Major Project - Initial Outline

Prof comment:

· I appreciate your phenomena topic and potential phenomenological design attempt. It would seem you are not quite fully understanding of this specific "lived experiences" design. The following are some specific points:

Regarding your initial question, " The main research question is what lived experiences do management executive use to face foreclosures." would be better worded as: "What are the lived experiences of management executives whose company face foreclosure?"

Again, to understand this potential design, try to put yourself in the role of an executive and sense what you might be experiencing in this role. This would include what areas/parts of your life, relationships, and business practices that might be affected. These would be the potential sub-areas of exploration.

Regarding how many people to interview, you do not look at the % of the overall population, this is more quantitative rigor design. Rather you would want to conduct a minimum of two rounds of one-on-one interviews of 50-60 minutes each (until exhaustion of data) with a minimum of 16 executives.

Phenomenological Design <Received and Revised>

            The phenomenological qualitative research aims to explore the lived experiences that management executive uses to face foreclosures and how the relationship between the managers and their families, friends, and partners. The main purpose of this research was to give voice to the lived experience of management executive facing foreclosure and identify the relationship between executives’ managers and their employees, families, and friends.

Sub-areas of Enquiry

            The phenomenological qualitative research will aim at four fundamental themes which will explore the lived experience of management executives facing the foreclosure.

The themes are:

1. The executive's relationship with immediate family

2. The executive's self-care practices

3. The executive's relationships with subordinates

4. The executive's operational practices

 Sample

            The sample size will be limited to a minimum of 16 executives identified as 37 years of age or older. The environment of the participants should have foreclosed experience or lived experience of foreclosure. The type of work will be limited to managerial positions with top to the relatively medium organization in any business field. The participants will share the commonality of being in the same positions.

Data collection method

            The phenomenological qualitative research will utilize unstructured and semi-structured interview questions. The duration of each interview will be 50-60 minutes (until exhaustion of data). The minimum number of rounds required to fulfill the interview will be 2 rounds. The potential method of conducting the interview will be live interviews with a one-on-one interview interaction. This will facilitate the interpersonal relationship between the interviewer and the participants. Also, the interview method will allow focused and effective communication to influence results orientation.

Why the Identified Phenomenon would best be Explored Using Qualitative Research Method

            Contrary to the quantitative research methods, the qualitative research methods can best be used in the exploration of the phenomenon in this study through the questioning of the experiences, encounters, perspectives, and meanings from the executive managers facing foreclosed with their own family. This methodology will focus on getting the standpoint of the study participants. Qualitative research method would be the best approach to assess the phenomenon because it will involve small group of 16 management executives’ discussions for the investigation of the attitudes, beliefs and the concepts as well as the behaviors of the study participants. Also, the use of semi-structured questions would be helpful to seek the views of the study participants on the focused phenomenon with the main informants, institutional perspective on the executive managers. Finally, the analysis of the secondary sources such as journals, government reports, and websites, diaries, and media articles will also provide the relevant information needed to pursue the phenomenon under study.

Phenomena ( PART of Literature Review)

The phenomenological qualitative study tries to find out how the management executives use lived experiences to control foreclosures that face their families. The phenomenological study will provide a guideline to executive managers whose companies face foreclosures, since, foreclosures are at most times accompanied by resistance and family conflicts.

The executive will lead his family through signing of bankruptcy. The executives’ signs agreement with the local authorities on his current financial situation. The authorities are able to influence the lender companies to adjust on the mortgage payment terms that reduces foreclosure. Hence, the company family members are able to maintain the home. (Boss et al., 2016).

The executive can provide a guideline his family members to keep updates with mortgage payments. The executive manager provides some guidelines on how to make mortgages and keep his family at home. In conditions when the company cannot clear the debts the executives adjust in terms of loan payments so as to make the payment period longer (Boss et al., 2016). Moreover, the executive can ensure that his family members and acquire the property after settling the debt.

The executive also stabilizes his family. The major reason that there is instability in family is due to the creation of vacancies in property (Fujii, 2016). Auctioning of the family is one source of miseries among the members (Fujii, 2016). A family will be stressed if they are told to vacate the property other than when the premises would be occupied by other people.

The executive can book counseling sessions to his family in case there is no solution to foreclosure. In other cases, the family members can result in self-harm activities or even others. At most, times, the family member will be traumatized over the event and there may even breakups. The family members will continually blame the executive for lack of settlement of the debt (Boss et al., 2016). Counselling sessions will be important to reduce the trauma and promote good relationships. After settlement of the mortgage, the family can have their home back.

Case Study Design

Restate your general phenomenon: The phenomenological qualitative research aims at the lived experiences that the management executive uses to face foreclosures and how the relationship between the managers and their families, friends, and partners.

 

Research question: Would be using companies who were facing foreclosure and made it through this process successfully without going into foreclosure. The company may be affected by several factors in order to be declared foreclosed such as changing economics, changes in leadership, and or in a scenario of illegalities. However, an evasion/ redemption from foreclosure is possible.

 

Sample:  The sample size will be limited to a minimum of 16 company executives identified as 37 years of age or older. The environment of the participants should have foreclosed experience or lived experience of foreclosure. The type of work will be limited to managerial positions with top to the relatively medium organization in any business field. The work experience should be 3 years or more of being an executive manager in the company, the participants will share the commonality of being in the same positions.

 

Data Collection: Unstructured and semi-structured interview questions. The duration of each interview will be 50-60 minutes (until exhaustion of data). The minimum number of rounds required to fulfill the interview will be 2 rounds. The potential method of conducting the interview will be live interviews with a one-on-one interview interaction also, Sound and video recording with field notes. This will facilitate the interpersonal relationship between the interviewer and the participants. Additionally, the interview method will allow focused and effective communication to influence results orientation

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