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Management Research: An Introduction (SAGE Series in Management Research) (Paperback)

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`An accessible introduction to the field, this book enables students to tackle issues, offering a definite statement of basic methodologies for management research issues' - Management Research News

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`I will be recommending the book to graduate researchers at master's and doctoral level. It is a book which deserves to succeed for its honesty, clarity, and common sense' - Leadership and Organizational Development Journal

`An accessible relaxed style enables the authors to deal with issues that are intellectually demanding and at times controversial, encouraging the researcher to develop a self-reflexive capacity to manage research as both personal and public learning' - Management Education and Development Journal

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This second edition of the best selling Management Research has been completely revised and updated to represent changes in research methods.

This book provides an invaluable guide for all those undertaking research in and around organizations, including managers. It considers not only methods, but also the nature of management research, its philosophy and politics.

The authors update the field both in relation to the new kinds of research problems being encountered in mangement research, and by incorporating the substantial methodological developments that have taken place over the last ten years. The book:

{ provides a useful introduction to the subject of management research

{ tackles complex issues in an accessible way

{ provides a definite statement of basic methodologies for management research

{ covers the full range of methods and techniques, qualitative and quantitative

{ considers the role of research as a vehicle for both personal learning and organizational development

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'I will be recommending the book to graduate researchers at master's and doctoral level. It is a book which deserves to succeed for its honesty, clarity, and common sense' - Leadership and Organizational Development Journal

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Product Details

Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd; 2nd edition (March 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0761972854
ISBN-13: 978-0761972853
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,323,438 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Grounded Theory in Management Research (SAGE Series in Management Research) by Karen Locke in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Postmodernism and Organizations by Professor John Hassard in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Doing Critical Management Research (SAGE Series in Management Research) by Dr. Mats Alvesson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Advances in Management Education by John Beck in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Science Observed: Perspectives on the Social Study of Science by Karin Knorr-Cetina in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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Research Methods in Management: A concise introduction to research in management and business consultancy by Geoff Lancaster on page 78, page 153, and Back Matter
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good grounding for those without a scientific background, April 15, 2006

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This book was recommended to my MBA class to help us plan and conduct our final research projects. Having a scientific PhD, I didn't expect to learn quite as much as I did. In fact, I expanded my repertoire of measurement techniques, particularly picking up some interesting new methods for objectively assessing subjective issues (which are relatively common in management research but anathema to many fact-based pure science academics). My colleagues on the course who actually read it raved about the book, even those from an arts or social science background, so the author's style is clearly accessible.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best reserch course book, January 24, 2000

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This book is good for students who want to learn deeply about marketing research. I used this book during the international marketing research. I strongly recommend this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the best book of marketing reserch, January 24, 2000

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Superb book for the lerner of marketing reserch. I really respect and recomend this book.

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