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• 4 Philosophy

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• What are the thee types of research assumptions in the research philosophy?

  Ontology
  Epistemology
  Axiology

• What is the difference between objectivism and subjectivism?

  Objectivism incorporates the assumptions of the natural science, subjectivism incorporates assumptions of the arts and humanities.

• What is a functionalist?

  These people assume that organizations are rational entities, in which rational explanations will provide rational solutions (objectivist)

• What is a radical structuralist?

  This relates to understanding structural patterns and to what extend these patterns may cause dysfunctionalities. (objectivist)

• What is a radical humanist?

  it pins out of one's word or deeds to one other and wishes to change things (subjectivist)

• What are the five major philosophies?

  - positivism
  - critical realism
  - interpretivism
  - postmodernism
  - pragmatism

• Which approaches to theory development exist?

  Deductive (Start with theory as a foundation for data research (theory verification))
  Inductive (start with data as a foundation for theoretical analysis (theory building))
  Abductive (Combination)

• What is multi method study?

  Analyse qualitative of quantitative data using multiple methods (analyzing qualitative data with as well in-depth interviews and diary accounts)

• What is mixed method study and which forms exist?

  Using as well qualitative and quantitative data
  
  - concurrent (using both at a time)
  - sequential exploratory (using both after each other)
  - sequential multi-phase (same as before, but more than 2 researches)

• Which purposes of a research design exist?

  - Exploratory study
  - Descriptive study
  - Explanatory study
  - Evaluative study
  - Combined study