課程資訊
課程名稱
研究方法
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 
開課學期
98-1 
授課對象
工學院  工業工程學研究所  
授課教師
王銘宗 
課號
IE7012 
課程識別碼
546EM3040 
班次
 
學分
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期五6,7,8(13:20~16:20) 
上課地點
國青101 
備註
本課程以英語授課。
總人數上限:20人 
 
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課程概述

The purpose of this course is to assist students in learning qualitative and quantitative research. To achieve the purpose, students are required to read academic qualitative and quantitative articles and discuss with classmates and the professor in class. Reading journal papers and books, doing presentations, and reading Internet materials are the core of this course. The instructor will serve as a mentor, a facilitator, and an advisor. Students and class interactions have to play the major role in this course.  

課程目標
This course is addressed to those graduate students who wish to learn research methodology. The basics and related cases of methodologies will be absorbed through reading journal papers and books.  
課程要求
 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
 
指定閱讀
 
參考書目
1) Book: Business Research Method, by Donald R.
Cooper and Pamela S. Schindler, 1998, McGRAW-HILL
2) Book: Social Research Methods- Qualitative and
Quantitative Approach, by W. Lawrence Neuman, 2002,
Pearson Education Company
3) Book: 企業研究方法, by黃俊英, 2003, 東華書局
4) Book: Research and Design, by Seivewright, Simon,
2007, St Martins Pr
5) Book: How to Research, by Blaxter, Loraine/
Hughes, Christina/ Tight, Malcolm, 2007, McGraw-Hill
6) Book: Research Methods, by McBurney, Donald H./
White, Theresa L., 2006, Thomson Learning
7) Book: Case Study Methodology in Business
Research, by Dul, Jan/ Hak, Tony, 2007, Butterworth-
Heinemann
8) Journal: Technovation, ISBN:0166-4972
9) Journal: TQM & Business Excellence, ISBN: 1478-
3371
10) Journal: Journal of Technology Management, ISBN:
0267-5730
11) Journal: European Journal of Operational
Research, ISBN: 0377-2217
12) Journal: Advanced in Services Marketing and
Management, ISSN: 1067-5671
13) Journal: International Journal of Service
Industry Management, ISSN: 0956-4233
14) Journal: Journal of Product Innovation
Management, ISSN: 0737-6782
15) Journal: International Journal of Project
Management, ISBN: 0263-7863
 
評量方式
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課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
2/22  Introduction 
Week 2
2/29  Part I:
1) What is Theory? 
Week 3
3/07  2) Theory Versus Ideology 
Week 4
3/14  3) The Parts of Theory 
Week 5
3/21  4) Aspects of Theory 
Week 6
3/28  5) The Dynamic Duo 
Week 7
4/04  Discussion 
Week 8
4/11  Final-term Exam 
Week 9
4/18  Part II:
1) Research Questions Appropriate for Research 
Week 10
4/25  2) A Short History of Research 
Week 11
5/02  3) The Logic of Research 
Week 12
5/09  4) Choosing a Site and Gaining Access 
Week 13
5/16  5) Relations in the Filed 
Week 14
5/23  6) Observing and Collecting Data 
Week 15
5/30  7) The Research Interview 
Week 16
6/06  8) Ethical Dilemmas of Research 
Week 17
6/13  Final-term Exam