How to identify Zone 3a items for theoretical framework level-0: a guide

How to identify Zone 3a items for theoretical framework level-0: a guide:

First of all, it is useful to have 2 to 3 items (i.e. research objectives) for Zone 3a (outcomes-related) of a theoretical framework level-0, in order to exhibit a reasonably complicated intellectual response to the management-concerns diagram of a dissertation project that utilizes the agile literature review approach (ALRA).

The next question is: how to identify these zone 3a items? These items are the consequences (i.e., outcomes) of the concerns from items in zone 2 (organizational capabilities-related). Thus, these zone 3a items are identified from the following sources;

1. Learned from the stakeholders (notably, the gatekeeper of a case study), via the initial exploratory interviews with them in the project orientation phase. They are identified from the "so-what" questions on the management-concerns items related to zone 2.

2. Logically derived from the zone 2 items direct in the theoretical framework level-0. For example, if the zone 2 item is : "to evaluate the sales force competence of ABC Ltd", then the logically derived zone 3a item can be "to evaluate the sales force performance of ABC Ltd". And, if the zone 2 item is "to evaluate the operations management capability of ABC Ltd", then the logically derived zon3a item can be "to evaluate the operations management performance of ABC Ltd". It should also be reminded that the logical derivation can be less than direct. For example, the zone 2 item "to evaluate the managerial competence of ABC Ltd" can be employed to develop a zone 3a item "to evaluate the staff morale of ABC Ltd" BECAUSE weak managerial competence of ABC Ltd can lead to poor staff morale of the company.

Subsequently, which zone 3a items are to be chosen to include in the theoretical framework level-0 depends on the intellectual preference of the researcher who does the dissertation project. 

Note: do not say that it is based on the "instructions" of your dissertation project supervisor, because your dissertation project supervisor is your coach and mentor, not your boss.