Essential Skills for Management Research provides an authoritative overview of research methodology for both students and professional researchers in management. Based on management research methods course needs, and written by expert academics in the field, this book is informed by the requirements of students, professionals and lecturers in management research.
Essential Skills for Management Research places emphasis on the more practical concerns of management researchers, focusing on the detail of developing and applying particular sets of research skills. In addition, the book gives straight-forward advice on how to:
– develop a systematic methodology
– learn to be a successful writer
– acknowledge the individual in the researcher
Essential Skills for Management Research arose from the growing need to address the practical concerns of students in undertaking research that is relevant to management practice. The book develops tangible skills and will be an invaluable guide for management researchers and students at postgraduate and MBA levels.
İçerik tablosu
PART ONE: PHILOSOPHY AND RESEARCH
The Production of Management Knowledge – Robert Chia
Philosophical Underpinnings of Research Design
Ethical Considerations in Management Research – Nada Korac-Kakabadse, Andrew Kakabadse and Alexander Kousmin
A `Truth′ Seeker′s Guide
PART TWO: RESEARCH PROCESSES
Modelling-as-Theorizing – David A Whetten
A Systematic Methodology for Theory Development
Learning to Be a Successful Writer – Anne Sigismund Huff
Acknowledging the Individual in the Researcher – Kim James and Susan Vinnicombe
PART THREE: APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES
Qualitative and Quantitative Issues in Research Design – Phyl Johnson and Don Harris
Ethnographic Approaches to the Study of Organizations – Val Singh and John Dickson
Grounded Theory – David Partington
Case Study Research – Alan Harrison
Cognitive Mapping – Mark Jenkins
Repertory Grid Technique – Keith Goffin
Laddering – Susan Baker
Making Sense of Meaning
Action Research – Colin Eden and Chris Huxham
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