Publication on the topics of knowledge-uncertainty-based learning (KUBL)

Publication on the topics of knowledge-uncertainty-based learning (KUBL):

1. On TQM
2. On Entrepreneurship (academic journal version)
3. On Innovation Management
4. Strategic management
5. On hospitality management

A collection of blog articles on Agile Literature Review Approach 2019

A collection of blog articles on Agile Literature Review Approach [ALRA] 2019



I. Related to reporting writing

1. Company and dissertation project backgrounds
2. How to write recommendations in dissertation reports
3. Underlying topics in the chapter of Research Methods

II. Related to the research investigation

1. One way to do Interview findings and analysis
2. On inductive and deductive reasoning in interview research
3. On project scoping
4. Management thinking underlying the ALRA zoning architecture
5. The literature review process
6. Study note for literature review - an example on innovation capability
7. On core-focus-domain-centric research formulation
8. Making own organizational capabilities items
9. Follow-up works after first dissertation project meeting
10. Wordings used in management-concerns diagram and theoretical framework
11. Typical ideas employed in ALRA
12. Value of non-core-focus domain components
13. Nature on research methods in ALRA: a reflection
14. Three types of research tasks
15. Research methods used in ALRA (re: theoretical framework level-1c).
16. Holistic thinking in ALRA diagramming.
17. Scope of attention in ALRA diagramming.

On the agile applied business research (AABR): the terminology

Regarding the subject of the agile literature review approach (ALRA), I could now offer a broader subject called the agile applied business research (AABR) which synthesizes all the ALRA literature produced.

The AABR has 3 agile applications:

Agile application 1 is project background study realm; the main application is the usage of management-concerns diagram.

Agile application 2 is the literature review realm: the main application is the usage of the theoretical framework set.

Agile application 3 covers the rest of the business research; the main application is the usage of the report structure template.

The underlying theoretical foundation of the AABR is based on (i) the spirit of critical systems thinking, (ii) the agile spirit and (iii) managerial intellectual learning

From 2 zones to 3 zones in diagramming for the agile literature review approach

This note discuss the reasons adopting 3 zones, instead of 2 zones, in diagramming for the agile literature review approach (ALRA)

A 2-zones scheme would go something likes this:

For examining management issues and concerns as well as for developing a set of high-level research tasks, the two-zones scheme has the following limitations:

1. It does not clearly indicate which independent variables are controllable, and which not, from the managerial perspective.

2. It does not tell whether the the dependent variable is indeed a management issue or management concern as related to an organization's organizational capability, organization's performance or any implemented or proposed recommendation.

3. It may have indicated some actions (e.g., some independent variables may be related to some manipulable policy options), but it does not indicate what the organization "can do" (or need to build up the capability to do), but primarily suggests what the company can consider "to do".

For these reasons, the writer adopts the 3-zones scheme for the agile literature review approach.

The 3-zones scheme is much more useful for guiding an applied business research project because it addresses the 2-zones scheme limitations much better.

Facebook resources for the Onion Model (Research Methods) : information

Facebook resources for the Onion Model (Research Methods) : information.

The onion model comes from Saunders, M., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A. 2016. Research methods for business students, Pearson. The following table provides Facebook resources maintained by the writer related to the specific layers of the onion model:

Layers of the Onion Model	Facebook resources
1. Philosophy	Literature on research methods
2. Approaches to theory development	Literature on reasoning
3. Methodological choice	NIL
4. Strategies	Literature on case study research Literature on survey research Literature on ethnographic research Literature on interview research methods Literature on experiment research Literature on observation research Literature on grounded theory Literature on focus group
5. Time horizon	Nil
6. Techniques and procedures	Literature on qualitative research (on qualitative data analysis part). Literature on quantitative research (on quantitative data analysis part). Literature on correlation analysis

Blog articles on the Agile Literature Review Approach - a collection 2018 Winter

Blog articles on the Agile Literature Review Approach (ALRA) - a collection 2018 Winter


I. About the management-concerns diagrams

• On the nature of the management-concerns diagram
• Steps for producing a management-concerns diagram
• Refining management-concerns diagram variables

II. About the theoretical framework set

• Terminology of theoretical framework level-0
• Examples of components on theoretical framework level-0
• Using theoretical framework level-0 as an agenda to do literature review
• Terminology of theoretical framework level-1a
• Level of complexity of analytical academic ideas in the theoretical framework level-1a
• Offering concrete academic ideas for the construction of theoretical framework level-1a
• Conducting literature review at the component level of theoretical framework level-1a
• Guidelines for producing theoretical framework level-1b
• Two types of research tasks in the ALRA
• Terminology of theoretical framework level-1c
• Examining the underlying research philosophies of the ALRA research design (theoretical framework level-1c)

III. About the overall ALRA

• On the three zones of the ALRA diagramming
• From two zones to three ALRA zones
• On the rationale underlying the 3-zones scheme
• On the complicated understanding orientation of the ALRA
• Strengths and weaknesses of the ALRA
• On the double systemicity of the ALRA diagramming

Suggested word count distribution on Applied Business Research dissertation project

Suggested word count distribution on Applied Business Research dissertation project, roughly (total 15,000):

Abstract (about 1/2 page to at most 1 page; the normal practice is that it is not included in word count).
Acknowledgement (about 1/3 page; the normal practice is that it is not included in word count).

Chapter 1: Introduction (around 1,500 words)

Chapter 2: Literature review (around 3,200 words)

Chapter 3: Research methods (around 2,900 words)

Chapter 4: Findings and analysis (around 4,100 words)

Chapter 5: Conclusions and recommendations (around 2,800 words)

Chapter 6: Personal development (500 words)

References

Appendix



*** some +/- 6% per chapter is possible, though the figure should be close to 500 words for Chapter 6.