Thesis

General

• Code: Κ02
• Semester: Κατ/νσης Εαρ Εξάμηνο
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: Specialization
• Teaching and exams language: Greek
• The course is offered to Erasmus students
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Lectures and Practice/Exercises (3)
• ECTS Units: 5
• Course homepage: https://ba.ihu.gr/thesis/

Course Contents

The student discusses with the supervising professor the prospect of preparing a thesis and chooses its topic. In collaboration with the supervising professor and with his guidance, he/she  decides the research questions that the thesis will answer and designs the research methodology. Depending on the topic and the specific requirements of the research methodology, he prepares the various research activities and writes the thesis. The thesis is presented to a committee of teachers with relevant scientific expertise.

Educational Goals

The purpose of the Undergraduate Thesis is student to learn how to plan, carry out, write and present a scientific paper, which he is likely to need in his later scientific and professional career. It will help the student to create the necessary conditions for his scientific development. In particular, students will:

• Understand the concept, basic methods and basic processes of scientific research.
• Know how to plan and carry out research activities.
• Learn to utilize the bibliographic sources, developing critical thinking, in order to acquire the latest knowledge on the subject under study, as it emerges through the bibliography.
• Learn how to approach and reflect on phenomena that are often encountered in the broader subject of Business Administration, gaining specialized knowledge and experience.

Upon completion of the thesis course, students should be able to:

• Identify and select current and important research issues, which will be the subject of their research study.
• Set the research objectives of their research study.
• Plan the methodology of the scientific research they will follow.
• Carry out research activities that suit their chosen topic and methodology.
• Come to research conclusions.
• Write the research study (thesis).
• Present the research study (thesis).

General Skills

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Teaching Methods

• Face to face.

Use of ICT means

• Online guidance.
• Slides Projection in the classroom.
• Use of E-mail and onlne communication systems.
• Use of e-learning system (moodle).

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

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Recommended Bibliography

1. MARK SAUNDERS, PHILIP LEWIS, ADRIAN THORNHILL, «ΜΕΘΟΔΟΙ ΕΡΕΥΝΑΣ – ΣΤΙΣ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑ», ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΔΙΣΙΓΜΑ, 2η έκδοση.
2. J. David Creswell, John W. Creswell, “Σχεδιασμός Έρευνας, Προσεγγίσεις Ποιοτικών, Ποσοτικών και Μικτών Μεθόδων”, Εκδόσεις ΠΡΟΠΟΜΠΟΣ, 2019.