Development work (5 cr)

Course material

- Any basic textbooks on research methods
- lecture notes and readings assigned by instructors

Study forms and methods

The objectives of the course are to:
a) learn about academic writing conventions
b) practice different ideation methods for generating research topics
c) evaluate theoretical and managerial relevance of generated topics
d) be familiar with argumentation techniques to position and relate theoretical contributions
e) formalize research ideas in a preliminary research proposal

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

You can:
a) write academic documents following formal academic writing conventions
b) generate few concrete ideas for your own research and formulate them precisely
c) select one topic and argue for its managerial and theoretical relevance
d) situate your topic concretely in relation to past researches in your area of research
e) produce a concrete research and development plan with a possible schedule for implementing it