Research MethodsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The student
- understands the usefulness of the research approach in the expert practice
- is able to clearly define the general conditions of a research activity
- is able to formulate research problems
- is able to practice basic qualitative and quantitative research and development process, and scientific communication (including report structuring, planning and dissemination)
- acknowledges and is able to take into consideration the special conditions of research in the business environment
- is able to make use of the existing research results critically and produce new knowledge

Content

- research process
- scientific method and scientific approaches
- conducting a literature review
- research methodologies
- quantitative and qualitative data collection methods
- analyzing qualitative and quantitative data
- article writing and publishing