3603260: Empirical Research Methods - IME

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Semester:WS 13/14
Art:Modul
Sprache:Englisch
ECTS-Credits:5.0
Plansemester:5
Lektionen / Semester:60.0 L / 45.0 h
Selbststudium:105.0 h

Modulleitung/Dozierende

Studiengang

Bachelorstudiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre (01.10.2008)

Beschreibung

  • Research methodology 1: Basic of research; Philosophical issues
  • Research methodology 2: Conceptualization, Operationalization, Measurement
  • Literature Research; Critically reviewing the literature
  • Designing management research (overview methods qualitative; quantitative)
  • Qualitative field research
  • Quantitative field research
  • Quantitative methods: Sampling
  • Quantitative methods: Data collection using questionnaires, interviews and observation
  • Quantitative methods : Research Design
  • Presentation Groupwork

Lernergebnisse

The course provides students with the methodological background for collecting empirical data.

By the end of the course students should

  • be able to transform a relative vague term of ordinary language into precise objects of study with well-defined and measurable meanings
  • appreciate what a literature reviews in research entails and why it is necessary
  • understand and evaluate different sources of information
  • learn about different styles of research (qualitative, quantitative)
  • know major components of both styles
  • identify the main issues to consider when preparing qualitative data for analysis
  • learn about conducting qualitative field research
  • Identify strengths and weaknesses of both qualitative and quantitative research
  • understand the need for sampling in management research
  • be aware of a range of probability and non probability techniques
  • understand the advantages and disadvantages of questionnaires as a data collection method
  • be able to classify research interviews in order to understand the purpose of each type
  • understand the role that observation may play as a data collection method
  • understand the importance of having thought carefully about the research design
  • be able to write an expose
  • have the relevant knowledge and skills needed to write a bachelor thesis

Kompetenzen

Lehrmethoden

Lecture with integrated practical exercises

Voraussetzungen (inhaltlich)

Knowledge of mathematics and statistics (modules "Wirtschaftsmathematik", "Wirtschaftsstatistik");

Voraussetzungen (formal)

Voraussetzung für die Anmeldung zur Modulprüfung ist:

  • der erfolgreiche Abschluss aller Module des 1. Vollzeit-Regelstudienjahres

Bei Studienbeginn 2008 zusätzlich wahlweise:
  • der erfolgreiche Abschluss des Moduls "Communication in English for Business"
  • die Anerkennung BEC II

Bei Studienbeginn ab 2009 zusätzlich:
  • der erfolgreiche Abschluss des Moduls "Communication in English for Business"

Kommentar

Das Modul wird aus Lehrveranstaltungen des Nachfolgecurriculums gebildet. Es gilt die SPO für C12.