Research Methodology

Code: GES10938M

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Management

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

The CU Research Methodology aims to raise awareness and prepare participants for developing a final master's thesis. In the end, participants must be able to adopt a critical stance towards the problems posed by organizations and society, master the methodological procedures for preparing a research work, the phases of preparing a final master's work, and know and apply conventions and standards inherent to the preparation of this type of work.
In view of the objectives, it is intended that participants acquire the following skills:
 Identify different levels of knowledge;
 Know the requirements of research and academic work;
 Know and develop the phases of preparing academic-scientific work;
 Know and distinguish the rules for preparing different types of master's final works;

1 - The nature of research in Management
2 - Definition of the topic and goals of the research/project
3 - Critical review of the literature
4 - Methodological designs
5 - Writing and presentation of the final master's work

Teaching Methods

The face-to-face sessions will be based on active work methodologies. The content and recommended readings needed to understand the different topics will be available to students in advance on the University's e-learning platform, requiring preparation for sessions outside the classroom. In class, project-based learning will be privileged, through the completion and monitoring of the work for evaluation. Teachers will accompany students in these tasks and, depending on needs and difficulties, will present and delve deeper into themes and concepts essential to the acquisition of the defined skills.

Assessment

Participants can choose either the continuous assessment regime or the exam regime.
Continuous assessment regime:
1. Report on literature search and preparation of bibliography 30%
2. Final masters work proposal 70%
The first work consists of a systematic literature search on a topic chosen by the student and preparing a list of references according to APA standards.
The final work proposal will be developed according to a script to be made available on Moodle. This proposal will be developed in two parts with a weighting for the final grade of 20% for the first part and 50% for the second part.
Examination regime:
In this assessment regime, the final grade of the Curricular Unit will result from the classification obtained in:
1. Report on literature search and preparation of bibliography - 30%
2. Master's final work proposal - 70%
Students will be approved with a grade of 10 or more as long as none of the essays have a grade lower than 7