Research MethodsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The course aims at providing an in-depth understanding of various methodological approaches used in business administration research. It will deal with the following elements: research design, theoretical approaches and empirical approaches.
After completing this course the student is able
- to define a purpose for the research, define a research design and plan a research and
development project as well as justify the choices
- to identify and describe the main research approaches and choose the appropriate one for her/his
research problem
- to perform a litterature study
- to choose and apply an appropriate methodology
- to evaluate the validation of the research and development
- present the research outcomes, write a report with a sense of authority, present research results

Content

- research concepts
- different types of approaches
- research and development planning
- data collection - quantitative/qualitative, mixed; data analysis
- quality issues and ethics in the research
- writing a research report/a master's thesis