by admin | Dec 20, 2022 | Research & Summaries
My research title is (Teachers’ challenges in implementing inquiry-based learning in science subject).
Background (Marks: 3) (300-400 words)
A background allows you to contextualise your study. The purpose of contextualising your study is to explain broadly what you want to do in the study and what your main argument is. By giving the necessary background and context, you allow the reader to understand the nature of your research topic. You should assume the reader has no prior knowledge about the topic. Ensure that you research and reference this background information.
Research problem (Marks: 10) (500-800 words)
Formulate a research problem based on the research topic.
Formulate a research problem based on the research topic you have identified. This section will require considerable review
The following should be included:
Indicate what the research problem is;
Why it is a problem; and
Why it needs to be solved.
The purpose of the research.
by admin | Dec 20, 2022 | Research & Summaries
Q.1
When you perform research, you are essentially trying to solve a mystery you want to know how something works or why something happened. In other words, you want to answer a question that you (and other people) have about the world. This is one of the most basic reasons for performing research.
The main purpose of research is to inform action, to prove a theory, and contribute to developing knowledge in a field or study. It is a tool for building knowledge and for facilitating learning. It is a means to understand various issues and increase public awareness, and an aid to business success.
Research is done to investigate a problem from different lenses of a research, and it should be well problematized by the researcher. Problematization in the sense of challenging assumptions and disrupting current ways of thinking and doing research about a particular subject matter appears, therefore, as a central ingredient in generating research questions that are likely to lead to more influential theories than typically is the case.It is therefore aboutunderstanding the existential elements of those involved as challenges (problems) that invite the people involved to transform those situations.
Identify a research gap and problematize it. The research gap should be based on the one the following areas:
Entrepreneurial networking
Goal congruence
Human Resource Visibility
Project successIntroduction/ background to the study
Problem statement(empirical, contextual and theoretical gap)
4-5 Objectives of the study.
Conceptual framework
Theories that inform the study
Methodology to guide the study
The content should include the following:
Note:Referencing and citations should follow APA 7th Edition
Maximum of 10 pages
Q.2
Literature reviews are designed to provide an overview of sources you have explored while researching a particular topic and to demonstrate to your readers how your research fits into the larger field of study. It helps the researcher to demonstrate his/her understanding, and the ability to critically evaluate research in that field. It provides evidence that may be used to support your own findings.
Use meta-analysis, systematic and progressive literature review to discuss one of the following areas:
Project team resilience
Religiosity and business resilience
Brand equity in the Banking sector
Entrepreneurial ambidexterity among Small and Medium Enterprises
Note: Citations and referencing style should follow APA 7th Edition, pages 8-10, space 1.5.
Q.3
Nexus of generative influence, ecologies of innovation and opportunity exploitation Further, hypothesis H2c findings reveal that, ecologies of innovation (EoI) fully mediates the relationship of nexus of generative influence (NGI) with opportunity exploitation (OE) (β = . 141, p = 000). It was found that NGI on its own cannot influence OE without EoI. Therefore, EoI is a true driver and a conduit through which NGI relates with OE. When business owner/manager create enabling environment like flexible policies, flat structures, allowing employees to deviate from the norms to come up with new ways of doing things, the SME is likely to explore and exploit opportunities competitively. NGI offers a view of how individuals at all levels can make a difference in their organizations by creating EoI. When NGI creates EoI in the workplace, it enables experiments in novelty to promote innovative practices, processes and routines. Fonfara et al. (2018) contend that, when NGI creates an enabling environment, employees are likely to interact with each other to come up with new ways of exploring and exploiting opportunities. NGI enable an organization to become adaptable to the unprecedented levels of change characterizing today’s business environments. Mayanja et al. (2020) posit EoI cannot be created on its own without generative leadership creative abilities. Complex Systems Leadership Theorysupports the findings.
Test of moderation Hypothesis H3b results also indicates that interaction effect of firm size has relationship between symbiotic resonance (SR) and ecologies of innovation (EoI) as graphically presented. Firm size (β = −0.112; t = 2.008; p = 0.045) established significant negative moderation on the relationship between SR and EoI. Moreover, the introduction of interaction effects in the model produces change in the coefficient of determination (R2 ). The explained variance in EoI is improved by introducing interaction effect of firm size in the study model. Firm size interaction reflects a change in R2 -value from 0.288 to 0.30. Even though the change is very small for moderations, still R2 play a significant role in analyzing the interaction effect (Hair et al., 2017). This means that interaction effect of firm size and SR has a negative significant effect the relationship between SR and EoI. This means that, when the level of innovation is low, required resources like money, people, and technology may not be adequately available. In addition, business structures, flexible policies that protect individuals in the process of executing their duties may not be in place to influence the level of innovations. The availability of resources and structures encourage employees to come up with innovative ideas. In big organizations, job descriptions are well stated with rewards attached. Big firms can attract talented employees because they have space for innovations and recognition based on new ideas in processes, products, services and strategies unlike SMEs in developing countries.
PLS_SEM moderation for opportunity exploitation. SMEs in developing economies like Uganda may not attract highly skilled and talented employees because of scarce resources. Innovative employees are normally not retained as they tend to have divergent views from the owner/manager. SME owners/managers tend to reward loyalty as opposed to innovation, which negatively affect EOI. Thongsri and Chang (2019) found that SR between business ties, customers, and competitor ties moderate the government support and innovation behavior relationship. This study was among private firms with big SMEs compared to Uganda. As innovation is a key component in the knowledge production function, it would seemingly follow that small firms are burdened by an inherent innovation disadvantage (Audretsch, Hafenstein, Kritikos, & Schiersch, 2018).
Based on the discussion and conclusion, make recommendations based on the following: a) Theoretical implications
Methodological implications
Policy implications
Managerial implications
Recommendations for future research and justify why.
Q.4
Write an annotated bibliography for your research topic, emphasizing recent studies.
With the use of relevant examples, explain the importance of theories in informing an academic study.
Discuss the advanced research designs and the context in which they are used.
Explain the process you will go through to write a scholarly article on the impact of Russian and Ukraine war on your economy.
by admin | Dec 20, 2022 | Research & Summaries
Q.1
When you perform research, you are essentially trying to solve a mystery you want to know how something works or why something happened. In other words, you want to answer a question that you (and other people) have about the world. This is one of the most basic reasons for performing research.
The main purpose of research is to inform action, to prove a theory, and contribute to developing knowledge in a field or study. It is a tool for building knowledge and for facilitating learning. It is a means to understand various issues and increase public awareness, and an aid to business success.
Research is done to investigate a problem from different lenses of a research, and it should be well problematized by the researcher. Problematization in the sense of challenging assumptions and disrupting current ways of thinking and doing research about a particular subject matter appears, therefore, as a central ingredient in generating research questions that are likely to lead to more influential theories than typically is the case.It is therefore aboutunderstanding the existential elements of those involved as challenges (problems) that invite the people involved to transform those situations.
Identify a research gap and problematize it. The research gap should be based on the one the following areas:
Entrepreneurial networking
Goal congruence
Human Resource Visibility
Project success Introduction/ background to the study
Problem statement(empirical, contextual and theoretical gap)
4-5 Objectives of the study.
Conceptual framework
Theories that inform the study
Methodology to guide the study
The content should include the following:
Note:Referencing and citations should follow APA 7th Edition
Maximum of 10 pages
Q.2
Literature reviews are designed to provide an overview of sources you have explored while researching a particular topic and to demonstrate to your readers how your research fits into the larger field of study. It helps the researcher to demonstrate his/her understanding, and the ability to critically evaluate research in that field. It provides evidence that may be used to support your own findings.
Use meta-analysis, systematic and progressive literature review to discuss one of the following areas:
Project team resilience
Religiosity and business resilience
Brand equity in the Banking sector
Entrepreneurial ambidexterity among Small and Medium Enterprises
Note: Citations and referencing style should follow APA 7th Edition, pages 8-10, space 1.5.
Q.3
Nexus of generative influence, ecologies of innovation and opportunity exploitation Further, hypothesis H2c findings reveal that, ecologies of innovation (EoI) fully mediates the relationship of nexus of generative influence (NGI) with opportunity exploitation (OE) (β = . 141, p = 000). It was found that NGI on its own cannot influence OE without EoI. Therefore, EoI is a true driver and a conduit through which NGI relates with OE. When business owner/manager create enabling environment like flexible policies, flat structures, allowing employees to deviate from the norms to come up with new ways of doing things, the SME is likely to explore and exploit opportunities competitively. NGI offers a view of how individuals at all levels can make a difference in their organizations by creating EoI. When NGI creates EoI in the workplace, it enables experiments in novelty to promote innovative practices, processes and routines. Fonfara et al. (2018) contend that, when NGI creates an enabling environment, employees are likely to interact with each other to come up with new ways of exploring and exploiting opportunities. NGI enable an organization to become adaptable to the unprecedented levels of change characterizing today’s business environments. Mayanja et al. (2020) posit EoI cannot be created on its own without generative leadership creative abilities. Complex Systems Leadership Theorysupports the findings.
Test of moderation Hypothesis H3b results also indicates that interaction effect of firm size has relationship between symbiotic resonance (SR) and ecologies of innovation (EoI) as graphically presented. Firm size (β = −0.112; t = 2.008; p = 0.045) established significant negative moderation on the relationship between SR and EoI. Moreover, the introduction of interaction effects in the model produces change in the coefficient of determination (R2 ). The explained variance in EoI is improved by introducing interaction effect of firm size in the study model. Firm size interaction reflects a change in R2 -value from 0.288 to 0.30. Even though the change is very small for moderations, still R2 play a significant role in analyzing the interaction effect (Hair et al., 2017). This means that interaction effect of firm size and SR has a negative significant effect the relationship between SR and EoI. This means that, when the level of innovation is low, required resources like money, people, and technology may not be adequately available. In addition, business structures, flexible policies that protect individuals in the process of executing their duties may not be in place to influence the level of innovations. The availability of resources and structures encourage employees to come up with innovative ideas. In big organizations, job descriptions are well stated with rewards attached. Big firms can attract talented employees because they have space for innovations and recognition based on new ideas in processes, products, services and strategies unlike SMEs in developing countries.
PLS_SEM moderation for opportunity exploitation. SMEs in developing economies like Uganda may not attract highly skilled and talented employees because of scarce resources. Innovative employees are normally not retained as they tend to have divergent views from the owner/manager. SME owners/managers tend to reward loyalty as opposed to innovation, which negatively affect EOI. Thongsri and Chang (2019) found that SR between business ties, customers, and competitor ties moderate the government support and innovation behavior relationship. This study was among private firms with big SMEs compared to Uganda. As innovation is a key component in the knowledge production function, it would seemingly follow that small firms are burdened by an inherent innovation disadvantage (Audretsch, Hafenstein, Kritikos, & Schiersch, 2018).
Based on the discussion and conclusion, make recommendations based on the following: a) Theoretical implications
Methodological implications
Policy implications
Managerial implications
Recommendations for future research and justify why.
Q.4
Write an annotated bibliography for your research topic, emphasizing recent studies.
With the use of relevant examples, explain the importance of theories in informing an academic study.
Discuss the advanced research designs and the context in which they are used.
Explain the process you will go through to write a scholarly article on the impact of Russian and Ukraine war on your economy.
by admin | Dec 20, 2022 | Research & Summaries
Q.1
When you perform research, you are essentially trying to solve a mystery you want to know how something works or why something happened. In other words, you want to answer a question that you (and other people) have about the world. This is one of the most basic reasons for performing research.
The main purpose of research is to inform action, to prove a theory, and contribute to developing knowledge in a field or study. It is a tool for building knowledge and for facilitating learning. It is a means to understand various issues and increase public awareness, and an aid to business success.
Research is done to investigate a problem from different lenses of a research, and it should be well problematized by the researcher. Problematization in the sense of challenging assumptions and disrupting current ways of thinking and doing research about a particular subject matter appears, therefore, as a central ingredient in generating research questions that are likely to lead to more influential theories than typically is the case.It is therefore aboutunderstanding the existential elements of those involved as challenges (problems) that invite the people involved to transform those situations.
Identify a research gap and problematize it. The research gap should be based on the one the following areas:
Entrepreneurial networking
Goal congruence
Human Resource Visibility
Project success Introduction/ background to the study
Problem statement(empirical, contextual and theoretical gap)
4-5 Objectives of the study.
Conceptual framework
Theories that inform the study
Methodology to guide the study
The content should include the following:
Note:Referencing and citations should follow APA 7th Edition
Maximum of 10 pages
Q.2
Literature reviews are designed to provide an overview of sources you have explored while researching a particular topic and to demonstrate to your readers how your research fits into the larger field of study. It helps the researcher to demonstrate his/her understanding, and the ability to critically evaluate research in that field. It provides evidence that may be used to support your own findings.
Use meta-analysis, systematic and progressive literature review to discuss one of the following areas:
Project team resilience
Religiosity and business resilience
Brand equity in the Banking sector
Entrepreneurial ambidexterity among Small and Medium Enterprises
Note: Citations and referencing style should follow APA 7th Edition, pages 8-10, space 1.5.
Q.3
Nexus of generative influence, ecologies of innovation and opportunity exploitation Further, hypothesis H2c findings reveal that, ecologies of innovation (EoI) fully mediates the relationship of nexus of generative influence (NGI) with opportunity exploitation (OE) (β = . 141, p = 000). It was found that NGI on its own cannot influence OE without EoI. Therefore, EoI is a true driver and a conduit through which NGI relates with OE. When business owner/manager create enabling environment like flexible policies, flat structures, allowing employees to deviate from the norms to come up with new ways of doing things, the SME is likely to explore and exploit opportunities competitively. NGI offers a view of how individuals at all levels can make a difference in their organizations by creating EoI. When NGI creates EoI in the workplace, it enables experiments in novelty to promote innovative practices, processes and routines. Fonfara et al. (2018) contend that, when NGI creates an enabling environment, employees are likely to interact with each other to come up with new ways of exploring and exploiting opportunities. NGI enable an organization to become adaptable to the unprecedented levels of change characterizing today’s business environments. Mayanja et al. (2020) posit EoI cannot be created on its own without generative leadership creative abilities. Complex Systems Leadership Theorysupports the findings.
Test of moderation Hypothesis H3b results also indicates that interaction effect of firm size has relationship between symbiotic resonance (SR) and ecologies of innovation (EoI) as graphically presented. Firm size (β = −0.112; t = 2.008; p = 0.045) established significant negative moderation on the relationship between SR and EoI. Moreover, the introduction of interaction effects in the model produces change in the coefficient of determination (R2 ). The explained variance in EoI is improved by introducing interaction effect of firm size in the study model. Firm size interaction reflects a change in R2 -value from 0.288 to 0.30. Even though the change is very small for moderations, still R2 play a significant role in analyzing the interaction effect (Hair et al., 2017). This means that interaction effect of firm size and SR has a negative significant effect the relationship between SR and EoI. This means that, when the level of innovation is low, required resources like money, people, and technology may not be adequately available. In addition, business structures, flexible policies that protect individuals in the process of executing their duties may not be in place to influence the level of innovations. The availability of resources and structures encourage employees to come up with innovative ideas. In big organizations, job descriptions are well stated with rewards attached. Big firms can attract talented employees because they have space for innovations and recognition based on new ideas in processes, products, services and strategies unlike SMEs in developing countries.
PLS_SEM moderation for opportunity exploitation. SMEs in developing economies like Uganda may not attract highly skilled and talented employees because of scarce resources. Innovative employees are normally not retained as they tend to have divergent views from the owner/manager. SME owners/managers tend to reward loyalty as opposed to innovation, which negatively affect EOI. Thongsri and Chang (2019) found that SR between business ties, customers, and competitor ties moderate the government support and innovation behavior relationship. This study was among private firms with big SMEs compared to Uganda. As innovation is a key component in the knowledge production function, it would seemingly follow that small firms are burdened by an inherent innovation disadvantage (Audretsch, Hafenstein, Kritikos, & Schiersch, 2018).
Based on the discussion and conclusion, make recommendations based on the following: a) Theoretical implications
Methodological implications
Policy implications
Managerial implications
Recommendations for future research and justify why.
Q.4
Write an annotated bibliography for your research topic, emphasizing recent studies.
With the use of relevant examples, explain the importance of theories in informing an academic study.
Discuss the advanced research designs and the context in which they are used.
Explain the process you will go through to write a scholarly article on the impact of Russian and Ukraine war on your economy.
by admin | Dec 11, 2022 | Research & Summaries
Included here is an example of a correlational research study. Describe who the participants were and how they were selected to participate, what the independent (predictor), dependent (criterion), and any other control (if any) variables were, how they were measured, and the direction and strength of the relationship(s) found between variables. In light of the research methodology employed in this study, how strong can the causal inference be (i.e., what degree of internal validity does this study have?)? How confident would you be in the external validity of this study (i.e., to which population would you be willing to generalize these results?)? Post your response in the Discussion area. Then review and comment on the response of at least one other student, and post your comments on their responses in the Discussion area.
You can also use Table 11.4 on page 361 (5th edition) for guidance in evaluating the article.
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Reading Notes
Students are expected to submit four responses to assigned readings (one for each of the assigned books, plus one on Islamic law readings). The response should take no more than a single page (double-spaced, size 12 font).
Reading notes are assessed by pass/fail grading: the assignment either meets expectations or it does not (either it’s a 10 or a 0). A successful reading note follows course instructions and adheres to the template below:
1. Main Idea: in as close to one sentence as possible, explain the big point of the reading. What is the author trying to explain/prove?
—Give me more than simply saying the topic of the reading. Tell me what the author is doing.
2. Evidence/methodology: how does the author prove her/his argument?
—what are the author’s sources?
3. Quote (properly attributed and cited): use the author’s own words to illustrate the main or secondary points of the reading.
—In as close to one sentence as possible, explain the quote’s significance (how does it convey the author’s main idea?)
4. New Terms/Concepts (if applicable): did the article introduce or draw upon unfamiliar terms or
concepts?
5. Critique: Give an example of something that you found problematic in the reading, or something that the author could have done differently.
6. Conclusions: observations, informed reflections, connections between this reading and other course materials?
