01181cam a2200217   4500001000500000005001700005008003900022010001700061020002300078020002200101082001900123100003400142245006800176250001200244260004500256300003400301500005600335504006600391505047000457650003600927752420181127183811.0030512s2004    enka     b    001 0 eng  a  2003010827  a0415268982 (cloth)  a0415268990 (pbk.)00a658/.007/22211 aThomas, Alanq(Alan Berkeley)10aResearch skills for management studies /cAlan Berkeley Thomas.  a1st ed.  aLondon ;aNew York :bRoutledge,cc2004.  axvi, 269 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  a""Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.""  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-264) and index.0 aResearch 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. 0aManagementxStudy and teaching.