Understanding research for business students: a complete student's guide
- London Sage Publications Ltd. 2022
- xxiii, 550 p.
Table of content
Chapter 1: Introduction to business research Chapter 2: Getting started: choosing your research direction Chapter 3: Writing your research proposal Chapter 4: Searching and critically reviewing the literature Chapter 5: Research philosophies, approaches and strategies Chapter 6: Formulating the research design Chapter 7: Plagiarism and ethics in business research Chapter 8: Doing work-based projects and researching your own organization Chapter 9: Sampling techniques Chapter 10: Secondary data Chapter 11: Social media for research Chapter 12: Interviews and focus groups Chapter 13: Observational research Chapter 14: Questionnaires Chapter 15: Analyzing and managing qualitative data Chapter 16: Analyzing and managing quantitative data Chapter 17: Getting started with IBM SPSS Statistics Chapter 18: Writing up and disseminating your work
Are you conducting business research for the first time and aren't sure where to begin? This book gives you everything you need to successfully complete your research project.
From choosing your research direction and considering ethics to data collection and writing up your results, it offers straightforward guidance on every step of the research process. Covering topics such as social media research, working with primary and secondary data, and researching your own organisation, it provides a thorough overview of research for business and management students.
The book:
Enables you to visualise how each research stage links to the next, and makes sure you don’t miss a step with a handy 'Research Project Wheel' Helps you increase your employability and develop transferable skills, such as proposal writing and data analysis Provides student research examples that show common challenges you might face - and how to address them. Key features include: research snapshots, offering short helpful tips for each stage of your research, and concept cartoons, which put forward different views about research to help you think critically about your approach. This book also has end-of-chapter questions, online multiple-choice questions and Kahoot! questions so you can test your understanding.