How Do You Conduct A Literature Survey?

To conduct a literature survey, the first step is to select the medium or a place.
Then ask a series of questions to the people.
Observe the most frequent answer (and the second frequent answer)
and take it as the answer.

Based on the specific issues of concern to the manager and the factors identified during the interview process, a literature review needs to be done on these variables. The first step in this process involves identifying the various published and unpublished materials that are available on the topics of interest and gaining access to these. The second step in gathering the relevant information either by going through the necessary materials in a library or by getting access to online sources. The third step is writing up the literature review. A modern technology locating sources where the topics of interest have been published has become easy. Almost every library today has computer online systems to locate and print out the published information on various topics.

Global business information published articles in newspapers and periodicals and conference proceedings, among other sources are all now available on databases. Computerized databases include bibliographies, abstracts and full texts of articles on various business topic. Statistical and financial databases are also easily accessible. Computer hardware and software enable the storage, updating and display of information on global activities. Economic indicators and other data for various countries can be tracked easily. Statistical abstracts and the like now available on CD-ROM and on the internet, bring to the researcher all the information needed for research at the press of the appropriate computer keys.