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.