Master’s thesis: idea and planning (10 cr)

Objective

You can identify 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 delimit 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?
How do you select and justify the research and professional development approach to solving the research or development task?

Course material

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

Study forms and 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!

RDI and work-related cooperation

No

Timing of exams and assignments

No exam.

International cooperation

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.

Course part description

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.