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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Philosophical Underpinnings of Management Research

SMP805 · Developing Research Capability — Week 6 of 16

CourseSMP805
Week6 of 16
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This week’s topics

Philosophical Underpinnings of Management Research

  1. Ontological assumptions in organizational study
  2. Epistemological positions
  3. Researcher positionality and reflexivity
  4. Critiquing author worldview
  5. Lec 06: Epistemological Aspect of Research
  6. Lec 08: Ontological Aspect of Research

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Explain epistemological and ontological assumptions and its impact on the nature of our understanding.
  • 4.3 Evaluate literature from the ontological and epistemological views of the author.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain epistemological and ontological assumptions and its impact on the nature of our understanding.

Study materials

Videos

  • Research paradigms explained: positivism, interpretivism & critical realism · YouTube · Degree Doctor · 15 min · for registered students
  • Ontology, Epistemology, Methodology: How to Get the Basic Research Philosophy Right in Your Thesis? · YouTube · Data-driven · 27 min · for registered students
  • Positivism vs Interpretivism: A Guide to Research Methodologies · YouTube · Philip Adu, Ph.D · 20 min · for registered students
  • Research Paradigms & Philosophy: Positivism, Interpretivism and Pragmatism Explained (With Examples) · YouTube · Grad Coach · 15 min · for registered students
  • LESSON 9 - RESEARCH PHILOSOPHY : RESEARCH PARADIGMS & PHILOSOPHICAL ASSUMPTIONS · YouTube · RESEARCH METHODS CLASS WITH PROF. LYDIAH WAMBUGU · 27 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research · Reading · Arxiv, article · for registered students
  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.347 Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods I (Fall 2004) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Organizational Problem Identification
  • Week 2: Research Problem Formulation
  • Week 3: Systematic Literature Evaluation
  • Week 4: Theoretical Paradigms and Disciplinary Debates
  • Week 5: Conceptual Frameworks and Theoretical Solutions
  • Week 6: Philosophical Underpinnings of Management Research
  • Week 7: Methodological Coherence
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Critical Appraisal of Empirical Research
  • Week 10: Doctoral Research Synthesis and Reporting
  • Week 11: Theoretical Defense and Research Justification
  • Week 12: Applying Developing Research Capability in practice: case s…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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