TY - JOUR AU - Mildeová, Stanislava PY - 2013/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - RESEARCH PROBLEM DESCRIPTION AND DEFINITION: FROM MENTAL MAP TO CONNECTION CIRCLE JF - Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science JA - ERIES Journal VL - 6 IS - 4 SE - Short communication DO - 10.7160/eriesj.2013.060409 UR - https://www.eriesjournal.com/index.php/eries/article/view/95 SP - 328-335 AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">The paper examines the research problem (question) as one of the first methodological steps that has to be accurately and clearly defined. The necessity of modern scientific work is to understand and analyse problems holistically, to see it as a network of interconnected parts. In this sense we show that combination of mental mapping and connection circle may be a way that will be beneficial defining the research problem. There is some evidence from interviews held with PhD students, who were participated in the course Research Methods for Managers at the University of Economics in Prague from 2012-2013.</p> ER -