Mark Easterby-smith

Management Research Mark Easterby-smith

Marc Notes: Previous ed.: published as by Mark Easterby-Smith, Richard Thorpe, Andy Lowe. 2001.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; Avail. in cloth. Publisher Marketing: A phenomenal success from its first edition, the Third Edition continues to be the definitive word in management research methods. A preview the Third Edition's opening chapters guide to its teaching and learning features, designed to stimulate student engagement with the content. Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods, underpinned by an understanding of philosophy and, crucially, politics, Management Research succeeds in tackling complex issues in a clear and accessible way. Watch the author video to find out how the Third Edition will help readers to conduct and understand the logic behind management research. It includes six new chapters on: reviewing the field, designing management research, ethics, action research, gathering and analysing qualitative and quantitative data, and writing-up. It provides expanded coverage of quantitative methods for a balanced treatment of quantitative and qualitative approaches. It includes more learning features to stimulate and engage students: real-world examples and numerous individual and class review exercises. It also includes a new companion website with a full instructors' manual, including PowerPoint slides and extra case material for lecturers. Students have free access to downloadable journal articles, practice datasets and author podcasts. The three authors, all highly-experienced management researchers, give practical guidance to help students to conduct management research as well as truly understand the logic behind it. Its lively and direct style and use of personal examples makes Management Research an invaluable companion to students in management, organization, and organizational research. Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2009 pg. 96 (EAN 9781847871763, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Easterby-Smith, Mark http: //www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/dml/profiles/64/Contributor Bio:  Thorpe, Richard Richard Thorpe is Professor of Management Development and Pro Dean for Research at Leeds University Business School. His research interests have included: performance, entrepreneurship, knowledge and leadership as well as research methods in management research. His early career as a management trainee on a Clarks programme informed the way his ethos has developed. Following a period in industry his first academic appointment was as a researcher at Strathclyde University in the Pay and Reward Research Centre. There, as a consequence of the research conducted he developed close links with practitioners, intermediaries and policy makers, something he has strived to maintain as his career progressed. Common themes in his work are: a strong commitment to conducting research in collaboration with practitioners; a focus on action and change; an interest in and commitment to the development of doctoral students and the development of capacity within the sector. Richard has been past president and chair of the British Academy of Management and member of the ESRC Training and Development Board. He is currently chair of the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies. Contributor Bio:  Jackson, Paul R http: //www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/dml/profiles/64/