Essentials of Business Research: A Guide to Doing Your Research Project - Softcover

Wilson, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1446257339 ISBN 13: 9781446257333

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Written specifically for business students, this best-selling, jargon-free textbook highlights each stage of the research process, guiding the reader through actionable steps and explicitly setting out how best to meet a supervisor's expectations.

Easy to navigate and full of practical advice, it shows you how to choose a topic and write a proposal, with easy to follow tips and detailed screenshots and diagrams.

Key student features include:

• 'You're the Supervisor' sections - helps students to meet learning objectives
• 'Common questions and answers' - real-world advice on how to tackle common challenges
• Examples from different types of international businesses
• Detailed guidance on software packages such as SPSS
• Student case studies
• Annotated further reading

Accompanied by a fully integrated companion website designed to support learning. Free to access, it includes author podcasts, guides to online tools, links to downloadable journal articles, examples of completed projects, PowerPoint slides and students' multiple choice questions to test progress. Available on publication: www.uk.sagepub.com/jonathanwilson2e.

A must-have title for all business and management students; this is the ideal companion for achieving success in your research project.

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About this title

Review

This is a well written and presented book in which the author draws upon substantial experience and knowledge to assist students. Many books in the subject area do little to engage or motivate the student and very few mention the supervision process, in contrast this book successfully manages to provide a practical guide for both students and academic staff alike. (Professor Simon A. Burtonshaw-Gunn, Head of Division: Business, Leadership and Finance 2013-11-29)

I provide every student with a copy of Jonathan Wilson’s Essentials of Business Research. His interactive approach includes step-by-step processes, thorough explanations, and engaging content; contemporary case studies illustrate each topical chapter within this useful and understandable introductory guide. Once again, Jonathan Wilson has produced a research guide that business students will appreciate and use extensively as they begin or continue their adventures in research. (Bonnie J Bachman, Professor of Economics 2013-11-29)

About the Author

Dr Jonathan Wilson BA (Hons), PGCE, MA, MSc, DipM, FCIM, MPhil, PhD is Principal Lecturer and Head of Department of Marketing, Strategy and Enterprise at the Lord Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and an experienced lecturer in research methods, and has supervised many undergraduate and postgraduate research projects.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1446257339
• ISBN 13: 9781446257333
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 376