Research MethodsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

After completing this course the studentunderstands the usefulness of the research approach in the expert practiceknows and is able to take into consideration the special conditions of research in the business environmentis able toclearly define the general conditions of a research activityis able to formulate research questions / hypothesesis able to make use ofthe existing research results critically and produce new knowledgeis able topractice academic research and scientific communication (including report structuring, planning and dissemination)is able to use quantitative and qualitative methods of data collectionis able to analyze quantitative and qualitative data

Content

Contents:research processscientific method and scientific approachesconducting a literature reviewresearch methodologiesquantitative and qualitative data collection methodsanalyzing qualitative and quantitative dataarticle writing and publishing