TY - BOOK AU - Thomas,Alan TI - Research skills for management studies SN - 0415268982 (cloth) U1 - 658/.007/2 21 PY - 2004/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Management KW - Study and teaching N1 - ""Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.""; Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-264) and index; 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 ER -