Concept of management research...............

1. Management Research (Joj:yfkg cg';Gwfg )
 Managers often need to understand the factors or events that effect their
organizations.
 Management research is concerned with the systematic and objective
collection and evaluation of information about specific aspects of
management problems in order to assist managers makes effective
decisions.
Managers are always concerned with the following questions:
• What information will help make decisions?
• What are we going to do with this information?
• How should we collect this information?
• What are we going to measure?
• How should we analyze the results?
• How much should we spend on collecting the information?

2. Benefits of Research to the Managers
Identify and solves small problems in the work.
Appreciate and constantly remember the multiple
effect on a situation
Measurement of risk in decision making and to know
about probabilities
Prevent possible vested interests from operating in a
situation
Relate to hired researchers and consultants more
effectively.

3. Stages of Management Research
 Analysis: To recognize the emerging opportunities and threats
in the environments.
 Planning: information required for planning decisions flows
logically and planning information comes from he use of
resources.
 Execution: it focuses on the day today activities of the
organization and efficiently use of resources.
 Control: Control information comes from internal sources and
it has linkage with the analysis stage.
In this stage goals and programmes are modified as necessary.

4. Good Management Research
Purpose clearly defied
Detail Research process and work plan
Thoroughly planned research design
Applying high ethical standard
Frankly revealed limitation
Presented findings unambiguously
Justified conclusions
Researcher's experience reflected.

5. Types of Management Research
Policy Research
Action Research
Evaluation Research
Basic Research
Applied Research
objective Research