Master’s thesis: idea and planning (10 cr)
Code: YO00CV19-3063
General information
Timing
01.09.2021 - 15.12.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
10 op
Virtual portion
8 op
RDI portion
10 op
Mode of delivery
20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning
Campus
Kouvola Campus
Teaching languages
- English
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in International Business Management
Teachers
- Satu Peltola
Teacher in charge
Satu Peltola
Groups
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MBKV21KYInternational business management, master studies
Objective
You can identify the research or development needs in your professional field.
You can plan a research or development process promoting development in the working world or your own professional field
Content
How do you define and limit the topic of your thesis and draw up a research or development plan?
How do you apply and combine various sources of information to define concepts and create a theoretical framework for your thesis?
Materials
Individual work:
-literature search and data collection related to your thesis topic and a literature review of your thesis.
-other material and hints available in Learn
Teaching methods
You can proceed with your own timetable and work your thesis on your own (with the help of the supervisor of course!).
In Learn: International Business
Management: WIHI
Start to study in the Learn environment https://learn.xamk.fi/course/view.php?id=5284
Learn key: IBMWIHI
Welcome to start your thesis process and these courses!
Employer connections
No
Exam schedules
No exam.
International connections
Your thesis topic and content should be related to international business management.
Student workload
Individual work:
-literature search and data collection related to your thesis topic and a literature review of your thesis
-Own schedule and use of time.
Content scheduling
Master’s thesis 30 cr consists of three stages/courses:
- Idea and planning 10 cr – organized during 1st year, 2nd semester
- Implementation 10 cr – organized during 1st year, 2nd semester and 2nd year, 1st semester
- Reporting, assessment, and presentation 10 cr – organized during the 1-2nd year
This idea and planning course:
Thesis content and process: How do you define and delimit the topic of your thesis and compose a research or development plan?
Introducing some concepts such as aim, objective, research questions, the conceptual basis
-Description of the context, reflecting, analyzing: What is the context in my thesis?
-Aim, objective, research questions: What do I want to achieve with my work?
-Literature review and referencing: What do I need to know and what literature guides my study?
-How do you apply and combine various sources of information to define concepts and create a theoretical framework for your thesis?
Further information
You should enroll in this course in Peppi by following the enrollment deadlines. Then add yourself in the this course in the Learn environment.
Evaluation scale
Approved/Failed
Assessment methods and criteria
The evaluation is based the individual assignments:
Before this phase you should submit:
1. How to start a thesis and what to study? A summary of three electronic master’s theses.
2 a. Tentative research plan
2 b. Research plan of your thesis (submit in Wihi)
In this course:
3. A literature review of your thesis
Should be done and accepted.