Ranked as the most highly cited text in Business, Marketing, Accounting & Economics according to the Financial Times! The market-leading textbook that offers clear, robust and pragmatic guidance on your dissertation or research project. With over 500,000 copies sold, Research Methods for Business Students by Saunders, Lewis, and Thornhill is the definitive textbook for Business, Marketing, and Management students conducting a research-led project or dissertation. This fully revised 9th editio...

Creative research methods can help to answer complex contemporary questions which are hard to answer using conventional methods alone. Creative methods can also be more ethical, helping researchers to address social injustice. This bestselling book, now in its second edition, is the first to identify and examine the five areas of creative research methods:* arts-based research* embodied research* research using technology* multi-modal research* transformative research frameworks.

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One of the "six best books for data geeks" - Financial TimesWith over 200 images and extensive how-to and how-not-to examples, this new edition has everything students and scholars need to understand and create effective data visualisations. Combining 'how to think' instruction with a 'how to produce' mentality, this book takes readers step-by-step through analysing, designing, and curating information into useful, impactful tools of communication. With this book and its extensive collection ...

In de scheepvaart- en transportbranche bestaat een grote behoefte aan een overzichtelijken uitgebreid Nederlands-Engels en Engels-Nederlands naslagwerk,waarin vaktermen en idioom zijn vertaald en verklaard. Deze uitgave bestaat uit twee delen. In het eerste deel - het woordenboek - zijn de vertalingen van zowel de traditionele als modernste uitdrukkingen en begrippen opgenomen, zoals die wordt gebruikt in de scheepvaart-,scheepsbouw- en transportbranche.Het tweede deel is een handboek met daa...

This fully updated edition offers over 120,000 words, phrases, and definitions. It covers all the words you need for everyday use, carefully selected from the evidence of the Oxford English Corpus, a databank of 21st century English, containing over 2 billion words.The Factfinder centre section gives quick-reference entries on topics including famous people, countries, and science.

With more than three-quarters of a million copies sold since its first publication, The Craft of Research has helped generations of researchers at every level--from first-year undergraduates to advanced graduate students to research reporters in business and government--learn how to conduct effective and meaningful research. Conceived by seasoned researchers and educators Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, this fundamental work explains how to find and evaluate sourc...

This accessible guide provides clear, practical explanations of key research methods in business studies, presenting a step-by-step approach to data collection, analysis and problem solving. Readers will learn how to formulate a research question, choose an appropriate research method, argue and motivate, collect and analyse data, and present findings in a logical and convincing manner. The authors evaluate various qualitative and quantitative methods and their consequences, guiding readers t...

The 2nd edition is completely revised with an additional 68 pages of indispensable material.Currently used as the educational handout for the transportation design students at Art Center as well as institutions around the world, H-Point is now available to aspiring car creators everywhere, clearly organizing the packaging standards that apply to car and truck design; along with insightful graphic explanations, this book demystifies the automotive design process and allows designers access to ...

A qualitative research book for the 'doers', this text provides really practical coverage for those that are undertaking research in real-world contexts.

Een praktisch naslagwerk voor het maken van een risico-inventarisatie en -evaluatie (RI&E). Het boek beschrijft alle ins en outs met betrekking tot de RI&E, zoals de eisen waaraan een RI&E moet voldoen, inzichten in de achtergronden en een duidelijk stappenplan voor de uitvoering.

Ruim aandacht is besteed aan de weging van de grootte van de risico’s, waarbij verschil gemaakt wordt tussen concrete werkplekrisico’s, beleidszaken en wettelijke verplichtingen.

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