A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Management Research

[T]his is more a book about how to think about management research than a book on how to do management research per se: and this is very much its strength. This process is conveyed in the following ways: first, the book emphasises the messiness of the research process and gives licence not to know all the answers and to be puzzled and confused at times. Second, Emma and Richard (as they describe themselves in the text) provide honest accounts and interesting vignettes of their own research experiences and dilemmas and, as such, position themselves not (just) as experts within the field but also, through their ‘warts and all’ accounts, as researchers who have hunches but are not always sure how to research them, who have highs and lows in the research process and who have sometimes taken wrong turns along the way. Third, the book poses some fundamental questions, which urge the researcher to step back, consider options and debate possibilities before acting in order to better understand the nature of choices they make and the implications for the research that this produces. -- Sarah Robinson
Who knew that Management Research could be this much fun? The authors cover a lot of important ground without appearing to, keeping the reader engaged and in good humour throughout. -- Brad Jackson
A wonderfully clear, engaging, and fun book to read. An invaluable introduction to management research and one that I shall be using with my students for years to come. -- Albert Mills
By providing a lively and accessible introduction to management research - which is theoretically informed and methodologically inclusive - Bell and Thorpe′s timely text offers illuminating responses to a wide range of issues raised by students entering this field. -- Hugh Willmott
Among the weighty tomes on management research methods, this lively, elegant and readable guide is welcome indeed. Emma and Richard carry their deep knowledge of the field lightly, distilling complex debates and terminology into a lucid navigation of the key issues in management research.   It should be on every graduate student’s bookshelf - and probably on their supervisors as well. -- Amanda Sinclair

[A] colourful, engaging and challenging discussion regarding the tenets and process of management research.

-- Dr Orna O’Brien
Interesting book, however contents were quite different from what I expected. -- Dr Joseph Vella * drupal *
This is a very stimulating perspective on research. Better, on Science!
This is a book (not a short book) that makes people think.
With an attractive language, this book will give you a wider view. If you are on the mainstream, you will check your backs; if not, you will find more paths for getting the right line. -- Dr Paulo Mourao * drupal *
Great little book that provides students with an easy introduction to research methods. I am recommending it as core reading for undergraduate students undertaking the dissertation module, especially those without prior research training. -- Dr Stacey Bushfield * drupal *
Useful introductory text for managers studying research for the first time -- Miss Christine Hibbert * drupal *
Good, SMALL, introduction to methods - very useful -- Mr Alistair Bowden * drupal *
A rather good book with a different approach -- Mr Ian Ridley * drupal *
A useful book that some students carrying out their fianl year projects will find very useful and they will be directed to it. -- Mr Ian Watson * drupal *
This looks like a great little book. I think the title is overly modest as it provides a very good account of issues that students struggle to understand when they meet them in longer and more expensive texts. -- Mr James Johnston * drupal *
As with other texts in this series, this book provides a clear, informed and very readable coverage of its subject matter - management research. Lively in style, the authors do a great job in covering key theoretical and practical aspects of the subject. Students will find this a useful and very readable text. -- Mr Martin Dowling * drupal *
An excellent text which provides a clear and concise overview of management research. -- Mrs Angela Mazzetti * drupal *
Really good support text - helps to generate a good level of critical thinking -- Mrs Jo Townend * drupal *
The title of this really sums this book up. It makes a good introduction to research that is understandable to students new to research. -- Ms Rita Walsh * drupal *
Nice, additional material for Clegg et al. 2011. - reflecting on some issue in organizational research in more detail. Refreshing! -- Professor Andrea Fried * drupal *
Short and to the point, great. -- Professor Ewald Mittelstaedt * drupal *