Doing Management Research

`This book provides refreshing and powerful insights on the challenges of
conducting management research from a European perspective. Particulalrly for
someone embarking on a managment research career this book will provide
valuable guidelines.' -- Ian MacMillan, Wharton School of Business, University
of Pennsylvania

`This comprehensive volume is distinguished by its balance and pragmatism. The
authors who present the various research methods are not proponents but
researchers who have applied these methods. The authors who discuss
philosophical and strategic issues are not advocates but researchers who have
had to confront these issues in their research' - Bill Starbuck, New York
University

`Doing Management Research is a fabulous contribution to our field. Thietart
and his colleagues have put together a unique and valuable guide to help
management scholars more deeply understand the issues, dynamics and
contradictions of executing first class managerial research. This book will
hold an important place on the researcher's desk for years to come' - Michael
Tushman, Harvard Business School

'This is an excellent in-depth examination of the conduct of management
research. It will serve as a valuable resource for management scholars and
researchers and is a must read for Ph.D. students in management.' -- Michael
Hitt, Arizona State University

`This book will prove to be an excellent guide for those engaged in management
research for the first time and an excellent refresher for more

experienced scholars. Raymond Thietart and his colleagues should be thanked
roundly for this comprehensive volume' - Gordon Walker, Southern Methodist
University, Cox Business School

`This textbook makes an outstanding contribution to texts on management
research. For researchers considering management research it offers an
extensive guide to the research process' \- Paula Roberts, Nurse Researcher

Doing Management Research, a major new textbook, provides answers to questions
and problems which researchers invariably encounter when embarking on
management research, be it quantitative or qualitative. This book will
carefully guide the reader through the research process from beginning to end.
An excellent tool for academics and students, it enables the reader to acquire
and build upon empirical evidence, and to decide what tools to use to
understand and describe what is being observed, and then, which methods of
analysis to adopt. There is an entire section dedicated to writing up and
communicating the research findings. Written in an accessible and easy-to-use
style, this book can be read from cover to cover or dipped into, to clarify
particular issues during the research process.

Doing Management Research results from the 'hands-on' experience of a large
group of researchers who have all had to address the different issues raised
when undertaking management research. It is anchored in real methodological
problems that researchers face in their work. This work will also become one
of the most useful reference tools for senior researchers who are looking for
answers to epistemological or methodological problems.