Qualitative Research Methods

...The aim of the course is to present various methods of qualitative research that are used in social sciences with particular emphasis on the management and quality sciences. These methods are included in the management paradigms pointing to their basic assumptions and limitations. Selected methods, including case studies, multiple case studies, individual and group in-depth interviews, content analysis and other methods and technics used in management and quality research are presented. Additionally, the grounded theory approach used in research within new and less structured management concepts, are taken into account.

Paradigms in management and quality sciences. Scientific rigor. Four ways of practicing social sciences, including management science: functionalism, radical structuralism, interpretative-symbolic paradigm, postmodernism. Positivism and interpretativism. Qualitative vs quantitative research methods in research on management and quality. The essence and premises of the application of qualitative research methods in social sciences, including management and quality sciences. Limitations of the application of qualitative research. Types of qualitative research in terms of various criteria. The inductive approach versus the deductive approach in qualitative research. The grounded theory method in research in the field of management and quality sciences. The research process in the grounded theory. The procedure of planning and conducting qualitative research in the scope of management and quality science. Key issues related to the design of qualitative research that form the basis of the research process: method, methodology, theoretical perspective, epistemology (objectivism, constructivism). Planning of the study. Defining the research problem. Formulating research goals, research questions. Choosing a research method. Selection of a research sample in qualitative research. The choice of data collection technique in qualitative research. Selection of data processing and analysis techniques in qualitative research. Reporting the results of qualitative research. Criteria for assessing the credibility of qualitative research. Types of qualitative research methods. Data sources in qualitative research - characteristics, advantages and disadvantages. Literature analysis and critique literature reviews as a qualitative research method. Systematic literature review and other types of literature reviews. Literature review procedure. Examples of the use of literature reviews in scientific research in the field of management sciences. Systematic Literature Review - workshop. Case study and multiple case study as a methods of qualitative research in management and quality sciences and their application. Information sources in case studies and multiple case studies. Examples of the application of the case study method in research in the field of management and quality sciences. In-depth and group interviews and their application in research in the field of management and quality sciences. Data analysis methods as part of in-depth interviews. Principles of developing a script / questionnaire for in-depth interviews. Examples of the application of in-depth interviews in scientific research in the field of management and quality sciences. Observations and experiments as methods of qualitative research in management and quality sciences: essence and application. Other methods of qualitative research. Traditional and modern techniques of data analysis in qualitative research. Content analysis and its application in research in the field of management and quality sciences. The use of internet tools in qualitative research in the field of management and quality science. Critical appraisal of the application of qualitative research in management and quality research. Triangulation of researchers, theoretical concepts, data sources and methods in qualitative research. Types of triangulation in scientific research. Rationale for triangulation. Analysis of the use of triangulation in scientific research in the field of management and quality science. Designing qualitative research in research in the field of management and quality sciences - case studies of research projects prepared by doctoral students.

Literatura podstawowa:

1. Cooper, D., Schindler P. 2014. Business research methods, McGraw Hill.

2. Yin, R. 2009. Case study research. Design and Methods, Sage Publications

3. Eisenhardt, K. 1989. Building theory from case study research, Academy of Management Review, 14(4), 532-550.

4. Eisenhardt, K., Graebner M. 2007. Theory building from cases: Opportunities and challenges, Academy of Management Journal, 50 (1), 25?32.

5. Styśko-Kunkowska M. (2014), Interviews as a qualitative research method in management and economics sciences. Warsaw: Warsaw School of Economics.

Literatura uzupełniająca:

1. Quinlan C., Babin, B. Carr, J., Griffin, M., Zikmud, W. 2015. Business research methods, Cengage Learning.

2. LaRossa, R. 2005. Grounded theory methods and qualitative family research, Journal of Marriage and Family, 67 (4), 837-857.

3. Wells, K. 1995. The strategy of grounded theory: Possibilities and problems, Social Work Research 19 (1), 33-37.

5. Bauer, M. W., & Gaskell, G. (Eds.). ( Qualitative researching with text, image and sound: A practical handbook for social research , SAGE

6. Mayan, M. J. (2016). Essentials of qualitative inquiry. Routledge

7. Robson, C., & McCartan, K. (2016). Real world research .

8. Flyvbjerg , B. ( Making social science matter: Why social inquiry fails and how it can succeedagain . Cambridge University

9. Denzin , N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (Eds.). The Sage handbook of qualitative research, SAGE .

Wiedza: PhD students know the achievements in the field of qualitative research methods in the management and quality sciences; Students know the general methodology of social sciences, including the methodology of scientific research appropriate to the discipline in which the doctoral dissertation is prepared; PhD students know the main directions of the scientific field in which education at the doctoral school takes place

Umiejętności: PhD student is able to make a critical analysis and evaluation of the results of scientific research, expert activity and other creative works and their contribution to the development of knowledge in the area of research; PhD tudent is able to use knowledge from various fields of science to creatively identify, formulate and innovatively solve complex problems or perform research tasks, in particular:

- define the purpose and subject of research, formulate research hypotheses,

- creatively apply and develop research methods, techniques and tools, appropriate for the conducted research

- make conclusions based on the results of scientific research; PhD student is able to plan and implement individual and team research projects

Kompetencje społeczne: PhD student has the competence to critically evaluate the scientific achievements and expert activities within the scientific discipline in which the doctoral dissertation is prepared; PhD student has the competence to critically assess his own contribution to the development of the scientific discipline in which the doctoral dissertation is prepared

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