| Learning objectives |
- define the Project’s research issue or question, which should
be clear, consistent and in every way controlling the structure and
analysis of the project
- specify and discuss the appropriateness of the empirical
sources and theories appropriate to the analysis of the issue or
question, as these have been derived from Project fieldwork and
course material
- explain and evaluate the hypotheses (if appropriate) or method
of analysis developed for the Project
- identify and evaluate the variables (or issues) of interest
and, when appropriate, correctly identify their type, scale, and
role in the Project
- describe and evaluate the primary and secondary data sources
used
- evaluate the advantages and limitations of interdisciplinary
research methods in respect to analysis at the corporate
level.
- In reference to particular Third Year Project features,
students should be able to:
- clearly and concisely state the problem(s) to be solved at the
corporate level in an international perspective
- link the theoretical/analytical perspectives used in the
Project to BLC course material studied during all three years with
particularly emphasis on models, theories and methods taught in the
economics courses of the programme
- discuss the chosen problem in the light of the economic,
political and cultural internationalization that characterizes the
development of contemporary society
- communicate findings to two target groups: CBS and the company
or organization, with which the group has collaborated. Evaluate
the reactions of the company/organisation
- and evaluate the Project achievements and limitations (as
appropriate): implications for the specified
company/organization/issue, support for hypotheses, or theoretical
confirmation
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| Examination |
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Bachelor
project:
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| Examination form |
Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. |
| Individual or group exam |
Group exam, max. 5 students in the
group |
| Size of written product |
Max. 80 pages |
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The examination is an oral group examination
based on group project written by 3-5 students. The length of the
oral exam is 1 hour if 3 students in the group and 1 and a half
hour if 4-5 students in the group. The Project report is to be of
65-70 standard pages for a group of 3 students and 10 more pages
for extra person in the group. The grade is an overall assessment
of the written project and the oral performance. |
| Assignment type |
Bachelor project |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
| Preparation time |
No preparation |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale
The student’s spelling and writing skills are taken into
consideration in the overall assessment of the examination
performance, but the academic content is given the highest
weight. |
| Regulations regarding the summary |
The executive summary is to be written in English and will
count in the overall grade. |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and external examiner |
| Exam period |
May/June |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Another examination form
If the examination grade is at 00 or
below, a substantial Project revision must be undertaken prior to
re-submission. To facilitate this, within eight days after the oral
examination, the examiners submit a written report on the Project,
outlining ways to improve it.
Reexamination when the regular examination is failedby one group
member, is a 25 minutes individual oral exam based upon the same
project revised according to proposals set by the examiner.
Reexamination when ill at the oral exam is a 25 minutes individual
oral exam based upon the same project. Reexamination when ill
during the writing of the project is a 25 minutes individual oral
exam based upon an individual written project.
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Description of the exam
procedure
The examination is an oral group examination based on group
project written by 3-5 students. The length of the oral exam is 1
hour if 3 students in the group and 1 and a half hour if 4-5
students in the group. The Project report is to be of 65-70
standard pages for a group of 3 students and 10 more pages for
extra person in the group. The grade is an overall assessment of
the written project and the oral performance.
If the examination grade is at 00 or below, a substantial Project
revision must be undertaken prior to re-submission. To facilitate
this, within eight days after the oral examination, the examiners
submit a written report on the Project, outlining ways to improve
it.
Reexamination when the regular examination is failedby one group
member, is a 25 minutes individual oral exam based upon the same
project revised according to proposals set by the examiner.
Reexamination when ill at the oral exam is a 25 minutes individual
oral exam based upon the same project. Reexamination when ill
during the writing of the project is a 25 minutes individual oral
exam based upon an individual written
project.
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| Course content and
structure |
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This research project is one of the defining features of the
educational experience offered by the Business, Language and
Culture (BLC) Programme. Students have an opportunity to explore an
issue of particular interest within an interdisciplinary social
science, research-oriented, participatory educational framework.
The theme of the Third Year BLC Research Project (the bachelor
project) is “Organizations, strategy and
internationalization.” Accordingly, the project can deal with
both competition and co-operative relations, and the chosen problem
can be viewed from a social, company-specific or actor-based angle.
Nevertheless, the company/organization must always be at the
centre.
The Third Year Project must be based on Primary data, with
supportive Secondary data. It is also required that the project
draws on the business economics/business management courses It must
incorporate an international perspective and be interdisciplinary,
integrating insights from at least one of the following courses:
Culture, Economy, Oganisation, Organisation and Communication,
British and American Studies, and French, German or Spanish/Spanish
American Studies.
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| Teaching methods |
The Research Project is organized
around Project teams,so that students may focus on a topic of
mutual interest,refine this topic into a research issue,and work
together during the allotted period of time to design,conduct,and
present a Research Project.Accordingly,the Research Project study
experience involves peer-to-peer learning,Project advisement from a
Project Adviser,and the learning experience found in Project Report
preparation,submission,presentation and examination.In the Third
Year Project,students must arrange for their Project Adviser(the
Adviser is not assigned),subject to approval by the Project
Coordinator.In this way,the Third Year Project aids educational
development by enhancing the reflective understanding and
sensibility of students in the proper use of subject material
taught in courses or otherwise acquired.The Project ensures these
goals,once the student has a specific,well-formulated research
issue, because the process leads to the following:
1.Obliges students to work independently(outside the classroom and
away from an teacher)in a focused way with selected theories
2.Enables students to experience the limitations of and relations
between different scientific disciplines to build up an
understanding of the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the
study of research issues
3.Encourages students to reflect upon the differences between
cultural and societal and upon the problems one encounters when
analyzing and interpreting these differences
4.Permits students to demonstrate acquisition of the skills needed
to undertake research issue project analysis.In this respect, the
research issue's analytical process is shaped by the
systematic, professional,and scientific expectations of academic
knowledge production
5.Offers students the educational experience of working in groups
with people from different cultural,linguistic,and national
backgrounds for a common research objective.Individual student
projects are also possible. |
| Expected literature |
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To be found by students in the groups
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