Intended to serve as a text for postgraduate students of commerce, management, and social sciences, and especially for the first-time researchers, this well-organized book deals with the variety of research methods used in management and social sciences, with particular emphasis on the implementation of these methods. It offers readers practical guidelines for research and directs them through all the stages of research - from identifying a viable research project to the submission of a dissertation, report, or research article. The text identifies three dimensions of research methodology - research strategies, research methods and research data - that provide a structure for the book