Write a 4,500-word paper that critically discusses (with appropriate reference to literature) Management Research Today. Address the following areas:
1. Contemporary Management Context: Critically analyse macro trends impacting contemporary management today, including emergent issues and frameworks. Discuss management as a field of study with interdisciplinary dimensions (1000 words)
2. Management Role, Problem Solving & Research: Critically analyse the evolution of contemporary manager’s role and the greater sophistication in skills required. Consider the new focus on problem-solving and implications for new management research methodology. Distinguish between practical research for operational business purposes & scholarly research. (1000 words)
3. Research Methodologies: Critically review scholarly research methodologies, explaining the characteristics of the scientific paradigm, the objectivity-subjectivity debate and interpretive research. Discuss mixed methods research, case study, grounded theory, ethnography, anthropology, and design thinking as relevant management research methodologies. (1000 words).
4. Doctoral Research & Management Practice: Critique the characteristics of doctoral study in making a contribution to professional business and management practice. Consider how advanced research can enable exploration of a business problem and scalability of solutions. (1000 words)
5. Reflection on Learning: Critically reflect on your journey in learning over this module and outline insights derived from doing this assignment. (500 words)
