The management research course is an introduction to the research process.

First, the scientific approach is introduced as a search for links between cause and effect. The search for hypotheses is then explained.

In a second, more quantitative step, two concrete approaches to research are presented. The first uses path analysis based on passively observed data. The second works on experimental data with active manipulation of contexts. The validation of hypotheses is finally taught through the free software R.

Students are then able to freely choose a subject and make hypotheses in an area that interests them. They collectively collect and process data, which may or may not validate these hypotheses.
A scientific presentation is then made with discussion of the results.

The approach thus learned is useful for future researchers but also for all management professions that require rigorous innovative thinking and freedom to make the right decisions.