Overview
This course aims to start DBA students along the path to their own research work and ultimately, the dissertation. While DDBA 800 provided various conceptual foundations of management research, this course will ask you to explore your own specific research area(s) of interest.
Outline
This course is divided into 10 Weeks.
- Week 1: Growing Your Managerial Persona into a Researcher Persona by Thinking Critically
- Week 2 & 3: The Thesis Research Question and Student Discussion Leadership
- Week 4: Begin Literature Review and Student Discussion Leadership
- Weeks 5-9: Student Led Research Inquiry and Mini-Literature Review Discussion
- Week 10: Independent Work
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- think broadly about research ideas and your research question, instilling a spirit of critical inquiry as you bridge the practitioner and scholarly worlds
- discover research that has already been done in your interest area(s)
- develop and refine potential research question(s) that contribute uniquely to the academic literature (e.g., questions that have not already been fully answered and filling that gap)
- write a first draft of a literature review
Materials
Digital course materials
Links to the following course materials will be made available in the course:
Browne, M. N., & Keeley, S. M. (2018). Asking the right questions: A guide to critical thinking (12th ed.). Pearson.
Ridley, D. (2012). The literature review: A step-by-step guide for students (2nd ed.). Sage Publications.
Other materials
- DRR (Digital Reading Room)
Evaluation
Your grade will be based on the successful completion of two individual assignments and on your participation in moderated group discussions.
| Activity | Weight |
| Participation in Discussions, Mini-Literature Review | 30% |
| Reading Analysis Report | 20% |
| Final Paper-Literature Review | 50% |
| Total | 100% |
To receive a passing grade in this course, you must meet these minimum standards:
- receive a minimum of 70% on the participation component; and
- receive an average grade of 70% over all course components.