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Quinton, Sarah.

Postgraduate research in business : a critical guide / Sarah Quinton and Teresa Smallbone. - Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 2006. - ix, 172 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Sage study skills .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-166) and index.

1. What is management research and what does it mean at masters' level? -- 2. Developing a critical approach -- 3. Generating, developing and mapping ideas for research topics -- 4. Making your project manageable -- 5. Sources of secondary information -- 6. How to read critically -- 7. Organizing and analysing what you have read and researched -- 8. Reflection -- how to learn to be a better researcher and business manager from doing research -- 9. Reliability, validity and generalization -- 10. Writing up and beyond.

ISBN: 1412908353 (hardcover) 9781412908351 (hardcover) 1412908361 (pbk.) 9781412908368 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2005931794

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Business education.
Management--Study and teaching (Higher)
Business--Research.
Enseignement commercial.
Gestion--Étude et enseignement (Supérieur)
Affaires--Recherche.

LC Class. No.: HF1106 / Q56 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 650.072