Dissertation

For success in this non-teaching course, it is important to know the interest of the student, to assess what best answers to their skills and professional and research needs. On the other hand, it is indispensable that the student can use the skills acquired during the teaching period and apply them in the work that he develops, whether through the Dissertation, Project Work, or carrying out an Internship. Each student has the support of the supervisor, as a rule, a professor from the HEI and also, in the case of the Internship, an external supervisor, from the host entity.

Teaching methodologies:

1. Autonomous work with tutorial guidance

The Dissertation / Project Work / Internship and Report will be carried out by the student, with the guidance of one or more professors and, in the case of an Internship, also a supervisor from the host entity, who accompanies and support the student during the development of his work.

2. Seminar (8h)

These seminar hours are used for the interim presentation of the works, allowing the sharing of experiences and difficulties, encouraging mutual help, and boosting the conclusion of the respective works with the desired levels of quality.

Preliminary note: This text applies to the CUF of the three possible modalities for carrying out the non-teaching component of the Master in Management Control: Dissertation, Project Work and Internship and Report, and the student needs to select one of them.

Objectives: 

Develop, accompanied by a supervisor, and if necessary one or more co-supervisors (and even an organization supervisor, in the case of the Internship), knowledge and methodological skills that will be applied in the preparation of a Dissertation, a Project Work, or an Internship of a professional nature and respective final report, within the areas of knowledge of the Master in Management Control. Depending on the specific objectives, each student should select the modality among the three identified to carry out the non-teaching component of this master’s degree.

The Dissertation aims to carry out an original work of a scientific nature, involving the adoption of methodologies, methods, and appropriate research techniques and supporting itself in the scientific literature.

The Project Work aims to carry out work of an applied nature to an organization, business or not, aiming to solve a specific problem of it with an innovative solution or process improvement, involving the integrated application of knowledge and appropriate methodologies.

The Internship aims to complement academic training through targeted integration into an organization, whether business or not, which is the hosting entity of the internship, based on a work plan to be developed in it, ending with the preparation of a final report, where critically analyze the procedures and/or processes dealt with within the scope of the internship, as well as the contributions resulting from it.

In order to support the elaboration of the Dissertation / Project Work / Internship and Report, there are 8 hours of seminars included in the course, for an interim presentation of the work done by the students, sharing experiences and difficulties, and obtaining feedback and contributions from everyone in the session to more efficiently complete their work.

Regardless of the modality chosen, it is intended that the student obtains the following skills:

1. Ability to identify a research topic in the field of management control;

2. Ability to research, select, analyze, interpret, and compare relevant literature and information on the selected research topic;

2. Ability to understand fundamental concepts and theories that support the selected research topic;

3. Ability to apply knowledge, using a scientific method suited to the proposed research objective;

4. Synthesis ability, organizing and synthesizing the collected information and the results / solutions proposed in the final work;

5. Critical ability to analyze results or evaluate proposed solutions.

1. Elaboration of the Dissertation, or Project Work, or Internship and Report, with the mentorship of the Supervisors, and eventually co-supervisor(s), as well as, with the support of the company Supervisor in the case of an Internship.

In the Dissertation and Project Work, the subjects are framed within the scope of the course area and respecting its objectives. In the case of Internships, they will be preferably in the management control departments or, in their absence, will be in the departments responsible for these tasks.

2. Interim presentation of the students of their Dissertation / Project Work / Internship and Report, which is mandatory.

This session will be attended by the Master’s Scientific Committee and will also have the participation of the respective Supervisors.

It is intended to create a brainstorming and feedback session for master’s students, where there is sharing of experiences and difficulties, encouraging mutual help and boosting the conclusion of the respective works with the desired levels of quality.

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The bibliography is specific for each Dissertation / Project Work / Internship and Report carried out, being in accordance with the topic chosen for the work developed.