2023/2024
KAN-CSOAO1008U Business Project
| English Title |
| Business Project |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Full Degree Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Spring |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for cand.merc. and CSOA
(CSOA)
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| Course
coordinator |
- Pedro Monteiro - Department of Organization
(IOA)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
01-12-2023
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| Learning objectives |
- Define a complex organizational problem and explain how it can
be examined through a coherent research design
- Building on theoretical approaches from previous SOL
coursework, find academic literature related to the problem
definition
- justify the choice of empirical setting, data sources and
methods for data collection and analysis, acknowledging their
benefits and limitations
- explain the main findings of the study and critically reflect
on how the study and the project report could be improved
- articulate recommendations for practice based on the findings
and elaborate on how they could be implemented in an organizational
setting
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| Examination |
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Business
Project:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| 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, see also the rules about
examination forms in the programme regulations. |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual oral exam based on written group
product |
| Number of people in the group |
4-5 |
| Size of written product |
Max. 30 pages |
| Assignment type |
Project |
| Release of assignment |
Subject chosen by students themselves, see
guidelines if any |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
| Grading scale |
7-point grading scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If a student does not pass the
regular exam, the examiner of the ordinary exam decides whether a
new, revised or the same project must be handed in by the
submission date for the re-exam.
If a student is absent from the oral exam due to documented illness
but has handed in the written group product she/he does not have to
submit a new product for the re-take. However the group product
must be uploaded once again on Digital Exam.
If a whole group fails the oral exam, they must hand in a revised
product for the re-exam.
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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In this course, students
learn to conduct empirical research that builds
on knowledge and insights from first year SOL
courses and that offers recommendations for
organizational practice. With guidance from a supervisor,
students develop a business project that
includes formulation of a research question, independent
literature search, collection and analysis of empirical data, and
discussion of the implications of the
findings for organizational practice. The course
provides students with experience in conducting empirical research
that can support their Master thesis efforts in second
year.
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| Description of the teaching methods |
The course consists in a limited number of
classes aimed at supporting students in developing knowledge and
practical skills that are needed for designing, conducting and
delivering a Master level research-based project on topics and
situations related to strategy, organization, and leadership. To
assist students in reaching critical milestones in the project’s
development, the groups they form receive guidance from a project
supervisor allocated by the course responsible. The students'
groups are expected to work autonomously on the following aspects
of the project: (1) research design and question; (2) literature
search, (3) methods for data collection; (4) reporting findings;
and (5) implications for practice.
Online learning resources will help students identify
strengths/weaknesses in their business projects related to the
learning objectives for the course. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Feedback will be given at the supervision
sessions and a dedicated feedback session. |
| Student workload |
| Teaching |
9 hours |
| Preparation/reading/supervision/group work |
123 hours |
| Exam |
74 hours |
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Last updated on
01-12-2023
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