Dissertation/Work Project/Internship Plan

Code:

2GEC08

Acronym:

PDTPE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2018/2019 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Sales Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
GCOM	28	Official Bologna Syllabus	2	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

We intend to approximate students with the work of empirical research in their area of expertise and serve as a basis for reflection and motivation for the future dissertation. Specifically, we intend to provide the skills necessary for students to develop dissertation plans, namely that students can identify opportunities for research, designing research goals and develop a methodological plan appropriate to these goals.

Students should be able to:
1) identify and critically review the literature relevant to the research topics,
2) identify opportunities for research and the objectives/ research questions to explore,
3) identify and develop appropriate methodological approaches to the research question identified including tools for collecting and analyzing data,
4) create a schedule of activities to accomplish,
5) develop reading and critical analysis writing habits.

The expected result is the development of the research/ project/ internship plan.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course, each student should master the basic concepts and skills of scientific research methodology, as well as be able to prepare and present a dissertation proposal.

Working method

Presencial

Program

I. Introduction to dissertation proposals and the scientific method of research

II. Methodology and research strategies; scientific writing; Bibliographic databases and statistics, the statistical process, Data Collection, Data Analysis with SPSS, Coding, Analysis of initial data, the process of statistical inference; Qualitative Research: Case Studies, Focus groups and interviews.

III. Preparation by stages, with monitoring, research proposals

Mandatory literature

Eco Umberto 1932-2016; Como se faz uma tese em ciências humanas. ISBN: 972-23-1351-7
Quivy Raymond; Manual de investigação em ciências sociais. ISBN: 978-972-662-275-8
Maroco, João; Análise estatística. ISBN: 978-972-618-452-2
Mason Jennifer; Qualitative researching. ISBN: 0-7619-7428-8
Yin Robert K.; Case study research. ISBN: 978-1-4129-6099-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

Combination of expository methods and active methods. Lessons are based on exposure through dialogue, exploration texts, being designed as tools to support the systematization of recommended literature, emphasizing the participation of students regarding selected readings to enliven classroom dynamics. Some of the sessions will be tutorial sessions, and others will be for public presentations and discussion.

Software

SPSS

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	10,00
Teste	20,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	21,00
Frequência das aulas	48,00
Trabalho escrito	70,00
Total:	139,00

Eligibility for exams

Class attendance is compulsory.
Students must have a grade equal or higher than 10 (out of 20) to get approval, do not miss more classes than the permitted number (4), submit one or more weekly critical analysis of a scientific paper (wok/ scopus, in english), and a grade of 6 or more (out of 20) in each component - and 10 (out of 20)  or more in the research/project/internship written plan.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade is calculated based on the following weighting: 


Nota = 0.2 x Nota_teste+ 0.1 x Nota_entrega1+ 0.2 x Nota_entrega2 + 0.4 x Nota_RelatórioFinal + 0.1 x Nota_defesa