Research Seminar
Code
400016
Academic unit
NOVA Information Management School
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Teaching language
Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English
Objectives
To prepare students to conduct the different stages of a research or work project, which include the design and planning of the proposed work, project implementation, the definition of objectives and methods, and the reparation of final the report (dissertation, thesis, project or internship report).
Provide to students an opportunity to:
1) integrate acquired knowledge;
2) exercise and expand their ability to:
a) independent study;
b) use the literature to develop and justify their arguments through critical analysis of information from various sources;
c) discuss results and draw conclusions based on literature and information gathered, with the formulation of new concepts and proposals for future work;
d) communicate and present results in an appropriate style, resulting in a final report properly structured.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1. Introduction to research work.
a) The nature of research
b) The investigation process
2. Topic formulation and research objectives
a) A good research topic
b) The generation of ideas
c) Research questions, goals and objectives
d) From idea to project
3. The proposal
a) Content
b) Standards
4. The Critical review of the literature
a) Critical review
b) Planning and implementation of literature search
c) Literature search tools and sources
d) Plagiarism
e) Rules for citation and references5. Methodological approaches in scientific research. Strategies and methods for research
a) Approaches to research
b) Research designs
c) Methods of data collection
6. Presentation of the final work: structure, content, and editing rules
a) Report structure
b) Organization
c) Writing: editing and norms
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Bibliography
BRYMAN, A. (2008). Social Research Methods. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press Inc.
CATER-STEEL, A. e L. Al-Hakim (2009). Information Systems Research Methods, Epistemology, and Applications. IGI Global Snippet
OATES, B. J. (2006). Researching Information Systems and Computing. London: Sage Publications
RECKER, J. (2012). Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner's Guide. Progress in IS, Springer
RECKER, J. (2012). Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner's Guide. Progress in IS, Springer
Teaching method
The course is based on lectures and seminars. In addition to the recommended readings and introduction to the themes in the classroom, discussions and exercises will be promoted in the classroom. The seminars are geared for the analysis and development of students' dissertation proposals. Structured discussions and sharing of experiences will be encouraged.Participants are faced with the need to address the issues that systematically arise during the preparation of a master final work, which include choosing a theme, identifying a problem to study, clarification of objectives, formulation of hypotheses, model building, application of quantitative, qualitative and mixed data collection and reporting of results and conclusions.
Evaluation method
Course assessment is based on the proposals for research, project work or internship report on two occasions:
•The first part of the proposal should be hand via e-mail and will have a weighting of 25% of the final grade.
• A hard copy (stapled) of the final proposal should be hand in until the date of the exam and will have a weighting of 75% of the final grade.
•Proposals are evaluated from 0 to 20 (pass mark: 10).