Research Methodology

general toolkit for problem solving can be used on different domains

study evaluation and design methods and techniques to systematically and transparently take on the journey to move from a problem or challenge in practice and or theory to an evidence based solution or answer.

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BIT examples:

• Business process modelling
  • Process optimization
• Simulation
  • Emergency response
  • HR config
  • Warehousing
• Business & IT alignment
  • Organization IT architecture

know how the process works at this moment

• desk research heuristics interviews get input for the optimization

Investigative abilities:

• Investigative attitude
• Being able to apply knowledge from others
• Being able to do research

Applied Research

aimed at solving practical problems.

• Theory and research methods are not being tested.

Fundamental Research

aimed at generating new (scientific) knowledge that can be used to solve practical problems.

• Theory and research methods are being tested.

Research in practice

i.e organizational research

Researcher Role:

• Methodologically Sound
• Practical Relevance

at University:

1. BA : Stakeholder
2. MA : Field of Research
3. Ph.D. : Society and science

Research types

• Induction: Knowing, Generalize, new Knowledge
• Deduction: Enhance, Contextualized usable knowledge

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Steps

Structure

1. Introduction Convince people you know the problem

   • Justification
   • Context: problem cluster
   • Problem or challenge: Problem statement

2. Theory: Convince people you know the solution

   • Problem cause or challenge requirement 1
   • Problem cause or challenge requirement 2
   • Related work / state of the art
   • Research questions / requirements

3. Research Method: Make this as retraceable as possible

   • Problem or challenge 1
   • Problem or challenge 2

4. Results Display results

   • Problem or challenge 1
   • Problem or challenge 2

5. Conclusion & Discussion What is happening in this situation

   • Problem or challenge 1
   • Problem or challenge 2
   • Main Problem

6. Recommendations How do the findings have impact

   • Main findings
   • Practical implications
   • scientific implication

7. Reference list