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After successfully finishing this course you should:

- Have acquired sound knowledge of methodological approaches and issues in business 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;

Qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method, and interventionist research designs;

Methodological implcations of critical rationalism, social constructivism, critical realism, and actor-network-theory;

Assessing impact of methodological choices on participants' dissertation projects.

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

Presentations, term paper.

For detail see course syllabus which will be available at the start of the course.

Detailed references available in course syllabus.

See curriculum.

Participation in seminar meetings is compulsory.