Course Catalog

MRES 601 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies	3 Credits
This PhD seminar provides a foundation for theory building and empirical analysis in the study of organizations. Rather than focus on particular statistical or analytical methods, the goal is to provide participants with a rigorous grounding in the scientific approach to constructing theoretical arguments and designing appropriate empirical tests. The course is organized around the question of how to do good research. Topics to be covered include common threats to validity in research design, decisions regarding the choice of samples and settings, measurement issues such as reliability and validity, estimation methods, data collection tools, and ethics in planning, conduct, and publication of research. The seminar thus serves as a complement to other basic and advanced research method courses, and will develop skills needed to: 1. build and analyze theoretical arguments 2. design effective tests of theory 3. understand the interplay between theory building and theory testing Students will get some experience critiquing the methodology used in published studies and hopefully develop some idea about how to start conducting their own dissertation research.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit Fall 2024-2025 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Fall 2023-2024 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Fall 2022-2023 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Fall 2021-2022 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Fall 2020-2021 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Spring 2019-2020 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Fall 2019-2020 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Spring 2017-2018 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Spring 2016-2017 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Fall 2016-2017 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Fall 2014-2015 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Fall 2013-2014 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Spring 2010-2011 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Fall 2009-2010 Research Methods in Management and Organization Studies 3 Fall 2005-2006 Research Methods 3 Fall 2004-2005 Research Methods 3 Fall 2002-2003 Research Methods (GSM601) 3 Fall 2001-2002 Research Methods (GSM601) 3
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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