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Research Process

Structure Type: Study module
Code: TFEP0500
Type: Compulsory / Basic Studies
Curriculum: T-FE 2011
Level: Bachelor of Business Administration
Credits: 9 cr
Responsible Teacher: Koskinen, Ossi
Language of Instruction: Swedish

Learning Outcomes

The objective of the course is to give good skills to carry out the research process/thesis process.

After the course the student understands how to write thesis proposal, how to analyze the gathered data and how to write by a scientific way.

The student masters after the course to do the research plan and to conduct the study by a scientific way.

After the course the student can do independently thesis writings under guidance and research minor research work in business life.

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

There are no prerequisites for the course but it is meant to students that are soon going to be ready to start their thesis process.

Contents

The course consists of three different following parts:

* Basics of the research: how to write the thesis proposal, the philosophical aspects of conducting a scientific research and how to carry out the research process in practice.

* Scientific writing: How to write by a scientific way

* Basics of statistical methods: Means, frequencies and analyzing and presenting the results

Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools

Ghauri, Grönhaug, Kristianslund. (2005 or a newer version). Research Methods in Business studies- a practial quide. Prentice Hall.

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, exercises and workshops.

Assessment Methods

The evaluation of the course is based on the student activity to paricipate to exercises and workshops and also on the test result. The grade of the course is based on the credits of the four parts of the course.


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