Research

BUSINESSRESEARCH METHOD NOTES

ByMuathe SMABusiness Administration DepartmentSchool of Business

2007

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I take this opportunity first to thank God, the creator of the universe and all humanity, for bringing our life’s paths together. Next, I am grateful to Kenyatta University (KU) for giving me the opportunity to use School of Business Computer lab when I was developing this notes. Am also indebted to The Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) for also allowing me to use their computer lab and to learn more about Research. My special Hongera goes to charity for provoking me to take career in research even when I doubted myself. Thanks for seeing the potential in me.

I am indebted to Co-consultant colleague Prof. Peter Kibas for mentoring and enabling me to make a giant step in my career in Research, Training, project Monitoring & Evaluation or in summary consultancy. Not forgetting my son Muathe junior and daughter Faith for your many questions why I was away when you needed my company not knowing I was in a serious process of developing these notes. To all my students both in KU and KIM specifically, Ngugi Nkuru F. (KU), Misiani P. (KU), Kaguri J. (KIM) and also my classmate at Master’s level, Mugalla Khamati (KIM), Muthoka R. (KIM), Tinega G. (KIM), Adam G. (ST.Pauls University-limuru), Kirugi J.R. (ST.Pauls University-limuru) and many others.

Last but not least to my colleagues at PhD class especially Evans Mwiti for also encouraging me

As I finish writing these notes, I do confess that I will definitely be good ambassador and advocate of Research as a better model of making sound decision whether social on Business.

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