(in Polish) Research Methods in Financial Management 2600-IBP-RMiFM
1. The scientific method versus other approaches in management research: Inductive and deductive approaches; Quantitative and qualitative re-search; etc.
2. Approaches and perspectives in financial research methodology
3. Research Design: Basic Stages of financial man-agement research; Principles of formulating re-search aims and research problems; Principles of formulating research hypotheses; Operationali-zation of variables
4. Basic research methods: theory, application and good practices in financial management
5. Basics of Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analy-sis
6. Reporting Research Findings (research results presentation): Principles of crafting research re-ports: logic, structure, and source citation rules; How to read and evaluate the credibility of re-search results
7. Good practices and common errors in manage-ment research
Total Hours - Student Workload (4 ECTS - 100 hours):
Class Sessions (Including Assessment and Examination) - 30 hours
Reading Literature for Classes - 20 hours
Preparing Assignments (small projects and big research project)- 50 hours
Type of course
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Assessment criteria
The assessment covers
1/ the student ongoing engagement in the classes
2/ projects:
1. 2 small projects (40 % of grade) in teams – litera-ture review with application of reference man-ager; setting the aim of research and putting forward hypotheses stemming from the litera-ture review;
2. One big project (60% of grade) in teams – written research paper covering literature review, hy-potheses development, methodology and
Project includes: written report and oral presentation and discussion.
Assessment scores and grades:
Below 50% - 2
50%-63% - 3
64%-73%- 3+
74%-83% - 4
84%-93% - 4+
94%-100% - 5
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