Sesi 3: Defining the Research Problem and Reviewing the Literatu

What are the two broad objectives of a literature review?

• To summarize and critique existing research

• To develop research ideas and understand relevant topics

• To conduct a literature search and prepare a literature review

• To define the research problem and review the literature

What are the characteristics of a quality research topic?

• May be of little value and not worthy of a degree

• Research Problem is Well-Defined

• Interesting New Method

• High risk of criticism and possibly failure

What is the risk profile of a research topic?

• New Field Of Study

• Should Produce an Excellent Result

• Old Method

• High risk of criticism and possibly failure

What are the guidelines/steps for planning your literature search?

• Research Question-Scope-Disciplines-Context-Geographic-Time Period-Language-Alternative Sources-Hypothesis

• Topics-Disciplines-Context-Geographic-Time Period-Language-Alternative Sources-Conclusion.

• Scope-Disciplines-Context-Geographic-Time Period-Database-Alternative Sources-Report.

• Scope-Disciplines-Context-Geographic-Time Period-Language-Alternative Sources.

If your research question is "What can be done to improve morale?", what will be your Research Objective?

• Determine which geographic areas our products are most likely to sell

• Identify factors influencing employee morale

• Determine the criteria for selecting countries and companies for possible outsourcing

• Describe the situations and criteria when employee training has been effective

Factors to decide what to include in a literature review.

• Reference's age-reliability of source-citation quality-useful methodology-relevant to your research-conclusion and citiation-dealing with contradiction

• Reference's age-reliability of source-citation quality-relevant to your research-conclusion and citiation-authors' reputation

• Reliability of source-citation quality-useful methodology-relevant to your research-publishers' quality-Reference's age

• Citation quality-useful methodology-relevant to your research-conclusion and citiation-athors reputation-Reliability of source-Indexing Quality

Sources of Literature. EXCEPT

• Book, Journals and Proceeding, Theses

• Internet Searches, Electronic Databases, Book

• Dissertations, Government and Industry Documents

• Journals and Proceeding, Wikipedia, Social Media

Guidelines for preparing a literature review. EXCEPT

• Funnel Approach

• should identify the gap in existing research

• Cite the most popular publications in the field you are working

• Be Objective and Reasonable

Reasons for doing a literature review. EXCEPT

• helps to define research problem

• suggest potential hypotheses

• identify research methods and data analysis approaches

• to Identify GAPS in existing research and how your research is related

Ways to identify research ideas and topics. ECEPT

• Questioning executives and deicison makers about the problem they faced.

• Examining past research project that may suggest areas worthy of subsequent investigation

• Examining published research in field of interest

• Benchmarking to experienced researchers and decision maker about the business issues they encounter