Teaching Methodologies
The course will consist of theoretical-practical classes, where themes will be presented and contents illustrated through the debate of concrete situations and cases. Evaluation is done in two ways at the student’s choice: 1st Way: • Article summary” – elaboration of a critical review / summary of a scientific article to be researched by the student at B-ON and approved by the teacher, and its written and oral presentation in class (individual work) (30%); • Dissertation, Project or Internship Plan, which consists of the construction of the work plan to be carried out in the 2nd year. Individual work. Oral presentation is included. (70%); 2nd Way: Final exam according to terms and conditions presently effective at ISCAC.
Learning Results
Learning Objectives: • Contextualize the research process in Social Sciences; • Present the stages of the research process; • Highlight the importance of the research problem and of the theme selection, as well as the construction of the analysis model; • Make students aware of the research activity, underlining the relevance of a good literature review, choosing the most appropriate methods and techniques for data collection and treatment; • Review the case study methodology in Management. Skills and Competences: • Ability to identify a research topic and problem • Ability to build an analysis model • Ability to build a Dissertation, Project or Internship plan
Program
1- Introduction to research in Management 2- Problem definition 3- Literature review and definition of hypotheses 4- Research design and analysis model 5- Management research methods and techniques 6- Data collection and methods: interviews and questionnaires 7- Data analysis and interpretation 8- Writing the final text
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Sekaran, U. & Bougie, R. (2013). Research Methods for Business, John Wiley & Sons. Sousa, Maria J. & Baptista, Cristina S. (2011). Como fazer investigação em Bolonha: dissertações, projectos e relatórios de estágio, Lídel., Lisboa. Ferreira, M. Portugal & Serra, F. Ribeiro (2009). Casos de estudo: usar, escrever e estudar. Lídel. Hill, Manuela M. & Hill, A. (2000). Investigação por Questionário, Edições Sílabo, Lisboa. Barañano, A. M. (2004). Métodos e Técnicas de Investigação em Gestão, Sílabo, Lisboa. Bardin, Laurence (2004). Análise de Conteúdo, Edições 70, Lisboa. Yin, R. K. (2000). Estudo de Caso, planejamento e métodos. 2.ed. Sao Paulo: Bookman.