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Here are several English-language texts in research method and writing that
may be helpful. We emphasize writing as well as research because rigorous
thinking doesn't become a personal habit until students can express theior
thoughts clearly:

Research:

Robson, Colin. 1993. Real World Research. A Resource for Social Scientists
and Practitioner-Researchers. Oxford: Blackwell.

Writing:

Strunk, William, Jr. and E. B. White. 1979. The Elements of Style. New
York: Macmillan.

Presentation Skills

Anholt, Robert R. H. 1994. Dazzle 'em with Style. New York: W. H. Freeman
and Company.

Dictionary:

Merriam-Webster, Inc. 1993. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Tenth
edition. Springfield, Massachusetts.

Examples of Good Scholarly Writing for a Broad Audience

Drucker, Peter. 1989. The New Realities. London: Mandarin.

Waldrop, M. Mitchell. 1992. Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of
Order and Chaos. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Excellent discussion on broad use of research method to be found in:

Blumer, Herbert. 1986. Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method.
Berkeley: University of California Press.





Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Leadership and Strategic Design
Norwegian School of Management
Box 4676 Sofienberg
N-0506 Oslo, Norway

Phone: +47 22.98.51.07
Fax: +47 22.98.51.11

email: <ken.friedman@bi.no>

Over the years, I have found that, with a few exceptions, the college graduates
I employ cannot put three words together on paper and have them mean anything.
They are mostly engineers, with an occasional smattering of other technically
schooled types. They are great when doing the technical stuff, but have great
difficulty transferring their technical output into written words.

Out of self defense, I started teaching expository writing skills to my direct
employees. I have found that a course called "Put It In Writing," by Albert
Joseph, is an excellent program. It teaches, in a short period of time, the
fundamentals of how to write so your readers understand what you write.

This course uses 6 video tapes, a workbook, and a instructor's manual. I taught
from the Third Edition, dated 1986. I do not know if there is a later edition.
The workbook has a Library of Congress number of 86-81013 and an ISBN of 0-
911481-02-8. I bought workbooks directly from the publisher, the International
Writing Institute, at 1422 Euclid Ave, Hanna Bldg., Cleveland, OH 44115-1993.

I have no connection with the author or publisher. I just know that this course
works. Others may also find this course useful.


Don Kleist

kleist@gdls.com

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Here are several English-language texts in research method and writing that
may be helpful. We emphasize writing as well as research because rigorous
thinking doesn't become a personal habit until students can express theior
thoughts clearly:
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A ggod way of improving clear thought is to translate them into a different
language, and the back. Applied Morphology of linguistics.

Emil Zahner
Morphological Institute Canada
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/canmor/index19.htm