Students shall be able to do the following:

• Successfully plan their research (e.g. master thesis) as a project
• Find the relevant (also international) literature, read it critically and use it productively in their research work
• Select the appropriate empirical methodology for their research questions and their research object
• Write according to the conventions in the scientific community
• Use IT tools such as literature databases or the reference management program Citavi effectively and efficiently
• Assess the working methods and conditions of scientific research projects and thus obtain suggestions for a possible scientific career at a later date
• Prepare an exposé on their research work

• Finding and reading scientific literature
• Writing a literature review and identifying a research gap
• Defining a research question
• Developing hypotheses
• Choosing an empirical method
• Publishing research results

Bryman, Alan and Bell, Anna: Business research methods, 4th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015

Saunders, Mark, Lewis, Philip and Thornhill, Adrian: Research methods for business students, 7th edition, London: Financial Times Prent., 2015