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Management Research

Management Research

by PaulJackson (Author), Mark Easterby - Smith (Author), RichardThorpe (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

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Now in its Fourth Edition, this much loved text offers theoretical and philosophical depth without sacrificing what you need to know in practical terms. With an impressive suite of in-text features and online materials, as well as the authors' ability to tackle complex issues in a clear and accessible way, this textbook makes the whole scope of management research methods approachable.

Inside you will find painless coverage of the entire research process as well as a critical, thoughtful treatment of important issues like ethics and politics, making this an invaluable companion to any student or researcher who needs to know about business and management research methods.

New to the Fourth Edition:

- Expanded coverage of mixed methods

- Further guidance on choosing a research question and writing a research proposal

- More visual material and an improved, full-colour layout

The book's companion website has been fully updated to include:

- An instructor's manual

- Lecture slides

- Links to further reading

- More full-text articles from SAGE Journals Online

- An online glossary

- An author podcast

Visit the Companion Webiste at www.sagepub.co.uk/easterbysmith

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 392
 Edition: Fourth Edition
 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: 12 Apr 2012
ISBN 10: 0857021176
ISBN 13: 9780857021175

Media Reviews
This is an excellent book that covers a variety of management research related topics relevant to undergraduate, postgraduate, and research students as well as to research professionals. Furthermore, the book offers numerous useful practical activities through which readers can apply and advance their understanding in relation to management research
Thomas Matheus
Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Northumbria University

This book has everything that the new and established management researcher needs to know, it is both informative and comprehensive. An excellent introduction
Catherine Cassell
Professor of Organizational Psychology, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester

Author Bio
Mark Easterby-Smith is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Lancaster. His field is organizational learning. He has a first degree in Engineering Science and a PhD in Organizational Behaviour from Durham University and has been an active researcher for over 30 years with primary interests in methodology and learning processes. He has carried out evaluation studies in many European companies, and has led research projects on management development, organizational learning, dynamic capabilities and knowledge transfer across international organizations in the UK, India and China. Richard Thorpe is Professor of Management Development and Pro Dean for Research at Leeds University Business School. His research interests have included: performance, entrepreneurship, knowledge and leadership as well as research methods in management research. His early career as a management trainee on a Clarks programme informed the way his ethos has developed. Following a period in industry his first academic appointment was as a researcher at Strathclyde University in the Pay and Reward Research Centre. There, as a consequence of the research conducted he developed close links with practitioners, intermediaries and policy makers, something he has strived to maintain as his career progressed. Common themes in his work are: a strong commitment to conducting research in collaboration with practitioners; a focus on action and change; an interest in and commitment to the development of doctoral students and the development of capacity within the sector. Richard has been past president and chair of the British Academy of Management and member of the ESRC Training and Development Board. He is currently chair of the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies. Paul R. Jackson is Professor of Corporate Communications and member of the Business Economics and Strategy group at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. Over the years he has undertaken various roles including Director of Doctoral Programmes at the University of Sheffield and, at UMIST, Head of the Division of Marketing, International Business and Strategy as well as designing the doctoral training programme at MBS. He has been teaching research methods to undergraduate, Masters and doctoral students since 1975 and has contributed to books on research methods teaching as well as workshops for students and teachers on behalf of the British Academy of Management.