Test bank Business Research Methods
Skill Building Approach 6th Edition
2024
Chapter 1
• Business research can be described as a systematic and organized effort to investigate a
specific problem encountered in the work setting, that needs a solution.
• T
• F
• Research done with the intention of applying the results of the findings to solve specific
problems currently being experienced in an organization is called basic research.
• T
b. F
• Research done chiefly to make a contribution to existing knowledge is called basic,
fundamental, or pure research.
• T
• F
• Applied research is not scientific in nature.
• T
b. F
• Fundamental research has little practical relevance.
• T
b. F
• Managers with knowledge of research have an advantage over those without.
a. T
b. F
• Being knowledgeable about research and research methods helps professional managers to:
• Identify and effectively solve minor problems in the work setting.
• Know how to discriminate good from bad research.
• Appreciate and be constantly aware of the multiple in uences and multiple effects of
factors impinging on a situation.
• All of the above.
• University professors do not engage in applied research.
• T
b. F
• The manager should make sure while hiring researchers or consultants that:
• The roles and expectations of both parties are made explicit.
, • Relevant philosophies and value systems of the organization are clearly stated, and
constraints, if any, communicated.
• A good rapport is established with the researchers, and between the researchers and the
employees in the organization, enabling the full cooperation of the latter.
• All of the above.
• An advantage of engaging in an internal team to do the research project is that the internal
team would stand a better chance of being readily accepted by the employees in the subunit of
the organization where research needs to be done.
• T
• F
• An advantage of engaging in an external team to do the research project is that the team would
require much less time to understand the structure, the philosophy and climate, and the functioning
and work systems of the organization.
• T
b. F
• A disadvantage of engaging in an internal team to do the research project is that in view
of their long tenure as internal consultants, the internal team may quite possibly fall into a
stereotyped way of looking at the organization and its problems.
• T
• F
• A disadvantage of engaging in an internal team to do the research project is that certain
organizational biases of the internal research team might in some instances make the findings less
objective and consequently less scientific.
• T
• F
• An advantage of engaging in an external team to do the research project is that the external
team can draw on a wealth of experience from having worked with different types of
organizations that have had the same or similar types of problems.
a .T
b. F
• Ethics in business research refers to a code of conduct or expected societal norm of behavior
while conducting research.
• T
Skill Building Approach 6th Edition
2024
Chapter 1
• Business research can be described as a systematic and organized effort to investigate a
specific problem encountered in the work setting, that needs a solution.
• T
• F
• Research done with the intention of applying the results of the findings to solve specific
problems currently being experienced in an organization is called basic research.
• T
b. F
• Research done chiefly to make a contribution to existing knowledge is called basic,
fundamental, or pure research.
• T
• F
• Applied research is not scientific in nature.
• T
b. F
• Fundamental research has little practical relevance.
• T
b. F
• Managers with knowledge of research have an advantage over those without.
a. T
b. F
• Being knowledgeable about research and research methods helps professional managers to:
• Identify and effectively solve minor problems in the work setting.
• Know how to discriminate good from bad research.
• Appreciate and be constantly aware of the multiple in uences and multiple effects of
factors impinging on a situation.
• All of the above.
• University professors do not engage in applied research.
• T
b. F
• The manager should make sure while hiring researchers or consultants that:
• The roles and expectations of both parties are made explicit.
, • Relevant philosophies and value systems of the organization are clearly stated, and
constraints, if any, communicated.
• A good rapport is established with the researchers, and between the researchers and the
employees in the organization, enabling the full cooperation of the latter.
• All of the above.
• An advantage of engaging in an internal team to do the research project is that the internal
team would stand a better chance of being readily accepted by the employees in the subunit of
the organization where research needs to be done.
• T
• F
• An advantage of engaging in an external team to do the research project is that the team would
require much less time to understand the structure, the philosophy and climate, and the functioning
and work systems of the organization.
• T
b. F
• A disadvantage of engaging in an internal team to do the research project is that in view
of their long tenure as internal consultants, the internal team may quite possibly fall into a
stereotyped way of looking at the organization and its problems.
• T
• F
• A disadvantage of engaging in an internal team to do the research project is that certain
organizational biases of the internal research team might in some instances make the findings less
objective and consequently less scientific.
• T
• F
• An advantage of engaging in an external team to do the research project is that the external
team can draw on a wealth of experience from having worked with different types of
organizations that have had the same or similar types of problems.
a .T
b. F
• Ethics in business research refers to a code of conduct or expected societal norm of behavior
while conducting research.
• T
