MGT 7101 Advanced Methodological Foundation of Management Research

3 units
Management
Telfer School of Management
The purpose of this course is to explore the context and traditions of knowledge generation in Management research. Topics include the purpose of social science research; nature and role of theories; ontology and epistemology; theory construction, testing, falsification and inference; metrics of robust research design; “positivist” and “non-positivist” research methodologies; and research ethics. This course considers how to design scholarly research.

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Lecture

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Fall

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Organized

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Fair Assessments

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