1. A Research plan Contents of a Research Plan (suggested outline):
1. Motivation (why do you find it important to study the topic, theoretical & managerial motivation)
2. Topic area and specific research problem(s)/question(s)
3. Objectives of your research
4. Examples of important previous research articles on the topic and/or main theory to be used
5. Methodology (e.g. a literature review, case study, survey,…)
6. Tentative table of contents
Possible reference list (for references used in the plan)
Length approx. 2 pages
To be returned by 10th October by to (or to mycourses website)

2. Research Profiling Assignment, due 10th October by email to markku
Research Profiling Assignment, due 10th October by to
Conduct a database search and make a 2-3-page report, applicable parts may be included in your thesis
Select for analysis e.g. one popular theory (e.g. from the IS Theory pages or theme, or analyze your own topic
if you are able to find a large enough amount of articles to be profiled (a meta- analysis is reasonable with some >150 articles)
Use enough time for developing search words (synonyms, US/British differences, plurals etc.)
You may also profile research that cite some seminal article
Depict in your report the key (e.g. Top-10) authors, affiliations, journals, science categories, keywords, and yearly development etc. You may use screenshots from the statistics/tables/graphs, but you must summarize your findings in text also!
You may also compare the results of equivalent search phrases from WoS and Scopus (Note: similar outlets, i.e. either journals or conferences or both should be selected)
Detailed step-by-step instructions also to be found in f