MG5A1
A Social Sciences Perspective of Academic Research in Management
This information is for the 2023/24 session.
Teacher responsible
Professor Ricardo Alonso, MAR 6.30
Head of the Doctoral Programme
Availability
This course is compulsory on the MPhil/PhD in Management - Information Systems and Innovation, MRes/PhD in Economics and Management, MRes/PhD in Management (Employment Relations and Human Resources), MRes/PhD in Management (Marketing) and MRes/PhD in Management (Organisational Behaviour). This course is not available as an outside option.
Course content
The Seminar runs across all Management PhD Programmes and is a compulsory course for all students in the first year of their MRes/PhD or MPhil/PhD programme.
The seminar provides the opportunity to engage with and appreciate research in other Management subject areas in order to understand some of the major streams of research (i.e. what is Micro OB vs. Macro OB, or Consumer Behaviour vs Modelling research in Marketing, researching formal and informal rules and their effects, etc). It also provides an opportunity for the full cohort of research students across the Department of Management programmes to meet regularly to discuss and share their different perspectives on academic research in Management.
The Seminar series will develop skills to evaluate underlying the research philosophy and research design in academic research.
You will be required to submit a paper from outside your direct area of expertise and apply the insights gained from course to discuss and evaluate the research paper.
Alongside an overview of the different Management specialisms within the Department of ManagementFaculty groups the seminars will cover topics on undertaking Management research such as quantitative and qualitative methods, experimental data, measurement and survey design and theory development.
Teaching
20 hours of seminars in the AT.
Formative coursework
Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the AT.
Submit a paper of between 1000-1500 words responding to a research paper outside your subject specialism.
Key facts
Department: Management
Total students 2022/23: 7
Average class size 2022/23: 7
Value: Non-credit bearing
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Personal development skills
- Self-management
- Team working
- Problem solving
- Application of information skills
- Communication
- Application of numeracy skills
- Commercial awareness
- Specialist skills