You may find it valuable to work through the learning activities in this section first. It will introduce you to the core idea of following the logic of enquiry that is at the heart of thinking like an expert management researcher.

Adopting this strategy will also help you to put the general notion of following the logic of enquiry into a more specific management context. It is important to understand that management is a distinctive field of study, whose characteristics affect the way the logic of enquiry is followed. In higher education systems following a western tradition of academic scholarship, you will be expected to develop a constructively critical approach in your management studies.

Self-assessment exercises will help you to get a sense of how far you are already promoting your own learning to think like an expert management researcher, and how you can maximise your learning opportunities as you go along.