Urban Studies: Urban Business and Development

Course offered as a part of a programme, Master’s level

15 credits

Malmö | daytime | 100%

28 August 2023 - 5 November 2023

About the course

There are numerous actors in cities that continuously interact to create value out of scarce resources. The ambition of this course is to identify and understand stakeholder interests and analyse what drives and limits their actions. The course will also provide a deepening of the understanding and application of qualitative methods used in research, as well as for academic writing.

This course is offered as part of a programme:

Urban Studies: Urban Business and Development - Real Estate and Transport, Master's Programme (Two-year) Urban Studies: Urban Business and Development - Real Estate and Transport, Master's Programme (Two-year)

Course content

Syllabus autumn 2023

Earlier syllabuses

Entry requirements and selection

Entry requirements

Bachelor´s degree consisting of 180 credits. The equivalent of English B/English 6 in Swedish secondary school.

Selection

University credits completed 100%

Course literature

Course literature and other teaching materials

Module 1

Eriksson-Zetterquist, U., Hansson, M., & Nilsson, F. (latest edition). Theories and Perspectives in Business Administration. Studentlitteratur, Lund.

Module 2

Corvellec, H. (red.) (2013). What is theory?: answers from the social and cultural sciences. 1. ed. Liber, Stockholm. (Book will be provided (non-profit)).
Czarniawska, B. (latest edition). A Theory of Organizing. Edward Elgar Pub, Cheltenham.
Silverman, D. (red.) (latest edition). Qualitative research. SAGE, London.

Complementary scientific articles will be provided electronically.

Course evaluation

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).