The concept of "theoretical framework" in a mind map

The concept of "theoretical framework" in the agile literature review approach (ALRA) is portrayed in a mind map as follows:

The mind map has three trunks:

Trunk 1: complexity attributes

• From level 0 to 1
• 4-8 components
• Components with specific evaluative tasks associated to specific academic topics
• Components all linked up with 1-4 links

Trunk 2: nature and expression of components

• core-focus and non-core-focus domains indicated
• In academic language
• Start with "Evaluate ...."
• Favour a process view on "theory-driven research" and "literature review"
• Point to theory-driven research and data analysis
• An organized expression of the researcher's intellectual response to a set of management concerns

Trunk 3: purposes served by it

• Supportive of an agile mode of literature review
• Convey the researcher's chosen intellectual response to a set of related management concerns
• A coherent agenda to guide literature review
• A self-reflective and communicative tool to conduct literature review
• The blueprint on which research methods are mapped onto
• Promote "complicated understanding"
• A blueprint to organize contents in the Literature Review Chapter in dissertation reports
• A major input for formulating dissertation titles, research objectives and research questions