Mba Study Proposal
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH IN BUSINESS
Dedication
This book is dedicated to the memory of Stuart Rooks who inspired and enormously encouraged us in our teaching and writing. It is also for our children Edmund, Olivia, Aidan and Ella with love.
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH IN BUSINESS A Critical Guide Sarah Quinton and Teresa Smallbone
Study Skills
SAGE
SAGE Publications
London
●
Thousand Oaks
●
New Delhi
© Sarah Quinton and Teresa Smallbone 2006 First published 2006 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd 1 Oliver’s Yard 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP SAGE Publications Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd B-42, Panchsheel Enclave Post Box 4109 New Delhi 110 017 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-10 1-4129-0835-3 ISBN-10 1-4129-0836-1 ISBN-13 978-1-4129-0835-1 ISBN-13 978-1-4129-0836-8 (pbk)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2005931794
Typeset by C&M Digitals (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed in Great Britain by The Cromwell Press Ltd, Trowbridge, Wiltshire Printed on paper from sustainable resources
Contents
Acknowledgements About this Book 1 What is Management Research and What Does it mean at Masters’ Level? Developing a Critical Approach Generating, Developing and Mapping Ideas for Research Topics Making your Project Manageable Sources of Secondary Information How to Read Critically Organizing
Dedication
This book is dedicated to the memory of Stuart Rooks who inspired and enormously encouraged us in our teaching and writing. It is also for our children Edmund, Olivia, Aidan and Ella with love.
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH IN BUSINESS A Critical Guide Sarah Quinton and Teresa Smallbone
Study Skills
SAGE
SAGE Publications
London
●
Thousand Oaks
●
New Delhi
© Sarah Quinton and Teresa Smallbone 2006 First published 2006 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd 1 Oliver’s Yard 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP SAGE Publications Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd B-42, Panchsheel Enclave Post Box 4109 New Delhi 110 017 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-10 1-4129-0835-3 ISBN-10 1-4129-0836-1 ISBN-13 978-1-4129-0835-1 ISBN-13 978-1-4129-0836-8 (pbk)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2005931794
Typeset by C&M Digitals (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed in Great Britain by The Cromwell Press Ltd, Trowbridge, Wiltshire Printed on paper from sustainable resources
Contents
Acknowledgements About this Book 1 What is Management Research and What Does it mean at Masters’ Level? Developing a Critical Approach Generating, Developing and Mapping Ideas for Research Topics Making your Project Manageable Sources of Secondary Information How to Read Critically Organizing