2024
Methods and Techniques of research II
Name: Methods and Techniques of research II
Code: GES12426D
9 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/243 hours
Scientific Area:
Ciências Empresariais
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: B-learning
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
The CUs aim is to provide students with the basic theoretical and methodological knowledge and skills to
conduct agribusiness and sustainability research, so that they are able to successfully design, develop
and implement top-level, international projects, individually or in teams, in an academic context and,
particularly, in agribusiness environments.
conduct agribusiness and sustainability research, so that they are able to successfully design, develop
and implement top-level, international projects, individually or in teams, in an academic context and,
particularly, in agribusiness environments.
Contents
Qualitative research methods in an agribusiness context
1. Qualitative research designs
Case study, ethnography, evaluation research, living labs, design science research, grounded theory and
multi-method/mixed approaches
2. Data collection methods in qualitative research
Interviews, focus groups, documentary research, participant observation
3. Qualitative data analysis
Thematic and content analysis with Nvivo, social network analysis.
1. Qualitative research designs
Case study, ethnography, evaluation research, living labs, design science research, grounded theory and
multi-method/mixed approaches
2. Data collection methods in qualitative research
Interviews, focus groups, documentary research, participant observation
3. Qualitative data analysis
Thematic and content analysis with Nvivo, social network analysis.
Teaching Methods
The CU is organized so that each practical problem-solving session is preceded by the corresponding
theoretical lecture. Between one lecture and the next, students will need to refine their understanding of
the topic previously dealt with in theoretical terms, and apply the newly acquired knowledge to the
completion of a small assignment. The problem-solving lectures will take the form of case-studies focus
through which students will design, develop and implement research that aims to solve specific
companies concrete problems. The case study will be related both to each of the CUs topics and to the
specific student interests.
Assessment will be made on the basis of 3 individual essays with equal weight in the final grade.
theoretical lecture. Between one lecture and the next, students will need to refine their understanding of
the topic previously dealt with in theoretical terms, and apply the newly acquired knowledge to the
completion of a small assignment. The problem-solving lectures will take the form of case-studies focus
through which students will design, develop and implement research that aims to solve specific
companies concrete problems. The case study will be related both to each of the CUs topics and to the
specific student interests.
Assessment will be made on the basis of 3 individual essays with equal weight in the final grade.
Teaching Staff
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