Question: Research

5 pages = knowledge management phenomenon

Develop a research question that addresses an unknownof knowledge management and sketch a quantitative or qualitative study that can answer the question about what is unknown and contribute to theory.

Address: • the research purpose

• type of design and elements of the design (e.g., sample, the type of data you need to collect and how you will collect it, data analysis)

• the strengths and weaknesses of your envisioned design and methods

• quantitative: threats to validity and how your design will address them

• quantitative: the constructs you will measure and what you will do in order to determine how to operationalize them (you need not identify specific measures)

• qualitative: your means of ensuring the quality of your findings

• justification for why your chosen design and methods are more appropriate for your research question than alternatives you have considered

• your methods of data analysis

• how the data you collect will enable you to answer your research question and contribute to theory

Draw on the additional resources for this course for guidance in understanding the concepts (e.g., internal validity, threats to validity, and operationalization) needed to address this question.