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Research and Development Methods (5 cr)

Code: MS00BP42-3021

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 28.02.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

RDI portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 35

Degree programmes

  • Master of Business Administration, Business Management

Teachers

  • Timo Tolmunen
  • Ulla Seppälä-Kaven
  • Markku Lindell

Groups

  • YTAIKUS22
  • 31.03.2023 08:15 - 09:45, Tutkimus- ja kehittämismenetelmät MS00BP42-3021
  • 14.04.2023 08:15 - 09:45, Tutkimus- ja kehittämismenetelmät MS00BP42-3021
  • 21.04.2023 08:15 - 09:45, Tutkimus- ja kehittämismenetelmät MS00BP42-3021
  • 28.04.2023 08:15 - 09:45, Tutkimus- ja kehittämismenetelmät MS00BP42-3021
  • 04.05.2023 08:15 - 11:45, Tutkimus- ja kehittämismenetelmät MS00BP42-3021

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