2018-2019 / SEMI0724-1

Seminar accompanying the research and the preparation for the internship - part 2: preparation for the final thesis

Duration

10h SEM

Number of credits

 Master in human resources management (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Christophe Dubois, Julie Gérard

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The students will have to 
- realise some exploratory interviews with some eperts of their fieldwork
- define a concrcrete problem to analyze
- present an internship mission
- review the litterature in line with their research topi

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The student will have:
- found an internship and completed his/her internship documents
-defined an internship mission
- acquired some methodological tools
- defined a concrete problem
- developped his/her critical and analytical skills; writing skills; communication skills; synthetic skills throuhought various intermediary exercices.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

METO0825-1 and METO0826-1 or SOCI2259-1 and SOCI2260-1 are prerequisite.
SEMI0723-1 is corequisite.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Participative seminar built around five sessions.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Ex cathedra, oral presentations and workshops.

Recommended or required readings

  • Van Campenhoudt, L., Marquet, J., & Quivy, R. (2017). La question de départ, Manuel de recherche en sciences sociales, 5ème édition, Paris : Dunod
  • Dumez, H. (2013). Qu'est-ce que la recherche qualitative ? Problèmes épistémologiques, méthodologiques et de théorisation. In Annales des Mines-Gérer et comprendre(No. 2, pp. 29-42). ESKA.
  • Darmon, M. (2005). « Le psychiatre, la sociologue et la boulangère : analyse d'un refus de terrain », Genèses 1, n°58, pp. 98-112.
  • Chapoulie, J.-M. (2000). « Le travail de terrain, l'observation des actions et des interactions, et la sociologie ». Sociétés contemporaines, n°40, pp. 5-27.
  • Ghiglione R. et Matalon B. (1985). « Les entretiens ». In Ghiglione R. et Matalon B. (1985). Les enquêtes sociologiques. Théories et pratique. Paris : Armand Colin (Col. U), 4èmeédition, pp. 75-80. (point 3.5.1 non inclus).
  • Weber F., (1991). « L'enquête, la recherche et l'intime ou : pourquoi censurer son journal de terrain ? ». Espaces Temps, 47-48. pp. 71-81
  • Soulé, B. (2007). « Observation participante ou participation observante? Usages et justifications de la notion de participation observante en sciences sociales ». Recherches qualitatives, vol. 27, n°1, pp. 127-140.
 

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation will be based on
- the completed internship convention
- the empirically-based research design

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The first session will be held on the 16 Nov.

Contacts

Christophe Dubois: c.dubois@uliege.be
Julie GÉRARD: julie.gerard@uliege.be