Research Seminar "Contemporary Studies in Business"

2026/2027

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент маркетинга и предпринимательства

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 2, 3 модуль

Преподаватель

Бутрюмова Надежда Николаевна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is competence oriented and designed to help students in development their own research style and allow to plan, design, organize research, as well as analyze data, and presents results of scientific project in Management. During the course students should develop their own academic competencies. Seminars will be devoted to analysis of articles from top leading Management Journals, discussions of possible research problems, and methodology issues, as well as possible ways for data collection and analysis. Although, the course mainly focuses on research methodology, all phases of the research will be considered: finding idea, choosing research paradigm, searching sources, designing research, collecting data, data analysis (quantitative and qualitative data), presenting results. The final grade will be based on final research proposal, taking into account the results of current control.

Learning Objectives

• The aim of the research seminar is mastering research competences in the field management

Expected Learning Outcomes

• selects appropriate tools and methods for analyzing research data
• Selects appropriate research methods based on the research question and objectives
• Critically evaluates existing research in the field of management and identifies relevant research gaps
• Formulates a research problem, objectives, and tasks within a chosen management research area

Course Contents

• Modern Approaches to Data Analysis
• Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods in Management
• Writing a Master’s Thesis

Assessment Elements

• Homework 2
  Research results for master thesis: research methodology, results of the research
• Master thesis proposal
  Students should develop the structure of their master thesis, define the model of research for the master thesis: aim of the research, tasks, methods of the research, hypothesis, methods of gathering information or sourсes of information for the research, methods for data analysis.

Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 2nd module
  1 * Master thesis proposal
• 2026/2027 3rd module
  1 * Homework 2

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Jürg Kuster, Eugen Huber, Robert Lippmann, Alphons Schmid, Emil Schneider, Urs Witschi, & Roger Wüst. (2015). Project Management Handbook. Springer.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• 9781628254587 - Trilling, Bernie; Ginevri, Walter - Project Management for Education : The Bridge to 21st Century Learning - 2017 - Project Management Institute - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1703504 - nlebk - 1703504
• Bayramova, A., & Edwards, D.J. (2026). A study of objectivity and subjectivity in research methodology selection. Quality & Quantity, 60(2), 5905-5931. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-025-02517-9
• De Donà, M. (2026). What if the Case is ‘Elusive’? Methodological Challenges for Qualitative Research in International Relations and Global Governance. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 25. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069261429329
• Shankar S., Muller R., Drouin N. Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Project Management, 2017. Режим доступа: http://library.books24x7.com/bookshelf.asp

Authors

• Butriumova Nadezhda Nikolaevna
• Nazarov Mikhail Gennadevich
• Belokhlebova Natalia Aleksandrovna