Designing and Managing Your Research Project

David C Thomas (Ph.D, University of South Carolina) is Professor of International Management at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is the author of seven books including Cross-Cultural Management: Essential Concepts, (Sage) and Cultural Intelligence: People Skills for Global Business (Berrett-Koehler), as well as numerous journal articles on cross-cultural interactions in organizational settings. He is currently the Associate Editor of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Management and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of World Business, Journal of Organizational Behavior and the Journal of Management.

• Designing and Managing Research Projects: An OverviewDesigning a New Research Project: Issues to Think aboutDeveloping Research Aims and ObjectivesPreparing and Writing a Research ProposalGetting Funding for ResearchResearch Ethics and Ethics ReviewsDoing a Literature ReviewManaging a Research ProjectSoftware for ResearchWorking with Colleagues and SupervisorsCommunicating Research FindingsWriting for Research: Some Guiding PrinciplesWriting a Research Report: Organization and PresentationCareers in Research

Designing and Managing Your Research Project is rich in content, full of practical information with a simple, easy-to-follow layout [...]the book will be ideal for academic and non-academic researchers, teachers and consultants, among others. The authors’ consultative-coaching-advisory and empathy-towards-researchers approaches in discussing the core knowledge in research project management are indeed commendable. Most researchers whilst reflecting on the content will find the book rigorous, relevant, simple and practical Ronald R. KumarThe Qualitative Report David Thomas and Ian Hodges have created a practical straightforward introductory text explaining the knowledge and skills essential for completing a research project...This book will be useful for the more experienced researcher, as well as the noviceGraham SloanNursing Standard