Managing Social Research : : A Practical Guide.

Managing Social Research : : A Practical Guide.

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Superior document:Social Research Today Series
:
Tarling, Roger.
Place / Publishing House:Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2005.
Ã2006.
Year of Publication:2005
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Social Research Today Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (193 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • Aim of the book
  • Plan of the book
  • Definitions of project, research and management
  • Social research in the UK
  • Legal and ethical framework
  • 2. Stakeholder and risk analysis
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Five steps in a stakeholder analysis
  • Action plan
  • Risk assessment analysis
  • Six steps in a risk assessment analysis
  • A risk log
  • What goes wrong with social research projects?
  • Example: Sport and Leisure Activities for Young People
  • 3. Commissioning research
  • Competition
  • Preparing a specification of requirement
  • Project budget
  • Running a competition
  • European Union Procurement Rules
  • 4. Applying for research funding
  • Modes of research funding
  • Funders of social research
  • Preparing a proposal
  • Costing a project
  • Success rates
  • 5. Negotiation to contract
  • How to negotiate
  • Issues that often need to be negotiated and clarified
  • The contract
  • Further negotiations
  • 6. Project planning
  • Activities
  • Dependencies
  • Gantt chart
  • Milestones
  • Itemising resources and assigning responsibilities
  • Microsoft Project 2000
  • 7. Research staff
  • Employment law
  • Contract research staff
  • Safety of researchers
  • 8. Implementing the project
  • Liaison with the sponsor
  • Managing the team
  • Monitoring, controlling and directing
  • Maintaining quality of fieldwork, data collection and analysis
  • 9. Dissemination
  • Dissemination strategy
  • Report writing
  • Oral presentations
  • 10. Intellectual property, copyright, confidentiality and data protection
  • Copyright
  • Confidentiality
  • Data Protection Act
  • 11. Ethics in social research
  • Codes of ethics
  • Ethical review and regulation
  • 12. Summary
  • Twenty questions for the project manager.
  • Qualities required of a project manager
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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