Course

Theories in Management Research (PHD602)


Dette er emnebeskrivelsen for studieåret 2020-2021

See course description and exam/assesment information for this semester (2024-2025)

Semesters

Fakta

Emnekode

PHD602

Vekting (stp)

5

Semester undervisningsstart

Spring

Undervisningsspråk

Norwegian

Antall semestre

1

Vurderingssemester

Spring

Content

The course is a supervised reading course that covers in- depth topics in the leadership and management research literature. The course is tailored to the state of the art in the specific field, and typically aims to review salient elements of the literature as one or more of: the research history, main theories, research traditions and current research.  Through a series of seminars/workshops with the course leader, the candidates are guided through their selection of interesting segments of the management- and leadership research literature, their selection of review method and towards writing an appropriate review paper (e.g., a narrative review, an integrative review, a systematic review etc. as appropriate).

Learning outcome

Knowledge

The candidate

• has advanced knowledge of a specific topic within theories and methods in management research

• knows how to identify knowledge gaps in the research literature

• can evaluate characteristics and appropriateness of different types of literature reviews

Skills

The candidate

• can plan, conduct and present an appropriate literature review within a chosen topic

• can participate in advanced discussions at the research front within the chosen topic

General competence

The candidate

• can conduct literature review projects

• can synthesize research that may generate new knowledge

Forkunnskapskrav

Participants must be enrolled in a PhD programme. 

Exam

Fagperson(er)

Course coordinator:

Gro Ellen Mathisen

Method of work

Supervised reading course, with scheduled workshops/meetings for planning and discussions.

Åpent for

Single Course Admission to PhD-Courses Single Course Admission to PhD-Courses Single Course Admission to PhD-courses Health and Medicine - PhD Programme Literacy studies - PhD Risk Management and Societal Safety - PhD PhD programme in Social Sciences Educational Sciences - PhD Programme Technology and Natural Science - PhD programme Educational Sciences and Humanities - PhD

Emneevaluering

The course will be assessed and evaluated according to the University of Stavanger's administrative quality system.
The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 1