Essentials of Business Research
A Guide to Doing Your Research Project
- Jonathan Wilson - Associate Professor in Marketing and Business Research, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia
A true guide to the essentials, this book takes you through the whole research process from start to finish.
Whether you’re conducting a report, literature review, proposal, project or dissertation, this book concentrates on what you need to succeed in your assessment. Fresh and focussed, it covers the nuts and bolts of research methods, grounding concepts and terminology in business and management contexts to help you get to grips with topics that can seem daunting at first.
This third edition offers:
- New chapters on quantitative and qualitative data collection.
- New and updated case studies of real-world business research from sectors as diverse as transportation and the dairy industry to social media platforms and charities.
- Updated learning features, such as annotated further reading, that help you make the best use of your time.
This book is the perfect companion for undergraduate business and management students looking to tackle their research project with confidence.
Supplements
The third edition of Essentials of Business Research is accompanied by a wealth of online resources that have been specially designed to support those using the book in their teaching. Instructors can visit https://study.sagepub.com/wilson3e to access:
- A Teaching Guide providing support for seminars and tutorials;
- PowerPoints for each chapter that can be downloaded and customised as needed;
- Testbanks for each chapter that can be used for both formative and summative student assessment.