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Lecture 1: Business and Management Research: Prof. Laila Al Taweel
Lecture 1: Business and Management Research: Prof. Laila Al Taweel
management research
Prof. Laila Al Taweel
Reference
RESEARCH METHODS FOR
BUSINESS STUDENTS,
Eighth edition published
2019, Pearson
MARK N.K. SAUNDERS,
PHILIP LEWIS and ADRIAN
THORNHILL
Learning outcomes
• explain the nature of research;
• outline the features of business and management
research;
• place your research project on a basic–applied research
continuum according to its purpose and context;
• understand the stages you will need to complete (and
revisit) as part of your research process;
The nature of research
Research has a number of characteristics:
Quantitatively Qualitatively