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Module ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS THROUGH RESEARCH

Module code: MI6273
Credits: 5
Semester: 2
Department: BUSINESS
International: No
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Decision makers in organisations often have a need for information that goes beyond their own and their teams’ expertise and experience. This may be the case in novel situations or when complex phenomena occur. For example, what causes problem X and how can we address it effectively? In such decision situations managers often rely on insights from business research to better comprehend phenomena or to test different ideas or suggestions. Using research to inform business decisions raises further questions: How to evaluate whether the available evidence is of a good quality and how to interpret it correctly? How to collect new evidence (that is, to carry out research) that will inform the business problem in question?
The purpose of this module is to foster an understanding of how research feeds into the decision-making process in organisations and to prepare you to locate and evaluate existing knowledge (i.e., be thoughtful consumers of research) and to carry out independent research to address a business problem.

We will discuss how to transform a decision problem into a question (or a set of questions) that can guide collection of evidence. Students will explore what types of evidence exist, where and how to locate them and how to critically evaluate and analyze them. Students will learn how to identify or formulate causal models of how the world ought to work (i.e., what is the underlying causal logic behind the business problem) with the goal of informing decision-making. Furthermore, students will learn how to test these models against various types of empirical evidence. Throughout this module, students will begin developing relevant practical skills in identifying, evaluating and interpreting evidence, such as undertaking a literature review, research design, data collection and analysis of data.

The module is experiential in design. Time in class will include some lectures and discussion, accompanied by exercises that lead to the development of essential research skills.

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