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Sound knowledge of methodological approaches and issues in business administration and management research; capability to reflect on consequences and implications of methodological choice for the PhD research project.

The course starts with an introduction to methodology and its epistemological and ontological foundations. After that, basic methodological alternatives are explored by reflecting the implications of epistemological as well as ontological choices. Discussiong epistemological issues, we will explore the continuum between positivism and constructionism; discussing ontological issues, we will explore the continuum between realism and nominalism. Coursewok is based on the combination of more general methodological texts and examples of research publications to illustrate the 'methodlogies in use'. the course concludes with a reflection on the consequenceso of methodological alternatives for the dissertation research projects of the participants. As a specific highlight we will have an extended guest lecture by John W. Meyer (Stanford).

The exploration of methodological alternatives is based on the combination of methodological texts and examples of research publications to illustrate ‘methodologies in use’. Students will read, present, and discuss these texts and present their reflection on methodological foundations of their PhD research projects.

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