The Essence of Research Methodology
A Concise Guide for Master and PhD Students in Management Science
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Beschreibung
This publication is designed to provide Master and PhD students with a concise introduction to conducting research in organisations. The aim is to impart knowledge for making the appropriate methodological choices and to give readers a practical guide to designing and executing a research. Over fifty concrete examples, exercises, discussions and short case studies give a good illustration of the practice of research so to enhance the understanding of the application of methodology in specific research contexts. Another special feature of this book is the extensive comparative Glossary of key methodological terms, ideas and notions that has been incorporated. Also, various checklists are provided to help students structure their research activities and reflect on key issues and choices that need to be made. Finally, more fundamental theoretical, ontological and epistemological issues and debates are touched upon and discussed in the footnotes.
This book offers a concise introduction to different research approaches in management science. It provides readers with the knowledge to make well-reasoned methodological choices and helps them understand what structuring and designing a research implies. The book contains more then fifty practical examples, exercises, discussions and short case studies, which are aimed at showing how to apply a particular methodology in a specific context. In addition, short footnotes draw attention to more fundamental theoretical, ontological or epistemological issues. Criteria are listed making it possible to judge the quality of the results. At the end of the book various checklists are provided to help structure research activities and reflect on key issues and choices to be made. A special feature of this book is an extensive comparative glossary of the methodological terms and notions.
Concise introduction to different research approaches in management science Instructions how to select an appropriate method given a particular research question Boxes with exercises and checklists Extensive comparative glossary of methodology terms and notions Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Jan Jonker
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