Master in Research Methodology in Management Science
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Applicant Profile
The program is aimed to undergraduate students in Economics or Business Sciences, or other studies such as Psychology, Law, Humanities or Engineering who are willing to develop their careers in teaching and research positions in universities and / or academic and research centers.
Likewise, it will be taken into consideration the access of business executives with wide experience in a specific functional area and who are willing to develop research in their particular field of management.
Career Opportunities
The Master in Research Methodology in Management Science aims to qualify professionals who can respond to social, academic and professional requests related to Management and Business Sciences from a research point of view, both in private companies and in national and international public bodies.
This program is targeted to people who want to take their career towards a future in:- Doctorate studies, as an academic continuity of research.
- Advisory services for public administrations related to Management Sciences.
- Advisory and consultancy services for private companies in order to solve problems related to Management Sciences.
Objetives
Objetives
- Generation and promotion of research.
- Innovation and development through training of professional academics.
- Promotion of academic discussion.
- Firm commitment to creating and advancing knowledge.
- Firm commitment to ethics in research.
- Analysis of the different disciplines that make up the study of the management sciences and that govern the world of business and economics.
- To serve as a platform for international research exchange, education, training and innovation in these areas through the formal conceptualization of practical international experience and academic study, so that they can be used positively to implement regional, national and international development plans.
Competences
Throughout the program, you will acquire a set of competences and skills that will prove key in your professional career.
General Competences
- The ability to approach complex situations and distinguish the essential from the tangential.
- The ability to summarize so that the process of analyzing and solving problems becomes an intellectual exercise that contributes new academic research ideas.
- The ability to turn academic contributions into tools for making specific decisions, evaluating their risks and weak points, and developing actions plans to carry them out successfully.
- The ability to adapt to new situations and accept the challenge of progress in knowledge and techniques.
- The ability to accept the ideas of others that complement your own perspective, help enrich knowledge and find the best solution to a problem.
- Interpersonal and professional relationship skills.
- The ability to work on an interdisciplinary team.
- The ability to apply information and communication technologies with different objectives and purposes (relations with other researchers, obtaining information, disseminating knowledge, etc.).
- The ability to express oneself in several languages in any format and in front of any audience.
- An interest in producing high-quality work.
- The ability to design research questions of academic interest deriving from practice and conceptual analysis, which can be empirically developed using social science methods.
- Mastery of research skills and methods, including epistemological aspects and quantitative and qualitative methods in the management sciences.
- The ability to choose the most appropriate quantitative and qualitative research methods for the case in question within the scope of the management sciences.
- The ability to use a range of methods to collect, analyze and present information in the management sciences.
- The ability to generate knowledge of theoretical and practical importance in the management sciences.
- The ability to organize and administer the time required to follow the
Specific Competences
- Application of quantitative research skills and methods in the management sciences.
- The ability to choose the most appropriate quantitative research method for the case in question within the scope of the management sciences.
- The ability to use quantitative methods to collect, analyze and present information.
- The ability to use complex statistical methods.
- To structure, draw up and present reports with statistical results.
- To analyze and interpret sets of statistical data.
- Application of qualitative research skills in the management sciences.
- Application of qualitative research methods, such as case studies, action research and ethnography.
- Construct a theory based on empirical observation.
- The ability to measure the validity and reliability of qualitative studies.
- To discuss the basic philosophical and operational points of research methods in the management sciences.
- To apply the main design alternatives to empirical studies and associated mechanisms to ensure the validity of the study.
- To apply strategies for preventing the entry of competitors, platform markets and network effects, for problems due to asymmetrical information, contract theory and optimal incentives, for power in business theory and corporate diversification.
- To apply economic tools to analyze industries and companies, and master microeconomic analysis in the sub-branch of industrial organization and the economic theory of organizations.
- To perform critical analysis on classical theories on organized collective action and the basic points of theories on social authority and functionalism applied to business management.
- The ability to respond effectively to challenges arising from the many different components of the social reality of advanced societies.
- The ability to communicate conceptual developments orally and in writing while following the most important international standards.
APPLICABLE REGULATIONS OF THE PROGRAM
Study Plan
Courses | Type | ECTS | Syllabus | Professors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES I | Mandatory | 6 | ||
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES II | Mandatory | 6 | ||
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES I | Mandatory | 4 | ||
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES II | Mandatory | 4 | ||
GENERAL RESEARCH THEORIES IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE I | Mandatory | 4 | ||
GENERAL RESEARCH THEORIES IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE II | Mandatory | 4 | ||
ETHICAL AND HUMANISTIC RESEARCH PRINCIPLES IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | Mandatory | 4 | ||
ACADEMIC EXPRESSION | Mandatory | 4 | ||
RESEARCH THEORIES IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE I (ELECTIVE 1) | Elective | 4 | ||
RESEARCH THEORIES IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE II (ELECTIVE 2) | Elective | 4 | ||
RESEARCH THEORIES IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE II (ELECTIVE 3) | Elective | 4 | ||
RESEARCH THEORIES IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE III (ELECTIVE 4) | Elective | 4 | ||
FINAL PROJECT | FP | 12 | ||
Total | - | 60 | - | - |
FACT SHEET
PROGRAM
Research Methodology in Management Science por la IE Universidad
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGE
English
CENTRES OF STUDY AND NUMBER OF PLACES
Centro de Estudios Superiores IE (Madrid) – 40 places
CREDITS
Total number of credits: 60 ECTS*
Distribution of credits and subjects**:
Mandatory subjects – 36 ECTS
Elective subjects – 12 ECTS
Final Project – 12 ECTS
AREA OF KNOWLEDGE
Economic Sciences, Law and Legal Specializations
TEACHING METHODOLOGY
Face-to-face
INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM
SPANISH MINISTRY’S REGISTRY OF UNIVERSITIES, CENTRES AND DEGREES
ASSURANCE AGENCY
ACSUCYL*** – Buscador Títulos Oficiales
Report on the proposed modification of the Official Title (2016)
*European Credit Transfer System
**The character of the subjects is defined by the Spanish legislation
***Quality Assurance Agency for the University System in Castilla y León
Admission process
Enrollment in the proposed Master's degree implies passing the admission process established in general at IE University for official Master's degrees, which, is structured in the following phases:
- 01.
Submission of the candidate's Admission Application, which includes all the required academic and professional documentation and the payment of the admission process fees.
- 02.
Taking the IE Admission Test or providing proof of results from internationally recognized equivalent tests.
- 03.
Pre-selection of candidates who have met the established admission conditions.
- 04.
Individual personal interview with the candidates.
- 05.
Decision of the Admissions Committee.
In short, admission to the proposed Master's degree will be based, on the basis of the accreditation of the legal access conditions and in accordance with the established admission profile for the Master's mentioned below, on a weighted and comprehensive evaluation of the following conditions and admission requirements:
- Academic trajectory (evaluated based on the academic record and the admission test).
- Personal, extracurricular, and, where applicable, professional trajectory (evaluated based on the interview and personal documentation).
- Interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence (evaluated based on the interview and the competency test).