New Book on Global Business

Not strictly a research methods book ... in fact, not even remotely, but in case any of you are interested in Global Business Management, there is a new text book out there available in whole or in part.  There's a free chapter here on Global Business Ethics ... and the rest of the book is available direct from the publisher's website here.  Happy reading if it is relevant ... if not, there are plenty of research method resources available on the site.  Enjoy ... 

Free Chapter on The 'Ologies

Since launching the PhD Blog, I have been blown away by the level of interest in epistemology, ontology and methodology. As the Blog approaches its 200,000th hit, this one topic has generated lots of comments and questions. In response, I have been working on a better way to explain the relationship between these elusive terms.  The result is the Methods Map which features in the 2nd Edition of Research Methods for Business and Management which comes out in September 2015. As a thank you to the many thousands of you who have visited the PhD Blog, subscribed or asked a question I am delighted offer you a free chapter covering the 'ologies using the Methods Map.  Download it, read it and feel free to share it. I'd also be delighted to hear any comments that you may have on whether you found it useful in clarifying the nuances and intricacies of research design.  Happy reading and thanks for your continued interest in research methods.  Good luck with your studies.

Download a free chapter on Mapping Research Methods.

The book itself is available as a whole or on a chapter by chapter basis from direct from the publisher's website. Have a look at the free chapter and the contents page therein ... if any of it appeals to you click through to the publisher website here. 

New Research Methods Book

Having looked at the existing choices of research methods books, I decided to add a new one to the list of choices.  It covers much of the ground from this blog and walks through the process of doing any kind of research project from finding an idea to reviewing the literature, choosing your methods, analysis and writing up your findings.  There's even a chapter on the philosophy of knowledge which is far and away the most popular posting on this site.  You'll find more about the book at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Research-Methods-Business-Management-OGorman/dp/1910158135/ref=asap_B008X59JY2_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413190270&sr=1-1

New Place, Same Blog

As of 1st of March 2013, I joined the School of Management and Languages at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. 

Blog Back Online

Due to a technical goof the Blog has been down for around a week or so.  Thankfully now sorted ... normal service has been resumed.

Thanks for your forbearance

Robert

Management Learning

Here is another special issue ... the opening paper discusses the relationship between academics and practicing managers.  There are then four other great papers from very skilled scholars in the field of organization and management.  Useful as a reference resource ...

http://mlq.sagepub.com/content/43/4.toc

Special Issue on Relevance

There's another great special issue on relevance in research which appeared in Journal of Applied Behavioral Science Vol 47 Issue 1 ... it is populated by contributions from top-notch scholars and contains a number of well written and thoughtful articles.  If you are doing research in the broad field of organization studies and are doing anything which relates to practice-oriented, action research, interventions, or just trying to make sense of the relationship between professional researchers and practising managers ... this is worth looking at.

Enjoy