Dissertation Plan/Work Project/Internship Plan

Code:

2FI18

Acronym:

DWPIP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2016/2017 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIF	50	Bologna Official Syllabus	2	-	7,5	56	202,5

Teaching language

English

Objectives

To allow students to make use of the knowledge learned (in the first year of the Master in Management programme) in preparing their dissertation plan.

 

 

Learning outcomes and competences

At the final essay, the student is expected to:

- clearly identify the research question(s) and discuss the gap/opening question he wants to study in its master dissertation;

- fully perform a literature review and systematize the relevant literature in a main framework;

- justifiably identify the methodology suitable to analyze the problem in research (based in the relevant literature)

- plan the research work through a chronogram.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Part I - RESEARCH PROCESS

1. Stages of the research process

• Research question
• Exploration and exploratory readings
• Problems (theoretical): theories and concepts
• Construction of the model of analysis and preparation of theoretical hypotheses
• Selection and application of methods and techniques
• Analysis and processing of information
• Conclusion

2. Scientific writing

• Formal rules of a dissertation / report
• Presentation and discussion of a scientific paper
• Academic Integrity

3. Bibliometrics

• Bibliographic databases
• Bibliometric indicators
• Bibliometrics as a support tool to the literature review

 Part II - RESEARCH METHODS

4. Surveys and sampling

• Survey questionnaire and sampling
• quantitative databases

5A. Qualitative Methods

• Approaches: narrative, phenomenology, ethnography, case study, action research and design of the empirical study
• Negotiate access
• Data collection methods (interview, focus groups, critical incident technique, observation using secondary sources)
• Data analysis and writing qualitative studies
• Introduction to the software NVivo to support the analysis of data

5B. Quantitative Methods

• Data analysis: descriptive and statistical inference statistics

Part III – TUTORIALS

Mandatory literature

Saunders, Mark; Lewis, Philip and Thornhill, Adrian; Research Methods for Business Students, Prentice-Hall, Edinburgh, 2002
Bryman, Alan; Bell, Emma; Business Research Methods, Financial Times / Prentice Hall, London, 2006
To be Defined by the Lecturers of the Thematic subjects; Quantitative and Qualitative research methods

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Teaching sessions.

- Tutorial sessions for reflection, discussion and motivation for future work of dissertation project.

- Presentation and discussion of dissertation themes, intermediate dissertation project draft and final project.

 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	0,00
Prova oral	40,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	66,50
Estudo autónomo	20,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de investigação	60,00
Total:	202,50

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Grade = 0,10*ResearchIdeaPresentation +  0,30*OralExamination  + 0,60*FinalEssay - Penalizations

 Components of the evaluation:

• ResearchIdeaPresentation - 10% of the final grade: Research Topic/Idea presentation (week 6). 5 minutes presentation.
• OralExamination - 30% of the final grade: Students’ oral examination of the dissertation project (week 13). 10 minutes presentation.
• FinalEssay - 60% of the final grade: Final essay delivery (Dissertation proposal) – Report (maximum 20 pages) containing information about the research topic, purpose and relevance of the study, the literature review, the main research question(s), the most suitable methodology for the study and a chronogram of the work (to deliver until the 15th of January, 2017)
• 1 page summary containing the research topic, purpose and relevance to deliver until the end of week 5. If the student does not send the summary until the date defined in the schedule, 1 point (out of 20) will be deducted from the final grade.
• First essay: Report (maximum 10 pages) containing information about the research topic (reformulated, if needed), purpose and relevance of the study, the key literature review and the main research question(s) to deliver until the end of week 10. If the student does not send the First Essay until the date defined in the schedule, 2 points (out of 20) will be subtracted from the final grade.

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