Converting a factual statement into a management-concern item [for Zone 1]: example 1:
Very often, students have difficulty to formulate a proper management-concern item in the construction of a management-concern diagram. For example, an item not appropriately formulated can be:
Item as "automation solution replace low-tech workers".
Comment: This item does not clearly indicate a management-concern. It is mainly a factual statement (in the form of full sentence), which does not reveal why management should be worried or exited about it. For example, it does not indicate how it affects which area of organizational competence of an organization in which way". Thus, it is a poorly formulated management-concern item.
If the item is converted into: "Impact of automation solutions advancement on the low-tech worker requirements of ABC Ltd", then it becomes clearer that the management concern is about "the impact of xxx" (an external environmental driver item [zone 1]; it is also a variable, not a full sentence)..... on "low-tech worker staff requirements (a factor related to workforce competence (organizational capabilities item [zone 2]). Better still, the full statement is : "management concern about the impact of automation solution advancement on the low-tech worker requirements of ABC Ltd".
In terms of expression, thus, convert a statement in the form of full sentence into an object item: e.g. "The generation z is getting more interested in nonalcoholic drinks" [a factual statement in the form of sentence] should be rewritten as "Increasing interest by generation z to buy nonalcoholic drinks" [an item in the form of a variable, an object]. Better still, the researcher concern can be more clearly elaborated as: "Impact of increasing market demand on nonalcoholic drinks by the generation z on the sales performance of ABC Ltd". This item, in this case, is a Zone 1 item (environmental drivers).
For my illustration, I mainly demonstrate the way to formulate a management-concern item and it does not mean that I accurately guess the true intention behind the item formulation of the student in this case.
Another comment: this management item can now be converted into a theoretical framework item as: "to evaluate the impact of automation solution advancement on the low-tech worker requirements of ABC Ltd". This now constitutes a research objective statement. On the other hand, to convert a factual statement into a theoretical framework item is not feasible, also with unclear analysis intention and incorrect sentence structure: "to evaluate automation solution replace low-tech workers".
The discussion in this blog note is related to the subject of the agile literature review approach (ALRA); the disccussion is primarily applicable on zone 1 (environmental drivers) items with outgoing arrows, but without incoming arrows. See the diagram below:
Related readings:
* on example 2 and long/short forms of management-concerns items.
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