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Course offered as a part of a programme
Kurs, master’s level
7.5 hp
Malmö | daytime | 100%
23 februari 2026 - 29 mars 2026
Kod för kursen: OL652E
Om kursen
The aim of the course is to develop knowledge and understanding about social science research methodology, and methods in a multidisciplinary context. It provides advanced skills for designing, performing, evaluating and reporting a research project in the context of organisation and leadership. The course highlights critical thinking and ethical approaches in research and provides knowledge, understanding and skills about different qualitative and quantitative methods and strategies for research design and data analyses.
Denna kursen ges som del av program:
Kursinnehåll
The aim of the course is to develop knowledge and understanding about social science research methodology, and methods in a multidisciplinary context. It provides advanced skills for designing, performing, evaluating and reporting a research project in the context of organisation and leadership. The course highlights critical thinking and ethical approaches in research and provides knowledge, understanding and skills about different qualitative and quantitative methods and strategies for research design and data analyses.
The course includes the following content areas:
- Identifying a research problem within the context of leadership, organisation and sustainability
- Designing, performing, evaluating and reporting a social science research project
- Qualitative and quantitative methods and strategies for research design and data analyses in the context of leadership, organisation and sustainability
- Ethics in social science research
Behörighetskrav
Bachelor´s degree, consisting of 180 credits. English 6 in Swedish secondary school.
Kurslitteratur
Kursvärdering
Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).
