Doing Research in the Business World

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4739-3843-4
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Medienkombination, Englisch, 840 Seiten, Paperback & Interactive eBook (Slimpack), Format (B × H): 267 mm x 196 mm, Gewicht: 1718 g

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Grounded in actual research and supported by the author’s 25 years of experience teaching business and management students, this book is designed especially for students and researchers in business looking to do practical research, and introduces them to the reality of conducting research for the classroom or the boardroom.

The reader is guided through each step of the research process including all the tools they need to collect, analyse and present data and are given advice on how to identify, design and complete appropriate projects, enabling them to develop their own research and maximize its impact. Global examples are included throughout from international markets and across the Business and Management discipline.

Packed full of learning features and complemented by a free interactive eBook* that includes author video chapter introductions, top tips and skills, real world advice, templates and examples of published research, real world data sets, MCQs, PowerPoint slides, student exercises and journal articles, as well as employability advice and guidance on different types of assessment and dissemination, allowing access on the go and encouraging learning and retention whatever the reading or learning style.

Suitable for anyone intending to conduct research in a variety of business contexts such as Management, Marketing, HRM and Organizational Studies

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Gray, David E.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Forschung & Entwicklung (F&E), Innovation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction
PART A - PRINCIPLES AND PLANNING FOR RESEARCH
Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives and Research Methodologies in Business
Chapter 3: Selecting and Planning Business Research Proposals and Projects
Chapter 4: Business Research Ethics
Chapter 5: Searching, Critically Reviewing and Using the Literature in Business
PART B - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Chapter 6: Business Research Design: Quantitative Methods
Chapter 7: Business Research Design: Qualitative Methods
Chapter 8: Business Research Design: Mixed Methods
Chapter 9: Sampling Strategies in Business
Chapter 10: Designing Descriptive and Analytical Surveys for Business
Chapter 11: Designing Case Studies for Business
Chapter 12: Designing Evaluations in Business
Chapter 13: Action Research and Change in Business
PART C - DATA COLLECTION METHODS
Chapter 14: Questionnaires
Chapter 15: Interviewing
Chapter 16: Non-participant Observation
Chapter 17: Ethnography and Participant Observation
Chapter 18: Focus Groups
Chapter 19: Unobtrusive Measures
Chapter 20: Visual Methods
Chapter 21: Secondary Data Analysis
PART D - ANALYSIS AND REPORT WRITING
Chapter 22: Getting Started Using SPSS
Chapter 23: Analysing and Presenting Quantitative Data
Chapter 24: Getting Started with NVivo
Chapter 25: Analysing and Presenting Qualitative Data
Chapter 26: Writing up the Research in a Business Report

Chapter 27: Planning for Business Presentations and for Vivas

Über Autor(innen)

Gray, David E.
David Gray was Professor of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Greenwich. His research interests, and publication record, included research methods, management learning (particularly coaching and mentoring), professional identity, action learning, reflective learning, management learning in SMEs and the factors that contribute to SME success. He published books and articles on research methods, organizational learning, and coaching and mentoring.

David led a number of EU-funded research programmes including one examining the impact of coaching on the resilience of unemployed managers in their job-searching behaviours and another on how action learning can sustain unemployed managers in starting their own business. He also completed a global survey into the professional identity of coaches.