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[ 973THESMTSS22 ] SE Master's Thesis Seminar
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Education level |
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Responsible person |
Hours per week |
Coordinating university |
| 3 ECTS |
M2 - Master's programme 2. year |
Business Administration |
Christoph Teller |
2 hpw |
Johannes Kepler University Linz |
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| Detailed information |
| Pre-requisites |
KS Creating Strategic Advantages UND KS Introduction to Marketing Management UND KS Managerial Accounting UND KS Advances in Leadership, Human Resource Management, and Change UND SE Qualitative Research Methods UND SE Quantitative Research Methods UND SE Leaders, Groups, and their Organizational Environment UND SE Human Resource Architectures and Management UND SE Digital Transformation: Managing Change
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KS Creating Strategic Advantages UND KS Introduction to Marketing Management UND KS Managerial Accounting UND KS Advances in Leadership, Human Resource Management, and Change UND SE Qualitative Research Methods UND SE Quantitative Research Methods UND SE Advanced Topics in B2B-Marketing UND
SE Contemporary Issues in Marketing Management UND
SE Consumer Insights and Relationship Marketing
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KS Creating Strategic Advantages UND KS Introduction to Marketing Management UND KS Managerial Accounting UND KS Advances in Leadership, Human Resource Management, and Change UND SE Qualitative Research Methods UND SE Quantitative Research Methods UND
SE Business Models and the Impact of Digitalization and Sustainability UND
SE Strategic Management in dynamic and complex environments UND
SE Global Strategic Management
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KS Creating Strategic Advantages UND KS Introduction to Marketing Management UND KS Managerial Accounting UND KS Advances in Leadership, Human Resource Management, and Change UND SE Qualitative Research Methods UND SE Quantitative Research Methods UND SE Integrated Seminar: Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Circular Economy Innovation UND SE Research Seminar: Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Circular Economy Innovation
Positive Absolvierung der Module
- Strategic Management
- Marketing
- Organization
- Human Resource & Change Management
- Managerial Accounting
- Financial Accounting
- Corporate Finance UND
- Fach Methods in Management Research
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Positive Absolvierung von 8 ECTS aus derselben Leadership Challenge UND
Fach Methods in Management Research
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| Original study plan |
Master's programme Management 2024W |
| Objectives |
This course aims to:
- Enable students to develop a robust line of argumentation
- Equip students with academic writing skills
- Introduce complex academic content to students
- Enhance and strengthen students' skills to craft a literature review
- Direct students to identify and discuss appropriate theories related to the phenomenon under study
- Qualify students to derive a conceptual framework based on theories and literature
- Empower students to develop and justify a methodology applicable to investigate the phenomenon
- Facilitate students with appropriate qualitative and quantitative analysis methods
- Capacitate students to distil key implications of the key findings for theory and practice
- Enable students to critically reflect on the limitations of the research process and develop an agenda for further research
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course, the students will be able to:
- LO1: Critically analyse, evaluate and conduct an original management related research. [subject knowledge – intellectual skills – cognitive and transferable skills]
- LO2: Demonstrate the ability to select and define and focus upon a management issue at an appropriate level. [subject knowledge – cognitive and transferable skills]
- LO3: Develop and apply relevant and sound methodologies within their research. [subject knowledge – cognitive and transferable skills]
- LO4: Analyse qualitative and quantitative data (for empirical thesis only) [subject knowledge – cognitive and transferable skills]
- LO5: Develop managerial recommendations and logical conclusions based on their research findings. [subject knowledge – practical skills]
- LO6: Identify and demonstrate limitations of their undertaken research work. [subject knowledge – intellectual skills – cognitive and transferable skills]
- LO7: Demonstrate and discuss any ethical dilemmas that arise in their research. [subject knowledge – cognitive and transferable skills]
- LO8: Utilize and enhance their analytical skills as future management professionals. [subject knowledge – practical skills]
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Most graduates of business programs will write their first research paper applying advanced research methods at the end of their Master's program – as part of their Master's thesis. This requires not only subject knowledge, but also self-mastery skills.
Therefore, this course is designed to provide theoretical and methodological support to students developing and writing their Master's thesis. As such, it aims to provide a sustained period of independent study and research with optional supervision support. The subject domains of the seminar focus on management phenomena that are of particular interest to students and draw upon a range of different aspects of the taught program (methodological and theoretical). The course equips students with key research and writing skills and supports them in developing their Master's thesis based on detailed feedback from the course leader and peers. The Master's thesis follows the standard academic pattern of identifying a topic arising from a gap in the literature and developing a methodology to explore this area in depth. This course can be understood as a keystone course that draws together management theory and research.
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| Criteria for evaluation |
The assessment focuses on oral presentations and the related documents (slides, commentary) reflecting different stages of the writing and research process, i.e. from crafting the focus of the thesis to the discussion of the main findings.
Units of assessments or combinations of those can include the following:
Presentation on
- The research topic and questions, including their practical relevance, research gap, literature review
- Theoretical underpinning, research model/hypotheses/propositions, proposed methodology
- (Empirical) results, discussion, theoretical and practical implications, outlook and limitations
To account for differences in research approaches across the three Competence Areas the number of presentations on the above-listed content can vary but all together count against 100% of the course mark.
Detailed information regarding the assessment strategy will be announced in the Master's Thesis Seminar.
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| Methods |
The course follows an application-based pedagogical approach by including:
- Interaction
- Individual presentations
- Group discussions
- Feedback.
The course leaders use the latest technology and tools that enhance self-reflection and critical thinking:
* The module is designed to develop routines of critical reflection and reflexivity by creating an environment that supports such skills.
- The teaching and learning strategy is designed to develop the students’ ability to conduct and report independent research.
It builds on the other management modules in the programme, allowing students to gain experience of applying some of the principles and methods learned by following a strong ethical conduct.
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
The reading material varies depending on the focused subject area (marketing, strategic management, human resources or international management) and is made available on the virtual learning platform.
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| Changing subject? |
Yes |
| Further information |
For quality assurance and improvement purposes, please participate in all JKU course evaluations and surveys!
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| On-site course |
| Maximum number of participants |
25 |
| Assignment procedure |
Assignment according to priority |
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