IMTA Educational Material Development Program

The objectives of the module are to develop individual faculty research skills, to produce world-class research publications with new insights for management, as well as to allow CEEMAN faculty and its member institutions to become even more relevant to their customers by leading the way in understanding customer issues and challenges.

The Research and Publishing Module Is structured in three parts:

• 3 days of preparatory seminar: 31 January - 2 February 2011, IEDC-Bled School of Management, Slovenia
• 7 months of field research and writing with individual distance coaching: February-June 2011
• 2 days of concluding workshop: 20-21 June 2011, IEDC-Bled School of Management, Slovenia

The 3-day preparatory seminar includes: guidelines for defining a relevant research issue; research design and appropriate research methodology; research execution and field work; transferring research results effectively to the classroom; small group critiques of participants' research proposals; and individual mentoring from faculty advisors.

During the seven-month field work and research drafting period, participants carry out field and related research, write research papers, develop proposals on how to integrate their research results into new, research-based, educational material, and submit draft research papers and related educational material to their faculty coaches for review and feedback. Based on faculty feedback, participants refine the outcome of their research effort and develop the respective research-based educational material.

The 2-day concluding workshop includes: presentation of research results in small groups; peer and faculty critique; guidelines on getting research published; individual mentoring; and presentation to peers and faculty of selected research projects ready for publication.