Organization Designer + Researcher + Teacher
As a scholar-practitioner, my research agenda is driven by the challenges and opportunities that I see in my practice. Organization architecture is a theory-driven discipline, and good design is informed by good research. The practice of organization design is part “art” and part “science.” Organization design goes beyond our current knowledge to …
[Read more...] about Connecting Research and Practice: The Research Value Chain
As management researchers, we often investigate the human perspective by interviewing participants who have experience with, or knowledge of, a particular phenomenon. The purpose of the interviews is often to gather what some qualitative researchers call a “thick rich description.” It is the need for the details of a situation or a thick rich …
Saturation When planning data collection for a qualitative research study, whether for a Ph.D. dissertation or a new business model, researchers often ask how many participants are enough? The answer is, enough is the amount where additional participants don’t provide any additional insights. We call this phenomenon “saturation.” You reach …
[Read more...] about Qualitative Sample Size – How Many Participants is Enough?
When was the last time you saw a "true" probability sample of human participants in a “management” research study? There are two basic reasons why you seldom see a true probability sample of human participants - access and ethics. The Challenge of Access First, the one thing all researchers need is access to participants. However, individually we …
[Read more...] about Sample Size – Why is Statistical Power So Important?
Frustrated? Have you ever made adjustments to your research design/methodology addressing all your dissertation chair’s feedback only to have her come back with five more things that need to be fixed? I have and it was frustrating. Maybe you inquired as I did, “why didn’t you tell me about these when you gave me feedback the last time around?” Of …
