Universität Wien

040046 UE Experimental Methods I (MA) (2021S)

Laboratory Experiments

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
DIGITAL

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Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Dienstag 20.04. 09:45 - 13:00 Digital
Freitag 23.04. 11:30 - 14:45 Digital
Dienstag 27.04. 09:45 - 13:00 Digital
Freitag 30.04. 11:30 - 14:45 Digital
Dienstag 04.05. 09:45 - 13:00 Digital
Freitag 07.05. 11:30 - 14:45 Digital
Dienstag 01.06. 08:00 - 13:00 Digital
Dienstag 15.06. 09:45 - 12:45 Digital

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

To complete the Minor/Major in Strategic Management, a Bachelor’s Degree in Business is highly recommended.

Pre-requisites to attend this course: Admission to the Master's program

For further information on the courses of the Minor/Major in Strategic Management please refer to: www.strategy.univie.ac.at

How can we use experiments to learn more about organizations?
This course covers the various forms of experiments in strategy and organizational research. It provides an overview of the process of creating a research design.

A major aspect is the comparison of the different approaches to laboratory experiments in different fields. First, we discuss the experimental methods on a theoretical and practical level. We use well-known experiments as examples of advantages and limitations of the experimental methods. As the main topic, we will focus on recent experiments in strategy and organizational design. Students will participate by reading and presenting articles about interesting experiments. As the main project, students will determine their own research questions, review the corresponding literature and devise a proposal for a possible experiment.

Please be aware that student papers will be checked for plagiarism with the software TURNITIN. Students who plagiarize will fail this course.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

10% - Class participation
10% - Mini-experiments presentation
15% - Hand-in assignments
25% - Final Exam
40% - Final Paper

Attendance is absolutely mandatory during the entire first session of the course!

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

1. Understanding the experimental method
2. Reading and evaluating experiments
3. Developing a research design for an experiment
4. Getting to know the prominent applications of experiments
5. Learning how experiments are used for the research in strategy & organizational studies

Please be aware that attendance during the first session of this course is absolutely mandatory. If students miss the first session without contacting the lecturer in writing (at the very latest until 24 hours before the present class' first session), giving a relevant reason/proof (e.g. illness=doctor's certificate) for their absence, they will be deregistered from the course and their place is automatically awarded to the next in line on the waiting list. After that, you are allowed to miss a total of 10% of classes (that's about 2.5 hours).

Prüfungsstoff

Lectures
In-class Experiments (simple examples)
Discussions
Student Presentations

Literatur

TBA in class

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:12