Upon completion of the course, the student is able to
• produce a thesis plan and implement it flexibly according to the schedule.
• choose the correct thesis type for his thesis project.
• give, receive and utilize feedback received in working life meetings and thesis advising situations.
• choose and demarcate the thesis topic, and determine the objectives and benefits of the thesis.
• choose the most suited research and project management methods to serve the thesis project.
• produce the research design and the overlay matrix.
• utilize various types of sources and information search channels, and assess source literature critically.
• apply the reporting and referencing guidelines of Haaga-Helia.
• conduct RDI ethically.
• recognize, describe and possibly develop expert operations in the field of business: developing own work, own competences, organizational processes and/or the field of study.
• behave professionally in thesis advising situations and meetings with working life.
• utilize the concepts, models and theories of international business in the thesis.
• write the thesis report in professional English using the required style and register.
• discuss and present his thesis project to various types of audiences
• complete the legislated maturity test in the mother tongue of his secondary/high school education.
• follow Haaga-Helia’s thesis instructions.

• Prerequisite: THE7LF100 Introduction to Thesis non-stop on-line examination must be completed to start the course.
• The course THE7LF101 Thesis Planning must be completed in order to (1) receive a named thesis advisor who advises the student in the following phases of the thesis process: THE7HH801, THE7HH802, THE7HH803 and THE7HH804 and (2) get a Konto project in the Haaga-Helia thesis management software

The following as they relate to the bachelor’s thesis.
• types of thesis projects
• formulation of research questions and dividing it into investigative questions, and formulation of project objective and dividing it into project tasks.
• demarcation for a research-based thesis and scope for a product/project-based thesis
• knowledge base (theoretical frame of reference), and research and project management methods
• negotiations and collaboration with commissioning organizations
• Haaga-Helia reporting and referencing guidelines.
• ethical principles in RDI
• research design and overlay matrix
• tools and software
• maturity test
• thesis assessment criteria
• publication process
• academic writing

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GLOBBA Thesis Coordinator: Elizabeth San Miguel