Monday 9 July 2018

How to refine a theoretical framework in the Agile Literature Review Approach: an illustration

How to refine a theoretical framework in the Agile Literature Review Approach: an illustration

Diagram 1: A theoretical framework before refinement


The framework (re: Diagram 1) comprises 5 components:

  • Evaluate HR strategies
  • Evaluate business strategies
  • Evaluate change management strategies
  • Evaluate staff turnover
  • Evaluate team leadership


Diagram 2: A theoretical framework after refinement



The refined theoretical framework is made up of 7 components:
Influencing factors (Part A)
1. Evaluate how the existing HR strategies affect staff turnover and team leadership
2. Evaluate how the existing business strategies affect staff turnover and team leadership
3. Evaluate how the existing change management strategies affect staff turnover and team leadership
Core-focus domain (Part B)
4. Evaluate how the existing staff turnover status affects business performance
5. Evaluate how the existing team leadership status affects business performance
Business impacts and solution evaluation domain (Part C)
6. Evaluate how the existing staff turnover and team leadership status aggravates the current management concerns (as depicted by the management-concerns diagram)
7. Evaluate the existing and proposed measures to specifically cope with the staff turnover and team leadership issues

For discussion 
1. Could you tell what refinements have been made on the theoretical framework?
2. Please also evaluate the refinements made on the theoretical framework. Specifically, do you think the refined theoretical framework is more useful for guiding your literature review efforts? How?

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