Doctoral Course - Communication and Writing Skills

LLSMA2007 - Communication and Writing Skills – 5 ECTS

Prof. Valérie SWAEN & Manuel KOLP

Description

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COURSE OBJECTIVES 

The objective of the course is to help young researchers in management get a better understanding of the peer reviewed publication process and develop their academic writing skills. This course provides transversal competences to doctoral students and future researchers – i.e. competences that are useful regardless of their specific topic and discipline. During this seminar, students will learn how to write a literature review, an academic paper; how to get published and how to present a research paper. 

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 

• prepare a research plan and an academic paper; 
• write a paper following the academic standards; 
• review an academic paper; 
• pitch his/her research; 
• present a research seminar ; 
• build online profiles and web presence 

COURSE CONTENT 

The different topics that will be covered in this course are the following ones: 

• Defining what makes a good research idea? 
• Designing your literature review (Searching for literature; Quality of journals; Writing the literature review…) 
• Developing your research design (Conceptual model, hypotheses, methodology…) 
• Writing your paper: what and how? (Structure of an academic paper; Writing an abstract; Writing the basic sections: data collection, findings, discussion, conclusion, limitations and future research; Positioning a research and defining contributions; Common mistakes of novice writers…) 
• Publishing process (Soliciting for feedback; Developing research papers; Selecting an appropriate journal; Order of authors; Making the paper ready for submission; …) 
• Reviewing your paper 
• Presenting your research in a research seminar 
• Pitching your research to a non-expert audience 
• Becoming an impactful academic 
• Using Web Tools and establishing web presence and visibility 

COURSE ORGANIZATION 

Students are expected to prepare the writing/reading assignment and think about the topics before each session. They are also expected to contribute in an informed, critical and innovative manner during the sessions. 

EVALUATION METHODS 

Different assignments will be asked from students: 

• writing a working paper following the academic standards (see specific guidelines posted on Moodle); 
• presenting this working paper (see specific guidelines given in class); 
• reviewing a paper written by another student and discussing it after the oral presentation/poster. 

The assessment of your performance will be composed of the following elements: 

• Quality of the written working paper (65%) 
• Quality of the oral presentation of your working paper (20%) 
• Quality of your review and discussion of a classmate paper (15%) 

Schedule 

A presentation day is organized in June 

Schedule to be confirmed. 

Registration