Advanced Research Topics in Management (P00197)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : MSE-P-ARTM

The course consists of 10 sessions each devoted to a consideration of the methodology used within a different discipline within the area of Management. The specific disciplines include Business Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management Science, Operations Management, Corporate Strategy, International Business, Marketing, Organisational Behaviour, and Human Resource Management.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : PGs only

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Common Courses (Management School and Economics), (Management School and Economics, Schedule H)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
08/01/2008	14:00	16:00

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	14:00	15:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : Weeks 1-5 and weeks 7-11
Venue LT5, Bristo Square

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Having completed the course a student will have a knowledge of the research methodology specifically of the major disciplines within the subject area of Management and of the strengths and weaknesses of these methodologies. This knowledge will relate to the role of ontolgical assumptions, scientific objectives, methodological preferences, types of data and techniques of data collection and analysis within each discipline. This knowledge will be within the disciplines of Business Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management Science, Operations Management, Corporate Strategy, International Business, Marketing, Organisational Behaviour, and Human Resource Management; have an appreciation of the way management research is embedded in the social sciences and in policy and practice; have the ability to critically evaluate and critically compare different methodological approaches of the disciplines of Management; have the ability to make informed decisions as to the appropriate methodological framework within which to pursue a piece of research within the area of Management.