Reasearching & Writing Dissertations In Business & Managemen

Description:
Essential reading for diploma, degree and postgraduate taught-course students, this is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the process of completing projects, extended reports, dissertations and theses on business and management topics. Combining an extensive review of basic research methods and techniques with guidelines on the management of the dissertation writing process, the authors cover issues from the selection of topics to the research, preparation, structuring and presentation of a dissertation.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction PART 1: GETTING STARTED 2. What is Research For and What Does it Involve? 3. Thinking About Doing: Choosing a Topic 4. Choosing a Research Method 5. Describing Research Objectives Through Mapping Sentences 6. The Uses of Classification Systems and Typologies 7. Managing the Research Process: A Basic Framework PART 2: KEY QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS 8. Sampling - Choosing Your Subjects 9. Questionnaire Design 10. Quality and Quantity: Some Miscellaneous Methods 11. Measuring Attitudes 12. How to Interview 13. So Just What is Ethnography? PART 3: KEY STATISTICAL AND QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES 14. An Introduction to Statistical Terms and Concepts 15. The Concept of Probability Theory 16. Descriptive Statistics 17. Statistical Tests 18. Measures of Association PART 4: WRITING THE DISSERTATION 19. Key Techniques in Writing Up Your Dissertation 20. The Oral Presentation of Dissertation Findings Appendix A - Statistical Tables Index