1st Edition

Research Skills for Management Studies

By Alan Berkeley Thomas Copyright 2004
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

The recent growth of interest in the systematic study of management has transformed a once neglected area of research into one that now attracts a huge number of postgraduate students. Despite this, there has been a distinct lack of research guides tailored specifically for management studies. Designed as a comprehensive introduction to the main phases of a research project, this textbook fills... Read more
1. Research Skills and How to Acquire Them  2. What is Research?  3. Ways of Knowing  4. Problem Fields  5. Problem Identification  6. Research Ethics  7. Research Strategies: The Experiment and Survey  8. Research Strategies: The Case Study, Ethnography and Action Research  9. Data Construction by Asking Questions  10. Data Construction by Making Observations  11. Data Construction by Using Documents and Records  12. Data Analysis and Interpretation  13. Writing and Publication

Biography

Alan Berkeley Thomas