Most of the phenomena investigated by management and organization scholars evolve over time. This includes processes at various levels, such as team development, innovation, organizational change, interorganizational collaboration, and institutionalization. Process research methods have been developed to capture the dynamics of how such phenomena unfold over time, without reducing them to dependent or independent variables. This course offers an introduction to these process research methods. It provides the philosophical and theoretical
background to process thinking, methods for collecting process data, and qualitative and quantitative methods for analyzing process data.
Prof. dr. ir. Hans Berends
Hans Berends (1972) is Professor of Innovation and Organization at the Knowledge, Information and Innovation Research Group, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is an organization scientist with a background in philosophy and industrial engineering, and received a PhD from Eindhoven University of Technology for a dissertation on knowledge sharing in industrial research. His work has been published in leading journals including Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, and Journal of Product Innovation Management.
Course Description
Most of the phenomena investigated by management and organization scholars evolve over time. This includes processes at various levels, such as team development, innovation, organizational change, interorganizational collaboration, and institutionalization. Process research methods have been developed to capture the dynamics of how such phenomena unfold over time, without reducing them to dependent or independent variables.
This course provides an introduction to these process research methods. It provides the philosophical and theoretical background to process thinking, methods for collecting process data, and qualitative and quantitative methods for analyzing process data.
Please download the course manual here.
Study Characteristics
- Study period: March 2026 – April 2026 (Period 4)
- Credits: 5 ECTS
- Tuition fee: €1250 (20% discount for early bird registration)
- Registration deadline: 18-01-26 (early bird registration: 04-01-2025)
- Prerequisite knowledge: Prior knowledge of basic qualitative research methods required.
- The course Process Research Methods is open to PhD candidates, research master
students, postdocs, and junior faculty. This is an advanced course that assumes
prior knowledge on qualitative research methods (e.g. the ABRI course Qualitative
Research Methods).
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Course Description & Study Characteristics
Course Description
Most of the phenomena investigated by management and organization scholars evolve over time. This includes processes at various levels, such as team development, innovation, organizational change, interorganizational collaboration, and institutionalization. Process research methods have been developed to capture the dynamics of how such phenomena unfold over time, without reducing them to dependent or independent variables.
This course provides an introduction to these process research methods. It provides the philosophical and theoretical background to process thinking, methods for collecting process data, and qualitative and quantitative methods for analyzing process data.
Please download the course manual here.
Study Characteristics
- Study period: March 2026 – April 2026 (Period 4)
- Credits: 5 ECTS
- Tuition fee: €1250 (20% discount for early bird registration)
- Registration deadline: 18-01-26 (early bird registration: 04-01-2025)
- Prerequisite knowledge: Prior knowledge of basic qualitative research methods required.
- The course Process Research Methods is open to PhD candidates, research master
students, postdocs, and junior faculty. This is an advanced course that assumes
prior knowledge on qualitative research methods (e.g. the ABRI course Qualitative
Research Methods).