Thomas, Alan <br/><br/>
Research skills for management studies / 
Alan Berkeley Thomas. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  c2004. 
 - xvi, 269 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> ""Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."" 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-264) and index. 
<br/><br/>Research skills and how to acquire them -- What is research? -- Ways of knowing -- Problem fields -- Problem identification -- Research ethics -- Research strategies: the experiment and survey -- Research strategies: the case study, ethnography and action research -- Data construction by asking questions -- Data construction by making observations -- Data construction by using documents and records -- Data analysis and interpretation -- Writing and publication. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415268982 (cloth) 0415268990 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003010827 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Management--Study and teaching.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658/.007/2