Respond to two or more of your colleagues

Dustin,

A case study is defined by Saunders, Lewis, and Thornhill (2015), as when a researcher collects in the field observations and documentation of information from multiple sources to study a current event.  The phenological design is referenced by Saunders et al. (2015), as the respondent’s explanation and remembrance of the activities and involvements being studied.  These are quite diverse in being unbiased and factual.  

There are other distinctions, such as time and costs associated with each one.  The case study requires one person from 1 company, the multiple case study requires at least three companies with at least two persons, and the phenological design requires at least 20 persons.  The amount of time commitment to speak to 20 people for 1 hour, is more significant than the amount of time needed to speaks to fewer persons being interviewed or surveyed as part of the study.  This time obligation will also transect the financial aspect of the need for additional funding for the research, if more time is needed, then transversely proportional is the monetary aspect (Walden, 2019).

Benefits of Using a Case Study for DBA Doctoral Research

            The benefits of using a case study for doctoral research is the cost savings and time required to complete or accomplish the study (Saunders et al., 2015; Yin, 2018).  The case study is still a factual designed, based on developing true aspects, but is less problematic than the phenological design.  

 

References

Saunders, M. N. K., Lewis, P., & Thornhill, A. (2015). Research methods for business students (7th ed.). Essex, England: Pearson Education Unlimited.

Walden University. (2019). DBA doctoral study rubric and research handbook. Available from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/researchcenter/osra/dba

Yin, R. K. (2018). Case study research and applications: Design and methods (6th  ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Marshall

To begin a discussion about case study design and phenomenological research design it is important to define qualitative data.  Sanders, Lewis and Thornhill (2015) define qualitative data as data that can be characterized by the richness and fullness of information that is used to explore a subject in a real setting where the researcher derives meaning from images and words, not numbers and data.  The quality of qualitative research is defined by the interaction between the data collection process, such as a case study, and the analysis used to explore the meanings of the data (Sanders et al., 2015). 

            When determining the type of qualitative research that the researcher will conduct it is important to determine the method of collection and how it will be used to analyze the empirical evidence.  Yin (2018) proposes that multiple research method can be used for exploratory, descriptive and explanatory studies if properly applied to the research topic.  However, there is often one methodology that is more appropriate to address the research question.

            The case study design can be defined as a method of research that comprises an all-encompassing research that has its own method of approaching the data and seeks to understand a real world problem by drawing from multiple sources of evidence (Yin, 2018).  This intensive analysis based on evidence gained from one or more individuals evaluates a phenomenon in real life context and provide the researcher with valuable data on performance in a selected domain (Margeviciute, 2012). 

            Sanders et al. (2015) defined phenomenology as research design that focuses on the subject’s experiences, including their interpretations and recollections of lived experiences and how those experiences provide insight into the phenomenon being studied.  Furthermore, phenomenology can be viewed as evaluating consciousness and finding meaning (Song, 2017).  The phenomenological design can be time be very in depth but may take considerable more time that a single case study.

            The Walden requirement for a case study is 3 to 10 participants while the phenomenological study requirements are 20 or more participants (Walden, 2019).  The challenge the researcher faces with the case study is the extent to which they must go to collect enough data on one subject.  This is where the case study could be a less time consuming research design due to the ability to evaluate multiple organizations or one (single case study verses multiple case study. 

References

Boblin, S. L., Ireland, S., Kirkpatrick, H., & Robertson, K. (2013). Using Stake’s qualitative case study approach to explore implementation evidence-based practice. Qualitative Health Research, 23, 1267–1275. doi:10.1177/1049732313502128

Margevičiūtė, R. (2012). The advantages and disadvantages of single case and group study design in neuropsychology. Psichologija, 46, 135–142. doi: 10.15388/psichol.2012.46.816

Saunders, M. N. K., Lewis, P., & Thornhill, A. (2015). Research methods for business students (7th ed.). Essex, England: Pearson Education Unlimited.

Song, Z. (2017). The debate between empirical and broader phenomenological approaches to research. Tourism Management, 58, 307–311. Retrieved from doi: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.03.016

Yin, R. K. (2018). Case study research and applications: Design and methods (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.