Management research

Aimed at students of management and anyone planning to carry out research in the field, this guide explains how to go about management research from start to finish. It looks at what sets research in management apart from other kinds of inquiry, and at the qualities in a researcher that tend to support a good outcome.

The discussion moves on to the philosophical assumptions that shape how a study is designed, and to the range of methodologies a researcher can choose between. It also takes up the political and ethical questions that arise when research is done in organisations.

The later chapters are practical. They walk the reader through the fundamentals of running a research project, from early planning to presenting the findings.