Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

This course aims to develop students’ skills to understand, apply and evaluatere search methods and tools in problem-based projects with academic rigor. A particular emphasis is on research design, data collection and data analysis and ensuring validity and reliability.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• A coherent and profound understanding of research design approaches for studying value chains and business systems and processes.
• Understanding of how to operationalize theory as part of research design, data collection and data analysis.
• Understanding of quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data about value chains and business systems and processes, including the trade-offs between different data collection methods.
• Understanding of quantitative and qualitative methods to analyse value chains and business systems and processes.
• Understanding of approaches to ensure validity and reliability in relation to research design, data collection and data analysis.
• Knowledge of the state-of-the-art of technological developments within data generation.

Skills

• Developed skills in applying and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research designs necessary for understanding, analyzing and improving value chains and business systems and processes.
• Developed skills in applying and evaluating quantitative and qualitative methods for data collection and data analysis.

Competences

• Be able to select and operationalize appropriate quantitative and qualitative research designs.
• Be able to select and operationalise appropriate quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and data analysis.
• Be able to analyse and improve value chains and business systems and processes.

Type of instruction

The teaching is organized in accordance with the general form of teaching. Please see the programme cirruculum §17.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 5 ECTS course module the expected workload is 150 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams