Current active course description (last updated 2021/22)
Contemporary Streams of Institutional Theory in Management and Accounting
ECO9004
Current active course description (last updated 2021/22)
Contemporary Streams of Institutional Theory in Management and Accounting
ECO9004
Application deadline 31 May 2024.
Acceptance letter 16 June 2024.
Admitted to a Ph.D. program or have the qualifications to be admitted to a Ph.D. program.
Must fulfill the English language requirements or must be from approved partner institutions.
Knowledge
On completion of the course, the candidate should be able to:
- have advanced knowledge of classical and contemporary streams of institutional theory;
- understand the challenges connected with the applications and combination of the contemporary streams of institutional theory;
- evaluate and analyze the characteristics between different streams of institutional theory;
Skills
On completion of the course, the candidate should be able to:
- assess the analytical value of applying theories to the empirical design of own research project;
- connect own research projects with the analytical frameworks in both oral and written forms;
- critically examine the research projects of peers in both oral and written forms.
Competence
On completion of the course, the candidate should be able to:
- identify relevant theoretical problem statements and contributions to the literature with the use of contemporary streams of institutional theory;
- critically manage interdisciplinary research papers;
- discuss and give feedback to research projects drawing upon the institutional theory.
- identify the contemporary development of institutional theories and respective applications in management and accounting research;
Students evaluate the course by final evaluation. These evaluations are included in the university’s quality assurance system.
The course consists of one preliminary reflection paper, attendance and active participation in five days of class work and one final reflection paper. The pre-assignment consists in reading of the course literature and preparing a preliminary reflection paper (approx. 5000 words) based on mandatory reading. The course foresees obligatory participation and integrates lectures by the course faculty, discussions of the course literature, presentations of own reflection papers, and peer review. The participants will need to submit a final reflection paper (approx. 7 000 words) based on at least one of the contemporary streams of institutional theory within two months after the conclusion of the course. The grades passed/not passed apply. The content from the final reflection paper can be only partially used in the Kappa/PhD Thesis and will require substantial rewriting.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
ECO9000 - Contemporary Streams of Institutional Theory and Their Application to Management and Accounting - 5 credits