Core and non-core focus domains in the theoretical framework diagram

In the agile literature review approach (ALRA), a theoretical framework is constructed in a way to possess one prime characteristic: it is sufficiently complicated, comprehensive and responsive to the management concerns of the client system as depicted in the management-concerns diagram. As such, at level 0 of the theoretical framework diagram, it comprises 5-7 components. These components are expressed with academic jargon, so as to expressly point to key topics and key words for the conduct of literature search and literature review by the researcher. The label of a theoretical framework component very often starts with the verb "evaluate", e.g., "evaluate the team leadership of ABC Ltd". Nevertheless, unavoidably, the components of the theoretical framework are not all equally important; some are more focused on and more vital than others in an applied research project. As such, it is useful to group the components into the "core focus" domain and "non-core focus" domain. The following diagram is illustrative:

The implication is that the researcher would spare more effort to do more literature review on the components in the "core focus" domain and, subsequently, to apply the academic ideas in the "core focus" domain than those in the "non-core focus" domain. By doing so, the overall applied research project, e.g., the applied business research project" possesses a sharper research theme. At the same time, the research avoids having major conceptual blind spots in the investigation.