Course Catalog 2007-2008

TETA-7018 ACADEMIC WRITING AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE II, 4 cr
Academic Writing and Research Methodologies in Management Science II

Courses persons responsible
Jouni Lyly-Yrjänäinen

Objectives
The objective of the course is to go deeper into the world of scientific writing ¿ and of written reports in general. The students will learn the basic data gathering methods used in management science and will learn to apply those in their own work. Furthermore, the students will learn a more analytical and critical perspective to information gathering and writing, which should help students when writing their Masters Thesis. Similar to the previous course (TETA-7017), the students will write about 15-page report of selected topic related to Industrial Engineering and Management, which will also be presented to the seminar group. However, whereas the interest in previous course was on the formalities of scientific research and research reports in general, in this course, the emphasis is also on the development of professional expertise in chosen research topic. Thus, at this point, students should have some understanding on potential topic for Masters Thesis and they should use the seminar paper as an opportunity to develop their knowledge and thinking in that particular area. Therefore, a potential supervisor of Masters Thesis (one of the professors of the department) is available for some consultation. In addition, English teacher will give some personal feedback on the language.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The most typical research methods in management science. Possibilities and limitations of these research methods.       
2. How to build the narrative for the research report (one of the most difficult phases in writing research reports).       
3. How to improve critical thinking and make it visible on the research report.       

Requirements for completing the course
Participation in the seminar sessions and written report

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Written report and participation in the seminar sessions.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TETA-7017 TETA-7017 Academic Writing and Research Methodologies in Management Science I 4 Mandatory

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • Course will not be lectured in the academic year 2007-2008.

    • Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 12
    Exercises 20
    Seminar reports 82
    Total sum 114

    Additional information related to course
    The course includes the most relevant content of the course TETA-4010 Research Methodologies (lectured in Finnish) and may even have some shared lectures.

    Last modified 05.03.2007
    Modified bySanna Nokelainen