ESF:MKH_TEDP Master Thesis - Course Information

MKH_TEDP Master Thesis

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Mgr. Jakub Procházka, Ph.D.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová
Supplier department: Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Prerequisites (in Czech)

(!NOW( MKH_DIPR Diploma Thesis )&&(! MKH_DIPR Diploma Thesis )) && FORMA(K)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Business Management (programme ESF, N-EKM)
Business Management (programme ESF, N-PEM)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is a) to teach students how to solve complex professional and research problems in the fields of business, management or business informatics using scholary publications and primary and secondary data; b) to teach students to think critically about existing scientific knowledge and data obtained using various research methods. In the short term, the course helps students write a quality thesis. From a long-term perspective, it prepares them to work with new knowledge in the field and to solve new problems in various positions in companies or in research.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course a student should be able to:
- prepare a complex review of scholary publications on the topic of business, management or business informatics,
- identify problems in research designs and in conclusions of the scholary papers,
- formulate a research or managerial problem and justify the need to solve it,
- suggest a strategy for obtaining data useful for solving a research or managerial problem,
- follow the rules of research and publication ethics.

Syllabus

Teaching takes place in two forms. The first is writing a thesis based on the consultancies with the supervisor. The second form consists of seminars (records in interactive syllabus in IS) focused on the methodology of social science research and solving of professional problems in the fields of business, management and business informatics.

Topics:
1. Rules for theses at Department of Corporate Economics
2. Research problem, research question and hypothesis
3. Solving a managerial problem
4. Qantitative research strategies
5. Qualitative research designs
6. Review of scholary literature
7. Critical work with text and argumentation

Literature

required literature

Aktuální studijní materiály předmětu Akademické psaní. https://www.econ.muni.cz/akap/
SAUNDERS, Mark, Philip LEWIS and Adrian THORNHILL. Research methods for business students. Eight edition. Harlow: Pearson, 2019, xxxiii, 83. ISBN 9781292208787. info
ČSN ISO 690. Informace a dokumentace – Pravidla pro bibliografické odkazy a citace informačních zdrojů. 2011. info

recommended literature

The SAGE handbook of qualitative business and management research methods : history and traditions. Edited by Catherine Cassell - Ann L. Cunliffe - Gina Grandy. Los Angeles: Sage, 2018, xxii, 597. ISBN 9781526429261. info
FIELD, Andy. Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics. 5th. Sage Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-1-5264-4578-0. URL info
ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009, 209 pp. Studijní texty, 34. svazek. ISBN 978-80-86429-40-3. info
PIMPLE, Kenneth D. Six domains of research ethics. Science and Engineering Ethics. 2002, vol. 8, No 2, p. 191-205. ISSN 1353-3452. info

not specified

Aktuální pravidla a doporučení pro závěrečné práce na Katedře podnikové ekonomiky a managementu: https://www.econ.muni.cz/o-nas/organizacni-struktura/562000-katpodnikove-ekonomiky-a-managemen/szz-na-kpem

Teaching methods

Lectures, learning by doing (writing a thesis), sample problems, feedback and mentoring (from the supervisor)

Assessment methods

Online test at the end of the semester; submission of part of the final thesis to the thesis supervisor in accordance with the given scope and deadline.
Detailed requirements for completion of the course are given in the interactive syllabus.
The course can also be taken simultaneously with a internship abroad. In this case, consultations with the thesis supervisor take place online. The student follows the records of the seminars and takes the final test online.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

MKH_DIS1 Diploma Thesis Seminar 1

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

MKH_DIS1 Diploma Thesis Seminar 1
MKH_TEDP && forma(K)

Teacher's information

Any copying, keeping a record of tests or carrying the tests out, using forbidden aids including any communication devices or any other breach of objectivity of the exam is regarded as a failure to meet the obligations of the subject and as a serious breach of study regulations. As a consequence, the teacher grades the student with "N" and the dean is allowed to initiate a disciplinary action, which might lead to the termination of the studies.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.

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