Research Methods for Managers
With new material on literature reviews, case study research, action research and writing up research, the Fourth Edition continues to successfully adopt a practical approach, while still emphasizing the importance of the role of theory.
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Research Methods for Managers
With new material on literature reviews, case study research, action research and writing up research, the Fourth Edition continues to successfully adopt a practical approach, while still emphasizing the importance of the role of theory.
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Research Methods for Managers

Research Methods for Managers

Research Methods for Managers

Research Methods for Managers

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With new material on literature reviews, case study research, action research and writing up research, the Fourth Edition continues to successfully adopt a practical approach, while still emphasizing the importance of the role of theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781847870940
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 03/29/2010
Edition description: Fourth Edition
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.60(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

John Gill, before his retirement, was Reader in Management in Sheffield Business School.

In recent years Phil has participated in the generation and management of over £420, 000 of research funding, over £330,000 of which was provided by EPSRC and ESRC. Involved in much of this research have been local public and private sector organizations as sponsors of research and as research sites for both data collection and for change-management interventions. This research has concerned a range of issues including: management control; corporate governance; contractor-client relations; evolving management roles. Recently Phil has engaged in ESRC sponsored research into "Benchmarking Good Practice in Qualitative Management Research" which is part of the ESRC Research Methodology Programme. Currently Phil is a referee for a number of academic journals and reviews book proposals for several major academic publishers. He has also been a guest editor for the journal Management Decision and has recently been appointed as Associate Editor for a new international journal, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management. Phil′s education includes: BA (Hons) Sociology (Sheffield); MSc Organization Development (CNAA); MSc Advance Educational and Social Research Methods (Open University); PhD Management and Organization (CNAA).

Table of Contents

PART ONE: ISSUES AND PROCESSES IN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
Introduction
Starting Management Research
The Role of Theory in Research Methods
PART TWO: KEY METHODS IN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
Experimental Research Design
Action Research
Survey Research Design
Qualitative Methodology
The Case of Ethnography
PART THREE: PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
Philosophical Disputes and Management Research
Conclusions
Evaluating Management Research
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