A Meta- Method of the Researches on Master's and PhD Theses in the field of Industrial Management, Shiraz University

According to many experts, methodological weakness is one of theweaknesses of master and doctoral dissertations in Iran. A meta-methodological study isa kind of comprehensive study that examines and compares the methodological aspects ofprevious researches. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate thestatus of the methodological components of master and doctoral dissertations in the fieldof industrial management at Shiraz University from 1991 to 2019.

This research is a descriptive and analytical type that used Meta-method toreview the dissertations in the field of industrial management. VOS viewer software isused to analyze data from Excel software and keyword co-event.

The results of the data analysis showed that 89% of the dissertations wereapplied research t and the most used tool of the researchers was questionnaire (31%). Inaddition, the results indicated the dominance of quantitative methods (79%), positivismparadigm (80%) and survey strategy (57%) and Statistical test methods (30%) in theanalysis of findings in industrial management researches. Finally, by extracting 713unique keywords, 56 words were repeated at least 5 times, including applied research,descriptive, quantitative, positivism, library and field research, survey, documentationand questionnaire.

The results of this study can lead to understanding the past situation and bypresenting a picture of trends in the selection of methods used in dissertations, identifythe existing gaps and be used for future educational and research planning.