to answer their research questions. Students will report results for each stage of their research and discuss their managerial implications.
Group project
Students will be given different data sets. They should develop a managerial research question and answer it by analyzing the given data. They should apply one of the techniques that would be covered within the course. Group project is carried out in the group of 2-3 students. Deadline of the whole project: the last class of the course according to the course schedule.
Control work
Students will have one control work during the course. Control work will be given at the end of the class, and it will take around 30 minutes. It will be based on students’ home reading and information obtained during the previous classes. The task will be focus on survey data topic.
(Problem-solving discussions
All discussions will be based on the application of different techniques used for quantitative analysis. Sources for discussion are top publications in different fields where quantitative methods of research were used.
Exam
Written examination (test) at the end of the course
Workshops
The course will include three workshops on data analysis techniques, in particular, cluster analysis and factor analysis, panel data, and structural equation modeling.
Presentations of students’ projects
During the course, students will do an analysis of real data about different industries and markets. They will use them to answer their research questions. Students will report results for each stage of their research and discuss their managerial implications.
Group project
Students will be given different data sets. They should develop a managerial research question and answer it by analyzing the given data. They should apply one of the techniques that would be covered within the course. Group project is carried out in the group of 2-3 students. Deadline of the whole project: the last class of the course according to the course schedule.

Interim Assessment

2021/2022 2nd module
Final assessment: 50% exam assessment + 50% intermediate assessment Exam assessment: written examination at the end of the course Intermediate assessment: Control work (20%) Problem-solving discussions (20%) Workshops (30%) Teamwork task (30%) Grading policy: The assessment list with all students’ grades will be published in the LMS

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Dinesh S. Hegde. Essays on Research Methodology [Электронный ресурс]- Springer India 2015. Online ISBN 978-81-322-2214-9. Режим доступа: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-81-322-2214-9.pdf
Hegde, D. S. (2015). Essays on Research Methodology. New Delhi: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=1001250
Lancaster, Geoff. Research Methods in Management : A Concise Introduction to Research in Management and Business Consultancy, Routledge, 2004. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=297137.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Raykov, T., & Marcoulides, G. A. (2006). A First Course in Structural Equation Modeling (Vol. 2nd ed). Mahwah, NJ: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=188193

Master’s Programme 'Management and Analytics for Business'

Contacts

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Advanced Research Methods in Business