Saturday 28 October 2017

A practice guide on quick literature review

A practice guide on agile literature review approach I



The ALRA I Steps
Tasks and deliverable
Relevant resources and support
ALRA Step 1 - ideas search
Tasks
·      Identify relevant key words on the formulated management topic statement that responds to the management concern statement made
·      Literature search
·      Browsing and screening contents found
·      Ideas snowballing

Deliverable
A folder for storing the relevant literature, primarily in pdf form
·      Suggestions of relevant academic ideas for key word search from academic advisors and supervisors
·      Library facility, notably e-library for accessing academic publishers' websites


ALRA Step 2 - ideas collection
Tasks
·      Collect ideas from the literature and save them into one or more documents on different topics
·      Quick reading of the literature materials collected from Step 1

Deliverable
A set of study notes on a chosen set of topics
·      Computer
·      Brief evaluative comments and advice on the content of the study notes from academic advisors and supervisors
·      e-resources on study notes [for illustration]


ALRA Step 3 - ideas categorization
Task
·      Review ideas on each study note on a particular topic and group the ideas from the study note into a number of categories that are relevant for addressing one or two management concerns under examination

Deliverable
A set of categories for grouping the ideas in each study note
·      e-resources on cognitive mapping-based literature review
·      e-resources on mind mapping-based literature review
·      e-resources on coding in qualitative research

ALRA Step 4 - ideas systemic diagramming
Task
·      Link up idea categories to produce a theoretical framework/ ideas systemic diagram

Deliverable
A theoretical framework/ ideas systemic diagram
·      e-resources on theoretical framework
·      e-resources  on systemic diagramming
·      e-resources on coding in qualitative research





Reference: original article

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