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.
*a. True
b. False
2. 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.
a. True
*b. False
3. Research done chiefly to make a contribution to existing knowledge is
called basic, fundamental, or pure research.
*a. True
b. False
4. Applied research is not scientific in nature.
a. True
*b. False
,5. Fundamental research has little practical relevance.
a. True
*b. False
6. Managers with knowledge of research have an advantage over those
without.
*a. True
b. False
7. Being knowledgeable about research and research methods helps
professional managers to:
a. Identify and effectively solve minor problems in the work
setting.
b. Know how to discriminate good from bad research.
c. Appreciate and be constantly aware of the multiple influences
and multiple effects of factors impinging on a situation.
*d. All of the above.
8. 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 sub-unit of the organization
where research needs to be done.
*a. True
, b. False
9. 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.
a. True
*b. False
10. 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.
*a. True
b. False
11. 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.
*a. True
b. False
12. 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. True
b. False
13. Ethics in business research refers to a code of conduct or expected
societal norm of behavior while conducting research.
*a. True
b. False
14. Ethical conduct applies to the researchers who undertake the
research, but not to the respondents who provide them with the necessary
data.
a. True
*b. False
15. The main distinction between applied and basic business research is
that the former is specifically aimed at solving a currently experienced
problem, whereas the latter has the broader objective of generating
knowledge and understanding of phenomena and problems that occur in
various organizational settings.
*a. True
b. False
effort to investigate a specific problem, encountered in the work
setting that needs a solution.
*a. True
b. False
2. 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.
a. True
*b. False
3. Research done chiefly to make a contribution to existing knowledge is
called basic, fundamental, or pure research.
*a. True
b. False
4. Applied research is not scientific in nature.
a. True
*b. False
,5. Fundamental research has little practical relevance.
a. True
*b. False
6. Managers with knowledge of research have an advantage over those
without.
*a. True
b. False
7. Being knowledgeable about research and research methods helps
professional managers to:
a. Identify and effectively solve minor problems in the work
setting.
b. Know how to discriminate good from bad research.
c. Appreciate and be constantly aware of the multiple influences
and multiple effects of factors impinging on a situation.
*d. All of the above.
8. 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 sub-unit of the organization
where research needs to be done.
*a. True
, b. False
9. 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.
a. True
*b. False
10. 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.
*a. True
b. False
11. 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.
*a. True
b. False
12. 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. True
b. False
13. Ethics in business research refers to a code of conduct or expected
societal norm of behavior while conducting research.
*a. True
b. False
14. Ethical conduct applies to the researchers who undertake the
research, but not to the respondents who provide them with the necessary
data.
a. True
*b. False
15. The main distinction between applied and basic business research is
that the former is specifically aimed at solving a currently experienced
problem, whereas the latter has the broader objective of generating
knowledge and understanding of phenomena and problems that occur in
various organizational settings.
*a. True
b. False
