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2024/2025  BA-BBLCO2401U  Research Methodology and Methods

English Title
Research Methodology and Methods

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Bachelor
Duration One Quarter
Start time of the course Third Quarter, Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for BSc and MSc in Business, Language and Culture, BSc
Course coordinator
  • Søren Jeppesen - Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC)
Main academic disciplines
  • Methodology and philosophy of science
Teaching methods
  • Blended learning
Last updated on 28-06-2024

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Learning objectives
  • Describe different research approaches and philosophies of science.
  • Select and apply concepts, theories and other analytical tools of the course to research situations.
  • Design appropriate data collection plans to address particular research issues.
  • Explain and justify data collection plans to address particular research issues.
  • Formulate a clear and well-structured argumentation for the research design.
Examination
Research Methodology and Methods:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Written sit-in exam on CBS' computers
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration 4 hours
Grading scale 7-point grading scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and external examiner
Exam period Spring and Spring
Aids Limited aids, see the list below:
The student is allowed to bring
  • Language dictionaries in paper format
The student will have access to
  • basic IT application package
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
The number of registered candidates for the make-up examination/re-take examination may warrant that it most appropriately be held as an oral examination. The programme office will inform the students if the make-up examination/re-take examination instead is held as an oral examination including a second examiner or external examiner.
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

The Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) course builds on what BLC students have learned and implemented in, both, methods and methodology, during courses and projects of the previous semesters. The course invites students to reflect on the nature of their participation in social science research and provides them with the foundational methodological knowledge they need to write their third-year project. The course is organized around lectures, group discussions and individual study (blended learning). The course focuses on interdisciplinary problem-oriented knowledge production in project work.

The practical, reflective, and reflexive tasks of contemporary Business School researchers as individuals aware of their own cognitional processes will be developed. Building upon this self-appropriation, the methods and methodology lectures will introduce and/or refine interview methods and skills, present methods for analyzing qualitative data and provide a brush up in quantitative data. Students will be introduced to approaches and techniques that can be used to enhance research validity and reliability. Key aspects of the philosophy of science will be covered insofar as these result in more proficient, reflective, and reflexively aware organizational researchers.
Description of the teaching methods
The course is placed in the 3rd quarter.
Teaching methods include lectures, class discussion, class exercises (individual and group work), interactive learning, and homework (reading).
Feedback during the teaching period
Students receive feedback via Canvas and in class from the teacher. Feedback will be provided on the assignments.
Student workload
Lectures 36 hours
Exam 4 hours
Preparation 166 hours
Total 206 hours
Further Information

Please note that this course will be discontinued and run for the last time in Spring 2027. The last exam will be offered in summer 2028.
Expected literature

To be announced on Canvas
Last updated on 28-06-2024