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Finding Your Feet in Management and Business Research MCQ

Which of the following is NOT a component of research that needs to be in balance?

The researchers skills

How others have tackled similar research questions before

The choice of an appropriate research design, methodology, and the techniques to be used for the conduct of the research

The particular questions to be answered/explored through the research

Answer

Correct Answer: How others have tackled similar research questions before

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Why might developing a conceptual model of how your research might fit within existing literature help?

It offers a blueprint for exactly where the research should be conducted.

It might help to guide and align the researchers theorizing in productive and focused ways.

It offers a casual map to enable the researcher to undertake the components of their research in a particular order.

Answer

Correct Answer: It might help to guide and align the researchers theorizing in productive and focused ways.

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Research requires clear objectives and Tracy (2013) gives a number of suggestions of how students might identify a research topic. Which of the following does she not suggest as helpful?

Interests stemming from the students personal life

Current events, e.g. societal problems or organizational dilemmas

A topic done by a student in a previous year

Current research debates drawn from reading academic literature in the persons area of interest

Answer

Correct Answer: A topic done by a student in a previous year

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A useful analogy for research is ______.

Fighting in a battle, where a commander deploys their troops

Climbing a hill, where you prepare what equipment you will need

Cooking, where there is a recipe for which ingredients are needed

Sailing across the oceans, where you will need to carefully navigate unknown areas in unknown conditions

Answer

Correct Answer: Cooking, where there is a recipe for which ingredients are needed

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Mode 2 research focuses on ______.

Engagement with a wide range of stakeholders

Keeping a discreet distance from those connected to the issue under study

A single academic disciplinary area

A particular problem or practice

Answer

Correct Answer: Engagement with a wide range of stakeholders

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Mode 1 research is conducted within the context of ______.

Engagement

By the researcher keeping a discreet distance

A discipline

Practice

Answer

Correct Answer: A discipline

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Which of the following are secondary data as opposed to primary data?

Observation of a particular activity

Interviewing stakeholders

Sending out questionnaires to specific individuals for them to answer questions on an issue or topic

Customer feedback forms

Answer

Correct Answer: Customer feedback forms

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Pure research is where ______.

The main focus of the research is on new contribution to knowledge and the development of theory

The research process is followed in as precise a manner as is humanly possible

The results of previous studies form the basis of the hypothesis to be used for a new study

Ethical approval ratings are as high as possible

Answer

Correct Answer: The main focus of the research is on new contribution to knowledge and the development of theory

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Action research is when ______.

The research involves a great deal of travelling

The respondents are involved in collecting and analysing the data themselves

The researcher studies an organizational change over time

The focus of the research is the researcher themselves

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Correct Answer: The researcher studies an organizational change over time

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Applied research is when ______.

The researcher conducts the research without distraction

The researcher designs the research to shed light on a specific company or organizational problem

The research data is analysed at a distance from where it was collated

The researcher conducts all aspects of the research themselves

Answer

Correct Answer: The researcher designs the research to shed light on a specific company or organizational problem

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