Areas of Competence: Knowledge and Understanding; Use, application and generation of knowledge; Communication and cooperation; Scientific self-understanding / professionalism.
The students
• Are in the position to translate a practically or academically relevant industry problems or phenomena into a theoretical research framework.
• Can familiarize themselves on their own with the relevant research publications in the selected field of research and possibly identify research gaps and are capable to provide a theoretical overview summarizing the current state of research in the respective field of investigation based on a thorough analysis of the leading academic journals.
• Can identify and select the appropriate research methodology to address the respective research question
• Are able to decide upon the relevant research methodology (quantitative-, qualitative- action research etc.) to appropriately address research questions.
The students
• Can professionally prepare and execute research projects in an academic or corporate environment.
• Are capable to critically reflect upon industry problems, challenges and phenomena and translate these into theoretically grounded research questions.
• Are capable to independently prepare a practically relevant yet theoretically grounded research paper in the field of industrial engineering.
Are capable to prepare a research paper in compliance with norms for academic and scholarly expression and for publication in the public domain
The students
• Are capable to prepare a project on their own and deliver the results in time by applying their competencies to analyze, structure and solve complex problems.
• are capable to present and defend their research project in front of a qualified academic audience
• conduct themselves in a professional and respectful manner in particular with respect to the time made available by their supervisor by being well prepared for meetings and request for appointments in writing with the questions and or issues to be addressed clearly laid out in advance.
• Are capable to organize themselves individually or in teams in an effective manner to set the right priorities and manage their resources to successfully meet the requested academic requirements.
• Respond to criticism in an open self-reflective constructive manner
• Read all necessary and relevant information including official regulations as well as publicly available information and advice such as FAQ´s etc.
• Are capable to translate and embed the analyzed research outcome into a theoretical framework.
• Can express their research approach, analysis and results in a form that is compliant to the norms and standards used in the respective academic field of research inquiry by using the appropriate research methodology, structure, terminology and quotation rules.
• Can apply the academic rules of conduct expected by a researcher to achieve an objective, valid, reliable and ethically justifiable research outcome.