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Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Essential Skills for Management Research Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
