Research and Development

Brief description

  • Conception, structuring and design of scientific papers
  • Research questions and hypotheses
  • Introduction to empirical research
  • Research designs: quantitative and qualitative approaches
  • Questionnaires: conception, design and analysis
  • Interviews: conception, guideline and evaluation
  • Case study research
  • Document analysis
  • Group discussion/focus groups
  • Grounded theory
  • Quality criteria of empirical research

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Diekmann, A (2016): Empirische Sozialforschung. Grundlagen, Methoden, Anwendungen, Rowohlt, 13th ed., Reinbek bei Hamburg.
Flick, U. (2017): Qualitative Sozialforschung: Eine Einführung, Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg.
Karmasin, M., Ribing, R. (2019): Die Gestaltung wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten: ein Leitfaden für Seminararbeiten, Bachelor-, Master-, Magister- und Diplomarbeiten sowie Dissertationen, 10th ed., UTB, Stuttgart.
Esselborn-Krumbiegel, H. (2017): Von der Idee zum Text. Eine Anleitung zum wissenschaftlichen Schreiben, UTB, Stuttgart.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture, discussion, presentation, homework, self-organised learning with required reading and group work.

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment: written assignments, presentations.
Assessment criteria: comprehensiveness, level of detail and complexity of answers, accuracy of solutions and results, compliance with formal criteria.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

None

Infos

Degree programme

Logistics & Strategic Management (Master)

Cycle

Master

ECTS Credits

3.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2025

Semester

1 WS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of the course, students can

  • apply quantitative and qualitative scientific methods to solve problems (3),
  • work independently in a scientific manner, evaluating the quality of scientific literature and to select and process it for their research (5),
  • develop scientific questions independently, select adequate methods for investigating them and justify their selection methodically and in terms of scientific theory (5),
  • evaluate, reflect on critically, and interpret empirical data with common methods (4, 5),
  • draw theory-based conclusions from the results (5),
  • write research concepts for theoretical and empirical research papers (6).

Course code

1392-21-01-BB-DE-09