Some e-resource for preparing the writing-up of the MBA dissertation report Chapter 7

Some e-resource for preparing the writing-up of the MBA dissertation report Chapter 7

 

"Chapter 7 Reflections on developing your personal competence. This chapter provides the opportunity for you to reflect on your programme experience and the learning which has impacted on the development of your professional identity. Drawing on evidence you have collated throughout the module you are to write a reflective commentary which addresses the following: what were your initial motivations for undertaking an MBA and what were the central components of your professional identity during semester 1? What did you learn about yourself as a developing business professional and how that learning will shape your future professional self? (Approximately 2000 words)".

A study of the self concept, ethos, professional identity, reflection and autoethnography for writing up chapter 7 (Reflection on personal development). Another three videos to study as related to chapter 7 are (i) "why MBA?", (ii) employability and personal branding.

Reference

An article on scholar-practitioner in business management (pdf)

e-resource on literature synthesis

 e-resource on literature synthesis

1. Synthesis of the literature.
2. Synthesizing Literature.
3. Synthesizing sources when using research
4. Literature synthesis

e-resource on theories, conceptual frameworks and theoretical frameworks

 e-resource on theories, conceptual frameworks and theoretical frameworks

1. What is theory?
2. What is theory testing?
3. What is theory building?
4. Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks in Research 
5. Theoretical and conceptual frameworks in research
6. Using a theory
7. Literature Review vs Theoretical Framework

8. Theoretical & Conceptual Frameworks in the Dissertation

9. Write Your Theoretical Framework in 3 Easy Steps
10. THEORETICAL VS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK - SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
11. The difference between concepts, models and theories.

On the know-how to synthesize academic ideas in theoretical framework level-1a of the ALRA

On the know-how to synthesize academic ideas in theoretical framework level-1a of the Agile Literature Review Approach (Stream 1)

In the agile literature review approach (stream 1), the theoretical framework level-1a is a concrete output of the literature review process, presented in diagrammatical form. With this framework subsequently inserted in the dissertation report (chapter 2: Literature review), some specific know-how is required to review, justify and synthesize the gathered academic ideas to explain how this  academic idea set (for a specific research objective) enables you to design your research method(s) and conduct theory-driven analysis on your research findings.

The know-how knowledge include the ingredient topics of (i) scientific claims, (ii) what is theory, (iii) conceptual and theoretical frameworks, and the two directions in literature review.  These ingredient topics are to be learned on top of the more foundational topic of literature review.

References

1. e-resource on theories and theoretical frameworks
2. A video on literature synthesis (also on the blog note).

e-resources on research project assumptions, limitations and delimitations

 e-resources (mainly videos) on research project assumptions, limitations and delimitations

1. Assumptions, limitations and delimitations
2. Research limitations: examples

3. How to write research limitations section

4. Research Limitations & Delimitations simple explanation

5. Limitations, delimitations and assumptions in research: a briefing

e-resource (videos) on thin and thick description

 e-resource (videos) on thin and thick description in the field of Research Methods

1. Thin vs thick description

2. What is thick description

3. Thick description analysis in ethnographic research.

4. Geertz thick description.

5. Thick description (detailed).

How to refine research objectives for a research proposal for Accounting and Finance study: a note

How to refine research objectives for a research proposal for Accounting and Finance study: a note

The proposal information provided by the student (L) are as follows:

Topic: The effect of the Crisis (Covid-19) on the share price of different industries in HK

Objectives:

O1: Suppose all crises hurt the share price

O2: Evaluate the effect of the crisis on different industries

O3: Evaluate the effect of the unemployment rate among different industries

Research rationale:

Reserve value during Crisis 

Regression model: 

y: Share price float (among different industries (Medical, Tourism, Finance))

x1: Covid-19 severity (Infected numbers)

x2:Performance of those industries (ROA, GOP) (P/E ratio) (EPS)

x3:unemployment rate of each industry

So there are three models for this research.

Review comments are as follows:

First of all: "O1: Suppose all crises hurt the share price": delete it; it is not a research objective at all.

Now, specify two related main research objectives, probably:

Main research objective 1: to evaluate the impact of covid-19 on the share prices of three industries in HK in 2022.

Main research objective 2: to evaluate the impact of corporate financial performance on the share prices of three industries in HK in 2022.

These two main research objectives justify the study of the following three research questions in the form of hypothesis statements:

hypothesis statement 1: the number of yearly reported covid-19 cases (x1) has no effect on the share prices (y) of three industries (ie., industry 1, industry 2 and industry 3 in HK in 2022)

hypothesis statement 2: the financial performance of ROA (x2) .... has no effect on the share price of three industries (ie., industry 1, industry 2 and industry 3 in HK in 2022

....etc  [up to three hypothesis statements covering 3 x variables and 1 y variable]. 

Note: There could be other  control variables (e.g. control variable 1: industry 1; control variable 2: industry 2; control variable 3: industry 3, to consider in the multiple regression formula formulation.

The revised proposal title is: The effect of the Crisis (Covid-19) and corporate financial financial performance on the share price of three industries in HK in 2022

Final comment: Student (L) needs to justify the whole research topic, research objectives and research questions via a  preliminary literature review (including a research gap analysis) and a preliminary desk research.