ABSTRACT

Providing readers with a unique insight into conducting research, this exciting book describes the thought and work processes of researchers as they complete their projects. Engaging and accessible it investigates all the key aspects of this topic and advice on how to conduct interviews, study the everyday life of an organization, and many other standard methods of conducting research. This is not a prescriptive methodology textbook, rather it explores how to approach, think and act in interaction with the empirical field.

Comprehensive and accessible, this thought-provoking text shows readers how to develop management investigations skills, and will be invaluable for final year undergraduates, masters and PhD students.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|15 pages

Knowledge production in management

A messy practice

part I|29 pages

The researcher as producer of knowledge

part II|78 pages

Approaches to knowledge production

chapter 4|19 pages

Making sense of stockbrokers' performance

Reflections about the phenomenographic approach

chapter 5|21 pages

Studying everyday life

An ethnomethodological and discourse analytic approach

chapter 6|13 pages

Inside the school

An ethnographic approach to school management

chapter 7|23 pages

Tracing consultants' problem-solving processes

A simulation approach

part III|67 pages

From data to theory

chapter 9|10 pages

Listening to executives

Content analysis of life stories

chapter 10|20 pages

Building theory about small firms

A grounded theory approach

chapter 11|18 pages

The making of a metaphor

Developing a theoretical framework

part IV|40 pages

Co-producing management

chapter 12|22 pages

Researching organization design

Comparative vs collaborative approaches

part V|38 pages

Concluding management knowledge

chapter 14|22 pages

The power of contrasts

Comparative research for overcoming ethnocentric myopia

chapter 15|14 pages

The innovative research enterprise