Advanced Research Methods in Business Administration 7,5 Credits

Course Contents

The overall objective is to develop knowledge and understanding of scientific research methods and to provide skills to design and accomplish a research project, performing analyses using qualitative and

quantitative research methods and to communicate the results. Furthermore, the student should be able to reflect on research outcomes based on methodological and philosophical approaches.

The content reflects the various steps taken in a scientific investigation:

• critically reviewing literature and relating it to the research project at hand,
• choosing research strategy,
• considering ethical aspects of research strategy,
• defining sample/cases and applying quantitative and/or qualitative methods for collecting, expressing and analysing empirical material,
• presenting the results,
• relating frameworks, methods and results to research philosophy.

During the course, students will develop and carry out their own research projects, write a research paper and critically discuss research papers of other students.

Prerequisites

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or equivalent

Level of Education: Master
Course code/Ladok code: JABR24
The course is conducted at: Jönköping International Business School Last modified 2015-05-07 13:09:02