Doing Research in the Real World

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SAGE, 25 maj 2004 - 422
Doing Research in the Real World provides the clearest and most accessible introduction to research strategies and techniques.

David Gray equips readers with the skills necessary to design and implement their own research project. The book covers all the essential aspects of actually doing research, providing coverage of both quantitative and qualitative methods, and dealing with all the main elements of the research process and the design of appropriate research tools.

Practically focused throughout, Doing Research in the Real World encourages the reader to develop an awareness of the real nature of research, and the means by which data can be collected, validated and interpreted.

The book will help the reader to:

- select appropriate projects for research whilst identifying the possibilities and limitations within their own working environment for conducting a research project

- decide on the most effective research design strategies

- select and use appropriate data and literature sources

- select appropriate research methods

- choose and implement methods of data collection

- analyze and present data for the maximum impact

- think critically about the nature and values of the research agenda

Written in a lively and engaging manner, the book includes a number of student activities and a variety of work related case studies.

Doing Research in the Real World is an invaluable resource for students and researchers completing work-related research projects across the social sciences, and is an invaluable tool for those undertaking research in the workplace.

 

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Spis treści

PART A PRINCIPLES AND PLANNING FOR RESEARCH
13
Selecting and Planning Good Research Projects
35
Case Study 3 1
59
PART B RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
65
Case Study 4 1
71
Designing Descriptive and analytical surveys
98
Case Study 5 1
101
Case Study 5 2
110
Case Study 9 2
231
Observation
238
Case Study 10 1
240
Case Study 10 2
254
Unobtrusive Measures
263
Case Study 11 1 Natural accretion measures cold coffee
264
ANALYSIS AND REPORT WRITING
283
Collecting and Analysing Qualitative Data
319

Designing Case Studies
123
Case Study 6 2
135
Designing Evaluations
152
DATA COLLECTION METHODS
185
Case Study 8 1
187
Interviewing
213
Case Study 9 1
220
Writing the Research Report
348
PART E RESEARCH AND CHANGE IN THE REAL WORLD
371
Glossary of terms
394
References
408
Index
417
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Informacje o autorze (2004)

David Gray was Professor of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Greenwich. His research interests, and publication record, included research methods, management learning (particularly coaching and mentoring), professional identity, action learning, reflective learning, management learning in SMEs and the factors that contribute to SME success. He published books and articles on research methods, organizational learning, and coaching and mentoring. David led a number of EU-funded research programmes including one examining the impact of coaching on the resilience of unemployed managers in their job-searching behaviours and another on how action learning can sustain unemployed managers in starting their own business. He also completed a global survey into the professional identity of coaches.

Informacje bibliograficzne

TytułDoing Research in the Real World
AutorDavid E Gray
Wydanieilustrowane, reprint
WydawcaSAGE, 2004
ISBN0761948791, 9780761948797
Liczba stron422
  
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