BUS-Res 3

The topic of this week's assignment included reading all of the material that was required satisfactorily to explain the required information. With the required reading and the research project that you discussed in week one's assignment, you were to determine which of the two types of qualitative research designs that you read about this week would fit your topic that you explained in the first week's assignment by discussing and critiquing within two pages how you would use that type of design to plan your project. Then, you were to take one full page to critique how the design that you found that would not be suitable in fitting your proposed research project by using key arguments, which you would have found in your required reading. These required three pages of critique and discussion did not include your introduction or conclusion of your research paper. Therefore, this project was supposed to be succinct enough to clearly and concisely explain your thought process in a scholarly paper (using citations for all information) to only include up to four pages total.

The feedback process for this paper, as well as your other assignments, consisted of a four-part summary (four-parts listed below), a few short, location-specific balloon-comments found within the margins of the text, and the highlighting of grammar, punctuation, or APA styling errors found within the text. Make sure that you view your document with the track changes (review toolbar) set to ALL MARKUP to be able to see all the comments.

The summary is split into four parts. These four parts consist of grammar/punctuation, conformity with APA style citations, conformity with APA style references, and content. The order of the parts listed does not intend to emphasize the importance of the parts as the content is always the most important part of the assignment. Therefore, it is listed in the end because normal memory concentrates on what was heard / read last.

What was found:

Grammar/ Punctuation

There were a large number of issues with grammar and punctuation errors within. These were marked with a highlighted area. Within week one of your feedback, I sent you a link to the Grammarly program. The Grammarly program is a software program that is free of charge through the University. It will help you to find errors in grammar and punctuation . It might not find all of them, but it may find a large portion of what you had wrong within this paper. Most of your problems stemmed from the use of “therefore.” Watch your punctuation around this word. It could lead to problems with run-on sentences is if punctuated incorrectly.

Note the number of times that you see highlighted areas. These are areas that have problems with grammar and punctuation. If you download the Grammarly program, you will see what was wrong with these areas so that you can fix them for the future.

APA style citations

Although you do have a number of paragraphs that do you have citations within, all of the ideas do not seem to be cited by authors. There is at least one area that does not have a citation for at least 10 lines of your text. This text was full of definition phrases and phrases that were the ideas of others.

APA style references

Remember that this assignment should have more than four sources. There should be a large number of sources that stem from your required reading, along with three sources that are scholarly research articles that are used to defend your choice of methodology. I believe that I see four sources that are stemming from book-related sources that deal with case study research. I do not see any scholarly sources that are peer-reviewed to help defend your choice.

Visit your reference page for the problems that I have found. Your references were not fully APA style formatted. Also, there was missing information. You may want to focus on making sure that what you have is correct for your sources.

Content

The topic of this week's assignment required the student to determine which of the two qualitative research designs that you read about this week would fit the topic that you had in week 1 and have been using going forward. You should use your required reading more often. I should see a lot more information stemming from the required reading with the citations and references to back those required readings. Make sure that you visit and use your required readings often within this course. It is a very reading-intensive course, and to show that you have read what is needed, it is best to use those readings to help navigate your submission. You also should note what is in the assignment. Usually, there is a minimum number of sources that are required. This assignment stated that you needed to have used many of the required readings and at least three peer-reviewed journal articles to back up your claim to which of the two methodologies would have been better for your week 1 research project.

You don’t seem to have very much information on phenomenological studies. As well, you don’t show many citations in that area. You need to show more explanation in this field before you can say that it may not be the best methodology to use for your project. If you searched for peer-reviewed studies on this topic, you would most likely have found more phenomenological studies than case reviews. This would have shown you that others in your field have an altered opinion than you do about using phenomenological designs for this topic. If you used more required reading on this topic, you might have changed your final opinion, as well. Don’t forget to look at the negative and positive aspects of both types of methodologies.

If you have any questions about any part of this, please feel free to contact me via Skype or NCU email.

V. Lindsay, PhD 9.2/10 10/22/19

The approach that fits the problem

Case studies and phenomenological research designs can both be used to research about the problem which is businesses being unable to promote diversity in the workplace. Case studies provide real life situations on the organizations that have been successfully able to promote diversity in the workplace and those that have not. In addition, case studies identify the most appropriate strategies utilized by the successful organizations to promote diversity. On the other hand, phenomenological research designs indicate the perceptions and understanding of individuals in regard to promoting workplace diversity. The perceptions and understanding might not have been applied in the actual world therefore their efficiency cannot be determined. Therefore, case studies are the most appropriate for researching the problem. Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: Citations needed throughout this first paragraph. Where did you find this information?

The purpose of my study is to evaluate the impact of workplace diversity in the modern workplace and the benefits accompanied with it. The case study method is very useful in supporting this research because through it I can investigate an organization that has successfully been able to promote workplace diversity and acquire extensive benefits from this. This is based on reality therefore the results of the research will be accurate and highly reliable (Yin, 2017). Through the case study method, it is easier to investigate and explore different organizations that have not been successful in promoting workplace diversity. The method will make it easier to determine the impact of not promoting workplace diversity on employee morale, productivity and performance. Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: There are 2 problems here. One is that you need a comma after the word it. This second is the use of “I” or “me” within your work. However , the use of 1st person is not graded because this was found problematic in the second submission, and I said that nothing in the 2nd will be problematic in the 3rd submission. Therefore, don't have 1st or 2nd person voice in your APA style scholarly papers in the future. However, you are not being counted off for it in this submission. Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: Citations needed for the negative thought process as well.

Through the case study design, it will be possible to develop new research in regard to workplace diversity. The findings of the method are often valuable, and they can be utilized to advance research in the field (Duff, 2018). For instance, after studying various organizations, it will be possible to identify the common strategies and barriers to promoting workplace diversity. The common strategies can therefore be studied to determine their effectiveness in promoting workplace diversity. On the other hand, the barriers to promoting workplace diversity can be studied and solutions recommended to avoid them. Through the case study, it will be possible to provide new insight into the research problem based on a real-life context. Case studies provide insight to a phenomenon in a manner that cannot be learned utilizing any other method. Unlike phenomenological study designs, case studies do not just provide perceptions and thoughts. They provide information based on what has already happened. When it comes to workplace diversity, it is important to acquire real life information. This entails choosing two or three organizations that have been successful in promoting workplace diversity and others that have been successful and then finding common trends. Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: Putting a “however” or “therefore” in the middle of the sentence without using the proper punctuation is a major indicator of a run-on sentence. Since “however” was placed in the middle of the sentence – much like speech patterns – without proper punctuation, it became a interuptor of the sentence. They can also become run-on sentence. Try to only use “however” or “therefore” as the introductory clause to forgo having to remember exact punctuation for each case of use. Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: You seem to be missing Citations for the last 10 or so lines of this paragraph.

Again, through the case study method, it is possible to generalize data for illustrating statistical findings. The data acquired from the case study is an illustration of why certain organizations can successfully promote diversity and why others are not. Case study research design is also less expensive compared to other research methods therefore it is more appropriate in conducting the research problem (Mills, 2017). Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: This is a an example of how the use of therefore becomes a run on sentence without the proper punctuation. Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: It depends on many factors as to how appropriate it may be with financial factors. Sometimes a large, long, lognitiunal quantitative methodology is needed and financial needs are not as important as the reliability and validity that is found using this type of methodology. So, before you state that it is a more appropriate type of conducting research, you may want to explain to whom the importance may lie. If it was a broke college student who is working on a dissertation, a case study may be more appropriate than a longitudinal study that will take more time and money.

Critique of phenomenological study designs

Phenomenological study designs research on how an individual understand or perceives an event or phenomena. In this case it entails researching the perspectives of individuals towards workplace diversity. The opinions and understanding of different individuals may be useful in investing the research problem but they are highly unreliable and may be inaccurate (Mihas, 2019). In addition, it is much easier for the researcher to introduce bias. This will lead to unreliable results of the research problem. In case bias is introduced, the researcher will present findings inclined to one position therefore it will be impossible to determine the actual reasons why organizations are able or unable to promote workplace diversity. The results of this research are very difficult to present. This is because they are highly qualitative therefore making it difficult to present findings in a manner that individuals would find useful. In addition, gathering data can take extensive time and resources. Workplace diversity is something that has been influenced by various factors including the different generations in the workplace. It is therefore crucial to determine the impact of this factors in the workplace and the role they play in promoting workplace diversity. Determining the effect of the factors based on a real-life context is more appropriate for developing reliable findings. Phenomenological study designs are not based on a real-life context therefore it is impossible to accurately determine the impact of factors such as different workplace generations. Based on the arguments presented, the most appropriate method of researching the inability or organizations to promote diversity in the workplace is the case study method because it is based on a real-life context. Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: This is the plural form of phenomenon. This sentence has a few problems Where the the subject, verb, and direct object do not match in tense. Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: There are no citations listed when discussing researcher bias. How do you know about research bias? Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: You don’t seem to have very much information on phenomenological studies. As well, you don’t show many citations in that area. You need to show more explanation in this field before you can say that it may not be the best methodology to use for your project. If you searched for peer-reviewed studies on this topic, you would most likely have found more phenomenological studies than case reviews. This would have showed you that others in your field have an altered opinion than you do about using phenomenological designs for this topic.

References

Duff, P. (2018). Case study research in applied linguistics. Routledge. Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: Missing where this was published

Mihas, P. (2019). Qualitative data analysis. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: This is not in APA style formatting. We're missing the Editor of the Encyclopedia, where it was published, and the publisher.

Mills, J., Harrison, H., Franklin, R., & Birks, M. (2017). Case study research: Foundations and methodological orientations. In Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research (Vol. 18, No. 1, p. 17). DEU. Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: This is not in APA style formatting

Yin, R. K. (2017). Case study research and applications: Design and methods.. e publications. Comment by Vicki Lindsay, PhD: This is not in APA style formatting. The ellipsis is not Correct in this reference. Missing the location and the publisher . If it is an E publication , you will need to put the URL where it was found.