Management Research Methodology: Integration of Principles, Methods and Techniques

CHAPTER 1

Scientific Method

• Introduction
• Scientific Method
• Issues of Management Research

The Cone of Science

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:

• Study the nature of management research
• Understand the process of scientific enquiry
• Develop definitions and hypotheses
• Appreciate the principles of formal science
• Study empiricism in scientific method
• Understand the logic of scientific method
• Study the inductive method for hypothesis generation
• Study the deductive method for hypothesis testing
• Study the hypothetico-deductive approach as the core of scientific method
• Appreciate scientific attitude
• Understand ...