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Research Methodology ​

general toolkit for problem solving can be used on different domains

study evaluation and design methods and techniques to systematically and transparently take on the journey to move from a problem or challenge in practice and or theory to an evidence based solution or answer.

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BIT examples: ​

  • Business process modelling
    • Process optimization
  • Simulation
    • Emergency response
    • HR config
    • Warehousing
  • Business & IT alignment
    • Organization IT architecture

know how the process works at this moment

  • desk research heuristics interviews get input for the optimization

Investigative abilities: ​

  • Investigative attitude
  • Being able to apply knowledge from others
  • Being able to do research

Applied Research ​

aimed at solving practical problems.

  • Theory and research methods are not being tested.

Fundamental Research ​

aimed at generating new (scientific) knowledge that can be used to solve practical problems.

  • Theory and research methods are being tested.

Research in practice ​

i.e organizational research

Researcher Role: ​

  • Methodologically Sound
  • Practical Relevance

at University: ​

  1. BA : Stakeholder
  2. MA : Field of Research
  3. Ph.D. : Society and science

Research types ​

  • Induction: Knowing, Generalize, new Knowledge
  • Deduction: Enhance, Contextualized usable knowledge
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Steps ​

Structure

  1. Introduction Convince people you know the problem

    • Justification
    • Context: problem cluster
    • Problem or challenge: Problem statement
  2. Theory: Convince people you know the solution

    • Problem cause or challenge requirement 1
    • Problem cause or challenge requirement 2
    • Related work / state of the art
    • Research questions / requirements
  3. Research Method: Make this as retraceable as possible

    • Problem or challenge 1
    • Problem or challenge 2
  4. Results Display results

    • Problem or challenge 1
    • Problem or challenge 2
  5. Conclusion & Discussion What is happening in this situation

    • Problem or challenge 1
    • Problem or challenge 2
    • Main Problem
  6. Recommendations How do the findings have impact

    • Main findings
    • Practical implications
    • scientific implication
  7. Reference list