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
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YTEJOS24
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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