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Modul 25005: Master - Media and Technology Management Seminar
'Research and Publications' (SS '15)

C. Loebbecke

2 SWS, 6 CP

Thursdays 17:45-21:00 h

Location: HS XXIII WiSo-Building

Start: April 09, '15

Held in English

Mandatory Pre-Assignment - see below

Overview
The course will cover the basics of research on media and technology management and innovative information and communication technologies. It will prepare for writing short papers and a master thesis, discuss research approaches, read and review research papers. Groups will be formed during the first course meeting. Registration details are shown below.

Dates
April 09 (mandatory!) plus at most 4 of the following dates: April 16, April 23, May 07, May 21, June 18, July 09 (details during the semester)

Location
HS XXIII WiSo-Building

MANDATORY Pre-Assignment
Summarize and discuss three different points raised in "Mumford, E. (2006) Researching People Problems: Some Advice to a Student, Information Systems Journal, 16(4), 383-389". We will send the essay to all successfully registered students' sMail accounts on March 27.
Use about 100 words to summarize / name a point of your choice and another 150 words to share your thoughts / concerns on exactly that point. Approximate assignment length is 750 words (3 x 250 words). Do not forget a cover sheet with your name, "Pruefungsnummer", postal address and sMail-account.
Send a non-protected word file(no pdf !) by eMail by April 8, 11:00 o'clock, FROM your sMail-account to claudia.loebbecke<AT>uni-koeln.de AND to stefan.cremer <AT>uni-koeln.de.
File Name: Mumford-YourLastname.doc(x)

Course Grading / Credit Points

Grading will be based on

Pre-Assignment: 20%
Participation during sessions: 30% (individual)
Smaller exercises and assignments during the sessions: 20% (individual or group)
Written and oral final assignment and presentation: 30% (group; details during the course).

Participation on April 09 is mandatory, otherwise you cannot pass the course. Afterwards participation in all, but one 90-minute session (!) is required for receiving Credit Points!