Managing Social Research : A Practical Guide

ISBN-13: 9780415355162 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 180 str.

Roger Tarling

Opis

This well structured text, offers a comprehensive introduction to a range of important areas in project management, including: commissioning research; preparing a tender or grant application; risk and stake holder analysis; managing the field work and data analysis; financial management; ethics, confidentiality, and copyright.
"Managing Social Research" provides a unique source of guidance for anyone seeking to commission, manage, or carry out social research.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Stakeholder and Risk Analysis  3. Commissioning Research  4. Applying for Research Funding  5. Negotiation to Contract  6. Project Planning  7. Research Staff  8. Implementing the Project  9. Dissemination  10. Intellectual Property, Copyright, Confidentiality and Data Protection  11. Ethics in Social Research  12. Summary  Bibliography

O autorze

Roger Tarling is Professor of Social Research at the University of Surrey. His research interests cover crime and criminal justice, the voluntary sector, research management, statistical modelling and quantitative research methods.