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After successfully finishing this course you should: have acquired sound knowledge of methodological approaches and issues in business administration and management research; be able to understand and critically evaluate the impact of ontological and epistemological choices on research design; and be capable of taking a reasoned decision regarding your own methodological position in doing your PhD research.

Introduction to methodology and its ontological and epistemological foundations;
methodological implications of four representative approaches in business research: critical rationalism, social constructivism, critical realism, and governmentality studies;
assessing impact of methodological choices on participants' dissertation projects.

Lectures with discussion; student presentations; in-class group work and discussion; reviewing student papers.

Written assignments; term paper

Specific course literature will be announced in the course syllabus. A good introduction to the course topic is given in chapters 1 and 8 - 10 of:

O'Leary, Z. (2017). The essential guide to doing your research project (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage.

This book is also available as eTextbook through Vitalsource: https://www.vitalsource.com/referral?term=9781526413055

Participation requirements, see curriculum

Participation in seminar sessions is compulsory.