Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course, the student is able to:

- approach the complex development challenges of organization, economy, and technology by systems thinking
- formulate research problem and research questions for developmental challenges
- search, summarize, and refer to the previous relevant research of the discipline
- apply the methods and tools for acquiring qualitative and quantitative information required in development
- analyse, refine and present the collected information to support decision-making
- evaluate the validity, reliability, and ethics of the information and research
- plan, initiate, and execute the necessary development procedures (thesis project)
- apply the methods and tools on continuous development

Content

- Description of complexity
- Technical, social, and economic systems
- Systems analysis and description
- Triangulation
- Knowledge based development: data collection methods
- Knowledge based development: analysing data and presenting knowledge
- Research ethics
- Modelling and developing operations as a system

Qualifications

No prerequisites.