Handbook

This course is concerned with the nature of social science inquiry. It is intended for students in the business and management disciplines and those early in their masters and doctoral research program. The course is broken into four sections: (1) an introductory overview to the philosophy of science, (2) a review of epistemology, the nature and scope of knowledge, (3) a review of ontology, the what can be said to exist and (4) specific applications to the major disciplinary areas.