By its very nature management is a multidisciplinary enterprise. Despitethis management research has tended to be organized around a number ofdiscrete managemen... » 

By its very nature management is a multidisciplinary enterprise. Despitethis management research has tended to be organized around a number ofdiscrete management disciplines with their own methodological outlooks. As aresult researchers in different fields often find it difficult to appreciatework outside their own area of specialization so inhibiting muchneededcollaboration across disciplinary boundaries.Management has emerged as a major area of research that has attractedstudents in growing numbers. However there are still relatively few texts thatare tailored specifically to the needs and interests of management researchers.Together with its companion volume Research Skills for Management StudiesRoutledge 2003 this book offers management students a challenging butaccessible introduction to research methods and concepts irrespective of theirfield of specialization. «