XADT Diploma Thesis

Moravian Business College Olomouc
winter 2024

The course is not taught in winter 2024

Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Adam Pawliczek, Ph.D.
Moravian Business College Olomouc
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to produce a diploma thesis under the guidance of a thesis supervisor. Through the thesis the student shall demonstrate his/her ability to work independently with the scientific literature, to formulate the problem and to apply a scientific approach to the study programme-related issues. The student demonstrates his/her ability to solve a unique business-related problem or a more general economic or management issue. The student also proves his/her ability to set an objective of the thesis and of his/her work and to choose the appropriate methods for solving the problem including the analysis and synthesis of knowledge. Further (s)he shows his/her ability to develop new ideas and make decisions for appropriate solutions. The student also demonstrates his/her ability to properly structure an extensive scientific text and communicate in words and letters in the foreign language.
Syllabus
1. Specification of the problem
2. Determination of objectives
3. Description of the methodology
4. Background research
5. Processing literature and sources
6. Application of theoretical knowledge to practical solution of the topical issue
7. Structuring and elaborating the thesis
The course takes the form of individual consultations with the supervisor of the student's thesis.
Literature
    required literature
  • ISO 690:2010. Information and documentation - Guidelines for bibliographic references and citations to information resources. 3rd ed. Geneva: International Organization for Standardi. info
  • LUDVÍKOVÁ P. a I. KOVAČIČINOVÁ. Kvalifikační práce na MVŠO. Olomouc: Moravská vysoká škola Olomouc, 2018. info
  • TENSEN, B. Research strategies for a digital age. 5th ed. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, 2016. ISBN 978-305969407. info
  • JONKER, J. and B. J. W. PENNINK. The essence of research methodology: a concise guide for master and PhD students in management science. London: Springer, 2010. ISBN 978-3-540-71658-7. info
    recommended literature
  • Literature and other sources to the topic recommended by the thesis supervisor. info
  • EVANS, D., P. GRUBA and J. ZOBEL. How to write a better thesis. 3rd. ed. Cham: Springer, 2014. ISBN 9783319042855. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Zápočet: aktivní spolupráce s vedoucím práce, vypracování rešerše, nastudování literatury a dalších pramenů, stanovení cíle práce, návrh osnovy práce, popis metodiky práce, předložení konceptu diplomové práce
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (winter 2024, recent)
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