363-0887-00L  Management Research

SemesterAutumn Semester 2016
LecturersZ. Erden Özkol
Periodicityevery semester recurring course
Language of instructionEnglish
CommentThe course is mandatory for MSc students and recommended for MAS students who write their Master Thesis at the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation.
Participation to both sessions are mandatory to receive the credit, there will be no exceptions.
If a student can't take part in one of the sessions, the course has to be taken the following semester.


AbstractThis course teaches students about the basic principles of scientific work in the field of social sciences. The goal is to motivate students to develop an own thesis design and write scientific articles.
ObjectiveThis course teaches students about the basic principles of scientific work in the field of social sciences. The goal is to motivate students to develop an own thesis design and write scientific articles.
ContentThis course teaches students about the basic principles of scientific work in the field of social sciences. It is an introduction into the fascinating field of research. The course shows the power of theory and literature, helps formulating intriguing research questions, provides an overview of scientific methods and data analysis, and gives hints on how to derive insightful conclusions out of results. The goal is to motivate students to find and read research papers relevant to their field, develop an own thesis design and write scientific articles.
LiteratureEisenhardt, K. M. (1989). 'Building Theories From Case Study Research', AMR, 14, 532-550.
G. Morgan and L. Smircich (1980), The case for qualitative research, AMR, 5, pp. 491-500.
K. Weick (1995), What Theory is not, Theorizing is, ASQ, 40(3), pp. 371-385-390.
Nicolay Siggelkow (2007) “Persuasion with Case Studie” AMJ Vol. 50, No. 1
R.I. Sutton and B.M. Staw (1995), What Theory is not, ASQ, 40(3), pp. 371-384.
Shah, S. K. & Corley, K. G. (2006). 'Building Better Theory By Bridging The Quantitative–Qualitative Divide', Journal of Management Studies, 43, 1821-1835.
Yin, R. K. (2003). 'Case Study Research: Design and Methods', Sage.
Prerequisites / NoticeThe course is mandatory for MSc. students and recommended for MAS students who write their Master Thesis at the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation - those will be served first.
· The course will be given once every semester by Dr. Zeynep Erden Özkol and the PhD students of the chair
· The course takes two days, one for lecture, one for student paper presentations. Participation to both sessions are mandatory to receive the credit, there will be no exceptions.
· Students who participate in the lecture and present a paper receive 1 credit point. The course and the presentations will be given in English.
. Students might benefit more if they take this course towards the end of their studies, before writing their master thesis.