Section outline

    • Session 1

    • Session 2

    • Engagement Activity 

      Dear researchers!

      Please introduce yourself, your Ph.D. goals and motivation 

      Align those with the research philosophy approaches you learned 

      150-200 words 

    • Session 3

    • Session 4

    • Engagement Activity

    • Opened: Thursday, 10 October 2024, 12:00 AM
      Due: Monday, 14 October 2024, 11:59 PM

      • Propose 3-4 research hypotheses.
      • 200-250 words


    • Session 5

    • Session 6

    • Homework

    • Opened: Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 12:00 AM
      Due: Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 11:59 PM

      Presentation - Student Submission: End of Week 3. (20% of Prefinal Grade) 

      • Students are expected to find an article in their research area. If a student is at a starting point, she/he is eligible to perform analysis of the attached article 

      • Requirements – the article should be published in a peer reviewed journal or manuscript. 

      • The selected article should be no older than 10 years and contain at least 10 pages. 

      • A student should submit the selected article, link to primary source of it together with her/his critical analysis. 

      • A student may use the article delivered by a professor. 

      • Perform a critical analysis of applied research methods in the selected article. 

      Objectives: 

      • Explore the publication. 

      • Identify the applied methods and name them. 

      • Perform the critical analysis; how do those methods help in reaching publication objectives? 

      • Give your opinion and proposals for improvement. 

      Guidelines: 

      • Carefully explore the article. 

      • Compare the applied gathering, analysis tools and methods applied to the given theory. 

      • Identify which methods are applied, including mixed. 

      • Give reasons and proof. 

      • Give your proposals on improvement. 

      Students present the presentation (pptx or pdf). 

      Recommended structure: 

      • Title. 

      • Research area, article, journal. 

      • Methods applied, reasons. 

      • Improvement recommendations. 

      • Conclusion. 

      • 5-8 slides in total. 

      • Students record and upload oral presentations (audio at pptx or video). 

      Evaluation Criteria: 

      • Quality of an article and a journal (or other source). 

      • Correct research methods identification. 

      • Valuable improvement recommendations. 

      • Fluent motivated oral presentation.


    • Session 7

    • Session 8

    • Engagement Activity

    • Opened: Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 12:00 AM
      Due: Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 11:59 PM

      Activity 3: Group Work 

      • Perform critical analysis of the applied methods in the article

      https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666990024000120 

      • 350-400 words.


    • Session 11

    • Session 12

    • Engagement Activity

    • Opened: Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 12:00 AM
      Due: Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 5:38 PM
    • Homework

    • Opened: Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 12:00 AM
      Due: Friday, 22 November 2024, 11:59 PM
    • Session 13

    • Session 14

    • Engagement Activity

    • Homework

    • Opened: Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 12:00 AM
      Due: Friday, 29 November 2024, 11:59 PM
    • Session 14

    • Engagement Activity

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      Summative Assessment 1: Report 1 Assignment
      Opened: Friday, 27 September 2024, 12:00 AM
      Due: Sunday, 8 December 2024, 11:59 PM
      Not available unless: You achieve higher than a certain score in Category total
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      Summative Assessment 2: Report 2 Assignment
      Opened: Friday, 27 September 2024, 12:00 AM
      Due: Sunday, 15 December 2024, 11:59 PM

      Report: 

      Students are asked to write a report analyzing three interviews taken from the media on a specific economics/ management topic, using a software package. 

      Students should attach data analysis to the report and should refer to this data analysis in their report.

      Not available unless: You achieve higher than a certain score in Category total
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      Summative Assessment 3: Written Assignment
      Opened: Monday, 9 December 2024, 12:00 AM
      Due: Monday, 16 December 2024, 11:59 PM
      Not available unless: You achieve higher than a certain score in Category total
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      Summative Assessment 4: Project Output Assignment
      Opened: Friday, 27 September 2024, 12:00 AM
      Due: Monday, 16 December 2024, 11:59 PM