Obiettivi formativi
Uno degli obiettivi per le università è quello di condurre ricerche che avanzino le conoscenze scientifiche e che siano rilevanti per il mondo manageriale. La ricerca mira infatti non ad essere un mero esercizio di stile solitario, ma un risultato collettivo che deve essere accuratamente pianificato ed implementato. A tal fine, per le scienze sociali sono disponibili diversi approcci di ricerca: metodi quantitativi e qualitative. Per ognuno di essi ci sono appropriati strumenti di ricerca, mentre l’approccio rigoroso e rilevante è un aspetto condiviso.
L'obiettivo generale di questo corso è quello di presentare i passaggi principali per sviluppare ricerche che possano avere un impatto per la conoscenza accademica e per i problemi manageriali.
Prerequisiti
Concetti base di statistica
Libri di testo consigliati per colmare le lacune della conoscenza: qualsiasi libro di statistica
Risultati di apprendimento attesi
Upon completion of the course, students will have developed the following knowledge and skills:
Knowledge and understanding:
Reading and interpretation of scientific papers and reports;
Understanding and knowledge of research methodology;
Ability to evaluate research done and to design a research project;
Ability to evaluate and discuss papers.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
Ability to apply the concepts taught in the course to the different research methodologies;
Ability to diagnose research methodology advantages and drawbacks.
Analytical capacity to implement statistical models to analyze data;
Design, interpret and carry out evidence-based research for decision making in businesses.
Communication skills:
Communication and interpretation skills, processing and synthesis of data relating to the problems under study;
Acquisition of the appropriate terminology;
Communicate evidence-based findings to different audiences.
Ability to learn (learning skills):
At the end of the course, the student will be equipped with the knowledge necessary to interpret and understand the various research methodologies and the structure of scientific papers and reports.
Contenuti Del Corso
Il corso affronta il tema della ricerca scientica nel contesto delle scienze sociali sotto il paradigma della engaged scholarship volto ad evidenziale i passaggi cruciali per sviluppare una ricerca che sia rigorosa e rilevante: a partire alla formulazione del research problem e della research question basate su di una attenta rassegna della lettaratura, si analizza come identificare la base teorica ed il research design adatto; inoltre durante il corso vengono esposte alcune metodologie di analisi empirica e le possibili tipologie di dati che si possono usare; infine viene evidenziato come riportare e discutere i dati.
Il corso verterà sia sulla ricerca quantitativa che su quella qualitativa
Testi Di Riferimento
Andrew Van de Ven, J. 2011. Engaged Scholarship.
Slides
Metodologie Didattiche
Frontal classes, scientific articles reading, case discussion, individual assignments, group work.
Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
For attending students:
• Individual assignment exercises (30% of the final grade)
• Group assignment (50%)
• Class participation (20%)
• Grade given from groupmates (bonus and malus applied)
Note: marks for group assignment and class participation cannot be rejected. In case of rejection of the individual assignment exercises, the student will have to take an exam.
For non-attending students:
• Individual assignment (70%)
• Exam 30%
Note: The individual assignment mark cannot be rejected.
In all the evaluation criteria it must be reached a sufficient grade, otherwise additional deliverables will be assigned to pass the exam.
Criteri per l’assegnazione dell’elaborato finale
Chronological order. Approval subject to the evaluation of a structured abstract.
Il syllabus affronta temi collegati alla sostenibilità?
Not directly, but we deal with ethic in research.
Settimana 1
- Course opening, presentation of the syllabus, project work deliverables and explanation of evaluation criteria
- Engaged research definition
Readings:
• Chapter 1, in Van de Ven, A. 2011.
• Vermeulen F., “I shall not remain insignificant”: Adding a second loop to matter more, Academy of Management Journal, 2007
• Tushman M. and O’Reilly C., Statistical significance provide support for the hypotheses posited, Academy of Management Journal, 2007
Settimana 2
- Formulating the research problem and the research question
- Literature review: what is it and how to do it
Readings:
• Chapter 3, in Van de Ven, A. 2011.
Settimana 3
- Theory building
- Research design
Readings:
• Chapter 4, in Van de Ven, A. 2011.
• Chapter 5, in Van de Ven, A. 2011.
Settimana 4
- Quantitative research
Readings:
• Chapter 6, in Van de Ven, A. 2011.
Readings:
• Chapter 6, in Van de Ven, A. 2011.
Settimana 5
- Quantitative research: descriptive statistics
- Experiment and t-test
Settimana 6
- Quantitative research: experiments and t-test
- Group presentation
Settimana 7
- Quantitative research: linear regression
- Group presentation
Settimana 8
- Quantitative research: linear regression
Settimana 9
- Qualitative research: introduction
- Qualitative research: Grounded Theory
Readings:
• Chapter 7, in Van de Ven, A. 2011.
• Gioia D., Corley K., and Hamilton A., Seeking Qualitative Rigor in
Inductive Research: Notes on
the Gioia Methodology, Organizational Research Methods, 2012
- Qualitative research: Eisenhardt methodology
Readings:
• Eisenhardt K., Building Theories from Case Study Research, Academy of Management Journal, 1989
• Eisenhardt K. and Graebner M., Theory Building from Cases: Opportunities and Challenges, Academy of Management Journal, 2007
• Gehman J., Glaser V., Eisenhardt K., Gioia D., Langley A., and Corley K., Finding Theory–Method Fit: A Comparison of Three Qualitative Approaches to Theory Building, Journal of Management Inquiry, 2018
Settimana 10
- Qualitative research: wrap up
- Ethics in research
Settimana 11
- How to write discussion, contributions and conclusions
Readings:
• Chapter 8, in Van de Ven, A. 2011.
• Chapter 9, in Van de Ven, A. 2011.
Settimana 12
- Crucial points for making a good research and a good paper/report.
- Course recap