Objectives
The participants will develop skills to:
- acquire the ability to plan, conduct, and write scientific work (e.g. transfer work, transfer documentation and reports, feasibility study work and master's thesis),
- get instructions for literature search in both classical and electronic (through databases and on-line resources) manner,
- exercise their scientific art of argumentation,
- address the issue of formal design and presentation of scientific work,
- learn the principles of empirical work,
- be able to solve problems on their own and in proper time using scientific methods,
- recognize the possibilities of combining different disciplines and aspects of their own company to solve problems and
- get insights into dealing with the flood of information in daily practice of decision-making.
Target Attendees / Participants
Students of Steinbeis Master of Business Administration
Course Content by Units
Subject delimitation and preliminary work
Literature and electronic research
Procurement and assessment of literature
Scientific argumentation and interdisciplinary aspects
Structuring the content
Manuscript preparation and writing techniques
Tables and Charts
Quotes and Footnotes
Directories and registry
Teaching Methods
Classic lecturing
Free, interactive class discussion
Small group work
Literature
Andermann, U. / Drees, M. / Grätz. F. (2006): Duden - Wie verfasst man wissenschaftliche Arbeiten? Ein Leitfaden für Studium und Promotion, 3. völlig neu erarbeitete Auflage, Dudenverlag.
Ebster, C. / Stalzer, L (2003): Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftler, 2. überarbeitete Auflage, UTB.
Heister. W. / Welller-Poftberg. D. (2007): Studieren mit Erfolg: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, 1. Auflage, Schaffer-Poeschel.
Mogalle, Marc (2001): Management transdisziplinärer Forschungsprozesse: Eine betriebswirtschaftliche Analyse, 1. Auflage, Birkhauser.
Theisen, R. M. (2006): Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten: Technik - Methodik - Form, 13. neu bearbeitete Auflage, Vahlen.
Vochezer, R. / Beck, B. (2007): Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten und Studienmethodik: Transfer-Dokumentation-Report.
1. Auflage, Steinbeis Edition
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