Research Guides: Management: Research Methods

Guides for Doing Management Research

These guides can help you with the process of doing scholarly research on business and management.

Oxford Dictionary of Business Research Methods by John Duignan
Call Number: Oxford ebook
Publication Date: 2016
Definitions of terms related to research deign, quantitative and qualitative methods, data types and collection techniques, and publication.
Key Concepts in Business and Management Research Methods by Peter Stokes
Call Number: Credo ebook
Publication Date: 2011
Alphabetical overviews of major theories, concepts, and methods used in business and management research.

Business Analytics: Data Analysis and Decision Making (6th ed.) by S. Christian Albright & Wayne L. Winston
Call Number: LC Collection HD30.215 .A37 2016 (4th floor)
Publication Date: 2016
Example-based textbook on how to do business analytics, with a focus on how to do analytics in Excel.
Business Analytics: Methods, Models, and Decisions (2nd ed.) by James R. Evans
Call Number: LC Collection HD30.28 .E824 2016 (4th floor)
Publication Date: 2016
Teaches the fundamental concepts of business analytics and an understanding how data analysis works in business environments.
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (10th ed.) by Frederick J. Gravetter & Larry B. Wallnau
Call Number: LC Collection BF39 .G72 2017 (4th floor)
Publication Date: 2016
Textbook introduction to statistical research on human behavior.

Qualitative Research in Business: A Practical Overview by H. Alf Walle
Call Number: EBSCO ebook
Publication Date: 2015
Primer on how to do qualitative research in business, such as surveys, focus groups, interviews, participant observation, and ethnography.