Quantitative Research MethodsLaajuus (4 ECTS)

Objective

After completing the module the student will
- comprehend action research as Business research method, be aware of its different methodologies and choice of data
- understand the variety of available research methodologies and their usability
- have the skills needed to plan action a research based development project.
After completing the module the student will be able to
- plan action research based development projects

Content

- Applied research
- Main types of research, approaches in problem solving, exploratory research
- Basic research and applied research compared
- Action research as framework for a development project
- Conceptual issues, main paradigms and methodology
- Structure of a thesis and its focal concepts
- Actions research as a process
- Methods for action research
- Positivistic and phenomenological methodologies in Business research
- Constructivism as research methodology