| Title : | Researching and writing a dissertation : an essential guide for business students | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | C. M. Fisher, Author ; John Buglear, Associate | | Edition statement: | 3rd ed. | | Publisher: | Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall | | Publication Date: | 2010 | | Pagination: | xii, 436 p. | | Layout: | ill. | | Size: | 25 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-273-72343-1 | | Price: | €62.10 | | General note: | Researching and Writing a Dissertation is a concise, engaging and pragmatic introduction for business students who have to write a dissertation or research paper during their studies.
This textbook contains sections on how to choose a topic and design the project, how to write a critical literature review, concepts, conceptual frameworks and theories, collecting and analysing research material, interpreting the research material and, finally, framing arguments and writing the dissertation.
| | Keywords: | 'Dissertations'
'Academic' 'Business' 'Research' 'Report writing' | | Class number: | 808.06665 | | Contents note: | Acknowledgements;
0. Introduction - what is this guide for?, What does doing a dissertation involve?, The assessment criteria, Jargon, 'isms' and 'ologies', How to use this guide
1. Choosing a Topic and Designing the Project - Introduction, Choosing a topic, Designing your project, writing the Research proposal
2. Writing a Critical Literature Review - Introduction, The Sources, Mapping and describing the literature, Assessing the quality of an article or book, Forensic critque, Radical critique
3. Concepts, Conceptual Frameworks and Theories - Introduction, The roles of theory and conceptual frameworks, Developing conceptual frameworks, Examples of the use of conceptual frameworks
4. Collecting and Analysing Research Material - Introduction, The range of research methods, Exploratory research methods, Survey research: pre-coded and structured research methods
5. Interpreting the Research Material - Introduction, Choosing an interpretive grid, Styles of interpretive grid snd the problem of 'universals', The validity and authenticity of research material, Improving the validity of research findings, Framing conclusions and recommendations
6. Framing Arguments and Writing Up - Introduction, Structuring your dissertation, Writing a thesis, not just a dissertation, Style Guide
7. Using Software for Research - Introduction, Using Minitab and SPSS to analyse survey results, Software for analysing qualitative material
Index. |
Researching and writing a dissertation : an essential guide for business students [printed text] / C. M. Fisher, Author ; John Buglear, Associate . - 3rd ed. . - Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2010 . - xii, 436 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN : 978-0-273-72343-1 : €62.10 Researching and Writing a Dissertation is a concise, engaging and pragmatic introduction for business students who have to write a dissertation or research paper during their studies.
This textbook contains sections on how to choose a topic and design the project, how to write a critical literature review, concepts, conceptual frameworks and theories, collecting and analysing research material, interpreting the research material and, finally, framing arguments and writing the dissertation. | Keywords: | 'Dissertations'
'Academic' 'Business' 'Research' 'Report writing' | | Class number: | 808.06665 | | Contents note: | Acknowledgements;
0. Introduction - what is this guide for?, What does doing a dissertation involve?, The assessment criteria, Jargon, 'isms' and 'ologies', How to use this guide
1. Choosing a Topic and Designing the Project - Introduction, Choosing a topic, Designing your project, writing the Research proposal
2. Writing a Critical Literature Review - Introduction, The Sources, Mapping and describing the literature, Assessing the quality of an article or book, Forensic critque, Radical critique
3. Concepts, Conceptual Frameworks and Theories - Introduction, The roles of theory and conceptual frameworks, Developing conceptual frameworks, Examples of the use of conceptual frameworks
4. Collecting and Analysing Research Material - Introduction, The range of research methods, Exploratory research methods, Survey research: pre-coded and structured research methods
5. Interpreting the Research Material - Introduction, Choosing an interpretive grid, Styles of interpretive grid snd the problem of 'universals', The validity and authenticity of research material, Improving the validity of research findings, Framing conclusions and recommendations
6. Framing Arguments and Writing Up - Introduction, Structuring your dissertation, Writing a thesis, not just a dissertation, Style Guide
7. Using Software for Research - Introduction, Using Minitab and SPSS to analyse survey results, Software for analysing qualitative material
Index. |
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