1 / 12

Agenda

Business Research for Decision Making: Managerial Decision Making + Research Design Part 2  Jeffrey Weiss Unit 2 IP  MGT600-0804B-02: Business Research for Decision Making Dr. Keith Purser 10-19-2008. Agenda. Research Question - Introduction Purpose of the Study Description Hypothesis Testing

kueng
Download Presentation

Agenda

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Business Research for Decision Making: Managerial Decision Making + Research Design Part 2 Jeffrey WeissUnit 2 IP MGT600-0804B-02: Business Research for Decision MakingDr. Keith Purser10-19-2008

  2. Agenda • Research Question - Introduction • Purpose of the Study • Description • Hypothesis Testing • Data Collection • Investigation • Correlational Study • Researcher Interference • Domestic – Minimal • Pilot – Extensive • Study Setting • Contrived • Noncontrived • Unit of Analysis • Individual • Departmental • Time Horizon • One-Shot (Cross-sectional) • Status • References Business Research

  3. Research Question - Introduction • Why are we here? • Research Question • “What extent would AIC benefit from the placement of offshore development facilities in India in respect to global competition?” Business Research

  4. Purpose of the Study • AIC Expansion Possibilities • Increased performance through a Global Presence • Expansion • Revenue Growth • Margin Enhancement • Partnership Exploration • The TaTa Group • Mumbai, India • Technologies • XBRL, CXML, WebSolutions, .NET, Java , Microsoft • Collaboration • Dashboard interfacing management Business Research

  5. Hypothesis Testing • Pilot Development Operations • Phase 1 • Testing Platform • Fit • Compliance • Feasibility • Phase 2 • Production Platform • Productivity • Collaboration • Reporting • Data Collection • IEEE Membership – Advance technology Research Organization (http://www.ieee.org/portal/site/iportals/) • The TaTa Group - Consultant Partnership (http://www.tata.com/default.aspx) Business Research

  6. Investigation • Correlational Study • Delineating factors • Relationship domestic/International • Group Association • Differences • Ranks Business Research

  7. Researcher Interference • Domestic Operations • Minimal • Status Quo • Pilot Operation • Extensive • Simulated State Business Research

  8. Study Setting • Pilot Operation • Phase 1 • Contrived • Field Study • Phase 2 • Noncontrived • Field Experiments Business Research

  9. Unit of Analysis/Time Horizon • Domestic Operations • Individual • Departmental • Pilot Operations • Individual • Departmental • Study Continuum • One-Shot (Cross-sectional) Business Research

  10. Status Business Research

  11. References References Ariño, A., Ghemawat, P., & Ricart, J. E. (2004). Creating Value through International Strategy. New York: Palgrave Macmillon. Callabreese, D. (2008). Outsourcing Best Practices. Faulkner Information Services. Fontanella-Khan, J. (2008, September 28). India needs a key stroke for its technology. Financial Times , p. 21. IT Outsourcing Inc. . (2005). IT Outsourcing India - Replicating the magic... Retrieved October 18, 2008, from A closer look at the factors fanning the potentials of IT outsourcing in India.: http://itoutsourcingindia.com/india/ Keil, P., Paulish, D. J., & Sangwan, R. S. (2006). International Conference on Software Engineering . Proceedings of the 2006 international workshop on Economics driven software engineering research (pp. 7-10). Shanghai: ACM. Martin, S., & McMahon, D. (2008, September 22). One Shore Does Not Fit All. InformationWeek , p. 40. McDougall, P. (2005, April 18). Tech Powerhouse. InformationWeek , pp. 20-23. Sekaran, U. (2003). Research Methods for Business 4th edition. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. Singh, P. (2007). IT and India - The Global advantage. Amsterdam: Hilquist Publishing. Singh, V. P. (2006). Outsourcing and Offshoring the 21 st Century: in A Socio-Economic Perspective. Hershey: Idea Group Publishing. Skeezian, E. (2003, September). Hot Topics. Communications of the ACM , p. 11. TaTa-BSS Inc. (2008). TaTa Business Support Services. Retrieved October 18, 2008, from tata-bss.com: http://www.tata-bss.com/site/index.html Tecra Systems Inc. (2008). Leadership. Retrieved October 16, 2008, from TECRA.Com: http://www.tecra.com/Leadership.html The Hackett Group Inc. (2008, September 20). The Hackett Group, Inc.; Hackett Research Alert: Globalization of Back-Office Processes Expected to See 50%+ Growth over Next Three Years, According to New Study . Business & Finance Week , p. 347. The TaTa Sons LTD. (2008). TaTa Leadership with Trust. Retrieved October 16, 2008, from TaTa.Com: http://www.tata.com/default.aspx Van Vreede Sheree. (2008). Outsourcing. Faulkner Information Services. Williams, J. T. (2007). Information Technologies - The Scale of India. New York: Pearson, Prentice, Hall. Business Research

  12. Schedules

More Related