BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODS

Business and Management Research Methods

Business and Management Research Methods

Aim

Research Methods in Management aims to answer questions that arise every researcher in management and management, either before, during or after the search. The articulation of all the chapters is both independent (each chapter corresponds to a given theme) and interdependent (the orientations of the chapters are contingent priori epistemological and methodological choices that are made). Method is the path to be followed to achieve knowledge of reality. Each science defines the method or sets of methods defined because it means that the things which it refers. The greatest danger that exists is a scientific method to move one's own science to another as this may distort the reality of things discussed.

Objective

The method of Business Management should be directed to the study of relations and the observed differences in the associations. The base defines any method of interrogation of reality is the axiom that there is a difference without a cause. Social science to investigate the causal relationships and takes place as a separate course, or if other things being equal. This assumption, however, does not give an appropriate response to reality and the study was conducted in static conditions, but the generalized method of all natural sciences, where in most cases the forces are opposed and offset to long-term that can reach a point of balance and continuity. For this reason, in the economy always make deductions short and long term almost always different.

This will provide all students and researchers, a valuable support at all stages of this work. The inclusion in an epistemological framework, the specification of the object, the development of research design, data collection (for investigation, observation and experimental) and their analysis (exploratory qualitative specific and / or causal), and finally presenting the results.

There is particular attention paid to the following:

Although accompany the researcher in theoretical upstream phase: the choice of epistemological paradigm, the construction of the object of research, methodological implications.

Detail the different methodological approaches, including the experimental method to allow the researcher to choose the most appropriate and implement.

Go beyond the usual boundaries between qualitative and quantitative methods in presenting the collection and analysis, to group them according to their objective.

Address a wide variety of analytical methods, including advanced methods such as automated text analysis (with Sphinx Lexica) or structural equation.

While treating step of presenting the results, both written and oral, with many editorial boards, an awareness of research ethics, and finally advice to publish his work.

The writer should systematically illustrate the points with examples drawn from theses or research papers from various fields of science management (HRM, management, marketing, strategy, and corporate finance). Each chapter will end with exercises that allow to check his understanding of the concepts, reflect on some aspects of its work and other published research, or to apply techniques.

Introduction of Literature

The first part, design, cover the crucial issues ahead of the research on the nature of reality to grasp, of what we propose to study (the issue), the ...