Research Methodology
MBA Semester III
MB0050
MB0050 – Research Methodology
Assignment Set – I
Q 1. Why should a manger know about research when the job entails managing people, products, events, environments, and the like?
The manager, while managing people, products, events, and environments will invariably face problems, big and small, and will have to seek ways to find long lasting effective solutions. This can be achieved only through knowledge of research even if consultants are engaged to solve problems.
The primary purpose for applied research (as opposed to basic research) is discovering, interpreting, and the development of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge on a wide variety of scientific matters of our world and the universe. Research can use the scientific method, but need not do so. The goal of the research process is to produce new knowledge, which takes three main forms (although, the boundaries between them may be fuzzy):
Exploratory research, which structures and identifies new problems Constructive researc h, which develops solutions to a problem Empirical research, which tests the feasibility of a solution using empirical evidence.
The research room at the New York Public Library, an example of secondary research in progress. Research can also fall into two distinct types:
Primary research
Secondary research
In social sciences and later in other disciplines, the following two research methods can be applied, depending on the properties of the subject matter and on the objective of the research: Qualitative research
Quantitative research
Research is often conducted using the hourglass model Structure of Research. The hourglass model starts with a broad spectrum for research, focusing in on the required information through the methodology of the project (like the neck of the hourglass), then expands the research in the form of discussion and results.
Research and development is nowadays of great importance in
MB0050
MB0050 – Research Methodology
Assignment Set – I
Q 1. Why should a manger know about research when the job entails managing people, products, events, environments, and the like?
The manager, while managing people, products, events, and environments will invariably face problems, big and small, and will have to seek ways to find long lasting effective solutions. This can be achieved only through knowledge of research even if consultants are engaged to solve problems.
The primary purpose for applied research (as opposed to basic research) is discovering, interpreting, and the development of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge on a wide variety of scientific matters of our world and the universe. Research can use the scientific method, but need not do so. The goal of the research process is to produce new knowledge, which takes three main forms (although, the boundaries between them may be fuzzy):
Exploratory research, which structures and identifies new problems Constructive researc h, which develops solutions to a problem Empirical research, which tests the feasibility of a solution using empirical evidence.
The research room at the New York Public Library, an example of secondary research in progress. Research can also fall into two distinct types:
Primary research
Secondary research
In social sciences and later in other disciplines, the following two research methods can be applied, depending on the properties of the subject matter and on the objective of the research: Qualitative research
Quantitative research
Research is often conducted using the hourglass model Structure of Research. The hourglass model starts with a broad spectrum for research, focusing in on the required information through the methodology of the project (like the neck of the hourglass), then expands the research in the form of discussion and results.
Research and development is nowadays of great importance in