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    Chapter 2 The Research Process-An Overview

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    Overview of the Discussion

    Chapter 2: The Research Process: An Overview

     What Is Good Research?


     The Research Process
     From Concept to Practice (Preliminary Assessment)

    2
    What Is Good Research?
    1. Purpose 4. Adequate analysis
    for decision maker’s
    clearly defined. needs.

    2. Research Design 5. Limitations


    thoroughly planned frankly revealed.
    and executed.

    3. High ethical 6. Findings reported


    standards applied. unambiguously;
    insights and
    conclusions justified.
    The Research
    Process
    Clarify the Research Question. 1

    Design the Research. 2

    Collect and Prepare Data. 3

    Analyze and Interpret the Data. 4

    Report Insights and


    5
    Recommendations.
    The Research
    Process
    Stage
    Clarify the Research Question.
    1

    1. What do we know that might help define


    and solve the dilemma?
    2. What information do we need to make a
    decision?
    3. Where will the funding come from for
    any proposed research?
    4. What is/are the managemnt dilemma(s)
    and which should be the focus?
    The Research
    Process
    Stage
    Design the Research. 2

    Research Design
    • Data Collection Design
    • Sampling Design
    The Research
    Process
    Stage
    Collect and Prepare Data. 3

    • Collect the Data


    (Questionnaires, standerized tests,
    observation checklists, event notes, video or
    audio recording, photographs, personal
    diaries, online surveys, observation,
    experiments)
    • Prepare the Data
    Will you review the original mail survey or
    discard the data?
    The Research
    Process
    Stage
    Analyze and Interpret the Data.
    4

    • Findings
    • Insights
    • Recommendations
    The Research
    Process
    Report Insights and Stage
    Recommendations. 5

    Solving the management dilemma


    drives this stage.
    • The Researcher Project Time Frame

    • Research Process Pitfalls and Solutions


    • Ill-Defined Management Problems
    • Unsearchable Questions
    • Over bracing Data Analytics
    • The Manager’s Hidden Agenda(s)
    • Favored-Technique Syndrome
    • Researcher Inexperience

    10
    Assessment

    Business Preliminary
    Presentation
    Ideas Assessment

    Conceptualization Accomplishment Presentation of


    of Business Ideas of the Preliminary Business
    Assessment of Research
    Business Proposal
    Research
    Proposal
    Preliminary
    Assessment of
    Business
    Research
    Proposal

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