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Research and Development Methods (5 cr)

Code: MS00BP42-3035

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2024 - 31.01.2025

Timing

31.01.2025 - 26.05.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

RDI portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

10 - 35

Degree programmes

  • Master of Business Administration, Business Management

Teachers

  • Ulla Seppälä-Kaven
  • Riku Mattila

Groups

  • YTEJOS24
  • YTEJOTS24
  • 07.02.2025 09:00 - 16:00, Tutkimus- ja kehittämismenetelmät MS00BP42-3035
  • 07.02.2025 13:00 - 16:00, Tutkimus- ja kehittämismenetelmät MS00BP42-3035
  • 25.04.2025 09:00 - 13:00, Tutkimus- ja kehittämismenetelmät MS00BP42-3035

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