Business Administration, Master's Thesis II (second-year) 15 credits

About the course

The objective of the Master's thesis is to further develop the student's ability to carry out and contribute to business research. The student should demonstrate, through his/her thesis and orally, an ability to plan, conduct, and present a scientific investigation of relevance to the subject of Business Administration and the student's chosen Master's program. A further aim is to develop skills for the critical examination of investigations and research reports and to provide the student with the opportunity for a deeper level of theoretical study within a chosen area.
 
Module 1. Side-opposition, 0 credits
Secondly, the student should submit a written critical analyses (side-opposition), of one other 2nd year Master's thesis at the public thesis seminar. This is an individual assignment. The side-opposition must clearly document the student's critical abilities. In addition, the student is required to participate at the thesis seminar relating to the side-opposition.
 
Module 2. Master's Thesis, 15 credits
The thesis work should prove the students' independent abilities to investigate an issue within the field of business administration. The emphasis lies on the critical choice of method, the creation of a relevant theoretical frame of reference, and an in-depth analysis of the theoretical and empirical material. Further, the author must identify a possibility to contribute to the existing literature in a chosen subject or problem area, and make a significant and realistic effort to make this contribution. The methodology discussions must be clearly connected to the problem area and the different parts must be well integrated as a harmonized unity. Thesis work should generally be conducted in groups of two.
 
Module 3. Main opposition, 0 credits
A major critical analysis of another Master's thesis is required. This is carried out through an individual written as well as an oral discussion of another's research in a seminar. Generally, the oral critical analysis is conducted together with one's thesis co-author.