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Research Article

‘Step-by-step’ method to conduct applied research in organizational engineering and business management (Método ‘paso a paso’ para la investigación aplicada en el ámbito de la ingeniería organizacional y la gestión empresarial)

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Pages 28-77 | Received 15 Jul 2019, Accepted 17 Oct 2020, Published online: 17 Feb 2021
 

ABSTRACT

The management field needs to develop creative and problem-solving capabilities among students and practitioners. In this context, and after recognizing the research methods as a cognitive process part of decision-making, we propose a step-by-step method to conduct applied research in organizational engineering and business management. With this goal, we first conduct a literature review about research methods in an organizational or business context. Subsequently, we explain the theoretical and empirical process that we followed to construct our step-by-step method. Moreover, finally, we present our ‘step-by-step’ method for applied research in organizations and businesses. We are convinced that research methods are tools that must serve and support researchers, so in our proposal, we detail the activities that must be conducted by a research student, from an eclectic perspective.

RESUMEN

La gestión empresarial necesita desarrollar aptitudes creativas y de resolución de problemas entre estudiantes y profesionales. En este contexto, y tras reconocer los diversos métodos de investigación como parte del proceso cognitivo y de toma de decisiones, proponemos un método ‘paso a paso’ para investigar en el ámbito de la ingeniería organizacional y la gestión empresarial. Con este objetivo, inicialmente realizamos una revisión de la literatura sobre los diversos métodos de investigación en el contexto organizacional o empresarial. Posteriormente, explicamos el proceso teórico y empírico que seguimos para construir nuestro método ‘paso a paso’. Finalmente, presentamos nuestro método ‘paso a paso’ para realizar investigación aplicada en el contexto organizacional y empresarial. Estamos convencidos de que los métodos de investigación son herramientas que deben servir y prestar apoyo a los investigadores, por lo que en nuestra propuesta detallamos las actividades que debería llevar a cabo un estudiante de investigación, desde un punto de vista ecléctico.

Disclosure statement / Conflicto de intereses

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. / Los autores no han referido ningún potencial conflicto de interés en relación con este artículo.

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