Seminar for Final Thesis 2

  • Credits: 2
  • Ending: Credits
  • Range: 0P + 2C
  • Semester: summer
  • Year: 2
  • Faculty of Business Economics with seat in Košice

Teachers

Included in study programs

Corporate Business and Marketing

Teaching results

The aim of the course is:
• to acquaint students with the basic requirements for the final work in the conditions of the university,
• provide students with knowledge about orientation in available global databases of knowledge in the field of economics and management,
• provide knowledge on the formulation and solution of professional and research problems in the field of business economics and management
• to teach students to formulate the research intentions of the final work, to work with data databases and to generalize the knowledge of science.
Knowledge:
• on the process of creating research and final theses,
• on the basic documents governing the elaboration of the final thesis, on the procedures and requirements for the submission of the thesis, on the control of its originality, the consent to its disclosure and the defense.
Skills:
• formulation of the research problem, hypotheses and aims of the final work,
• navigate the globally available information databases,
• prepare materials for the final work,
• presentation of the results of the final work.
Competences:
• an independent and creative approach to solving economic problems,
• responsibility for compliance with relevant legislation, internal regulations,
• responsibility for respecting the usual ethical principles of scientific work.

Indicative content

Acquisition of knowledge from basic and recommended literature according to the theme of the final thesis. Selection of suitable conclusions usable in solving the topic of the final work. Manuscript of the knowledge part of the final work with emphasis on the pursuit of its goal. Elaboration of partial goals of the final work to solve the main goal. Formulation of research problems, or even working hypotheses. Characteristics of the investigated object. Elaboration of methodical procedure of final work. Selection of suitable scientific methods within the analytical and synthetic part of the work. Determining the time schedule of work on individual parts of the final work. Elaboration of individual chapters of the final thesis according to the methodical instructions of the thesis supervisor. Approach to writing results. Appropriate discussion of the results of the final work. Convincing formulation of the conclusion of the final work.

Support literature

1. ADAMS, J.- HAFIZ, T. A. – KHAN, R. R. 2014. Research Methods for Business and Social Science Students. New Delhi : SAGE Publications India, 2014. ISBN 9788132119814.
2. BRYNMAN, A. - BELL, E. 2015. Business Research Methods. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-966864-9.
3. GHAURI, P. N. – GRØNHAUG, K. 2005. Research Methods in Business Studies: A Practical Guide. Harlow : Pearson Education, 2005. ISBN 0273-68156-7.
4. LEE, B. - SAUNDERS, M. 2017. Conducting Case Study Research for Business and Management Students. London : SAGE Publications, 2017. ISBN 978-1-44627-416-3.
5. SAUNDERS, M. –LEWIS, P. – THORNHILL, A. 2019. Research methods for business students. Eight edition. Harlow : Pearson, 2019. ISBN 9781292208787.
6. Current papers form database SCOPUS, WOS, EBSCO.
7. Business case studies.

Syllabus

Acquisition of knowledge from basic and recommended literature according to the theme of the final thesis. Selection of suitable conclusions usable in solving the topic of the final work. Manuscript of the knowledge part of the final work with emphasis on the pursuit of its goal. Elaboration of partial goals of the final work to solve the main goal. Formulation of research problems, or even working hypotheses. Characteristics of the investigated object. Elaboration of methodical procedure of final work. Selection of suitable scientific methods within the analytical and synthetic part of the work. Determining the time schedule of work on individual parts of the final work. Elaboration of individual chapters of the final thesis according to the methodical instructions of the thesis supervisor. Approach to writing results. Appropriate discussion of the results of the final work. Convincing formulation of the conclusion of the final work.

Requirements to complete the course

• individual work – processing of materials for the final work – 45%
• individual work – processing of literary research – 40%
• presentation of the results of the final thesis – 15%
Total for semester: 100%

Student workload

• participation in seminars – 26 hours
• other activities – study of literature, preparation of materials for the final work, homework and examples, preparation for teaching, processing of literary research and preparation for the presentation of work results – 26 hours
Total: 52 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

English

Date of approval: 20.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 31.03.2022