Wilson Essentials of Business Research

A Guide to Doing Your Research Project
2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4462-9685-1
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 186 mm x 232 mm

Written specifically for business students, this best-selling, jargon-free textbook highlights each stage of the research process, guiding the reader through actionable steps and explicitly setting out how best to meet a supervisor's expectations.

Easy to navigate and full of practical advice, it shows you how to choose a topic and write a proposal, with easy to follow tips and detailed screenshots and diagrams.

Key student features include:

- 'You're the Supervisor' sections - helps students to meet learning objectives

- 'Common questions and answers' - real-world advice on how to tackle common challenges

- Examples from different types of international businesses

- Detailed guidance on software packages such as SPSS

- Student case studies

- Annotated further reading

Accompanied by a fully integrated companion website designed to support learning. Free to access, it includes author podcasts, guides to online tools, links to downloadable journal articles, examples of completed projects, PowerPoint slides and students' multiple choice questions to test progress.

A must-have title for all business and management students; this is the ideal companion for achieving success in your research project.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilson, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Berufe, Ausbildung, Karriereplanung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Introduction to Business Research
2. Developing a Research Topic
3. Conducting a Literature Review
4. Addressing Ethical Issues
5. Establishing a Research Design
6. Primary Data Collection
7. Using Secondary Data
8. Sampling
9. Analyzing Quantitative Data
10. Analyzing Qualitative Data
11. Writing up and Presenting Your Research

Über Autor(innen)

Wilson, Jonathan
Dr Jonathan Wilson BA (Hons), PGCE, MA, MSc, DipM, FCIM, MPhil, PhD is Associate Professor in Marketing and Business Research, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and an experienced lecturer in research methods, and has supervised many undergraduate and postgraduate research projects.