Research and Development Methods (5 cr)
Code: MS00BP42-3004
General information
Enrollment
01.09.2020 - 19.10.2020
Timing
01.09.2020 - 31.12.2020
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
2 op
RDI portion
2 op
Mode of delivery
60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning
Unit
Engineering and Business
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 35
Degree programmes
- Master of Business Administration, Management of Social and Health Services and Business
Teachers
- Timo Tolmunen
- Heli Aramo-Immonen
- Markku Lindell
Teacher in charge
Heli Aramo-Immonen
Groups
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Objective
After completing the course, the student is able to:
-approach the complex development challenges of organization, economy, and technology by systems thinking
-formulate research problem and research questions for developmental challenges
-search, summarize, and refer to the previous relevant research of the discipline
-apply the methods and tools for acquiring qualitative and quantitative information required in development
-analyse, refine and present the collected information to support decision-making
-evaluate the validity, reliability, and ethics of the information and research
-plan, initiate, and execute the necessary development procedures (thesis project)
-apply the methods and tools on continuous development
Content
-Description of complexity, Cynefin framework
-Technical, social, and economic systems
-Systems analysis and description
-Triangulation
-Knowledge based development: data collection methods
-Knowledge based development: analysing data and presenting knowledge
-Research ethics
-Modelling and developing operations as a system
Evaluation scale
H-5