M3, M6, M7, M8, B3, B4

17 important questions on M3, M6, M7, M8, B3, B4

Bij welke onderzoeksstrategie moet je meerdere kwalitatieve dataverzamelingsmethoden gebruiken?
A) Veldstudie
B) Casestudy
C) Interviewstudie
D) Etnografische studie

B) Casestudy

Action research aims to: explanation
A) Solve practical problems while expanding knowledge
B) Take action to create new knowledge
C) Study organisational phenomena
D) Methodologically approach problems by using theory

A) Solve practical problems while expanding knowledge*Side note: The whole idea of action research is to learn from the intervention in an organization and then use that learning to benefit others (by adding scientific general knowledge).

When is the collaborative method applied?
A) When researchers work together on projects
B) When people interfere in your research but it its helpful
C) When the researcher studies the subject, but also works with the subject
D) When subjects work together during an experiment

C) When the researcher studies the subject, but also works with the subject
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The diagnostic stage is:
A) An analysis of the social situation by the researcher
B) An analysis of the social situation by the subject
C) An analysis of the social situation by the researcher and subject
D) Non of the answers are correct

C) An analysis of the social situation by the researcher and subject

The therapeutic stage is a collaborative change were:
A) The change is introduced and the effects are being studied
B) The change is being studied and the effects are being introduced
C) The change and effects are accepted by the researcher and the subject
D) The change are accepted by the researcher and the subject, but the effects are not

A) The change is introduced and the effects are being studied

What is the right order of stages according to Susman and Evered?
A) Specifying learning, diagnosing, action planning, action taking and evaluating
B) Diagnosing, action planning, action taking, evaluating and specifying learning
C) Diagnosing, specifying learning, action planning, action taking and evaluating
D) Non of the above

B) Diagnosing, action planning, action taking, evaluating and specifying learning

What is the right order of elements that should be present at action research?
A) Purpose and value choice, contextual focus, change-based data and sense making, participation in the research process and knowledge diffusion
B) Purpose and value choice, change-based data, contextual focus and sense making, participation in the research process and knowledge diffusion
C) Purpose and value choice, participation in the research process and change-based data, contextual focus and sense making, knowledge diffusion
D) There is no right order, they should just be present

D) There is no right order, they should just be present

What is no main disadvantage of action research?
A) It assures you that only your business research is practically relevant
B) It is very difficult for people to do the action and the research
C) There is a tendency for action researchers to overstate the importance of the intervention and the contribution to academic research (as to prove action research does matter)
D) It is risky, since real problems in organizations can be delayed and the researchers has no influence on that.

A) It assures you that only your business research is practically relevant

Teaching case studies can be based on:
A) Real life
B) Fictional
C) Real life and fictional
D) Non of the answers are correct

C) Real life and fictional

Research case studies:
A) Illustrate a principle or a particular point. They show that the theory has a practical application and bring the subject matter to life.
B) Illustrate a principle or a particular point. They show that the theory has a practical application but does not bring the subject matter to life.
C) Are used as empirical evidence to convince other researchers of the applicability, but not the inapplicability of a theory or proposition
D) Are used as empirical evidence to convince other researchers of the applicability or inapplicability of a theory or proposition

D) Are used as empirical evidence to convince other researchers of the applicability or inapplicability of a theory or proposition

Which of the following points is not important to a research case studie in a business:
A) Almost always involve a firm or organization
B) Reflect on the competition
C) Do not normally involve participant observation or fieldwork
D) Be philosophically neutral

B) Reflect on the competition

Case studies are most commonly used for theory-building, but theory testing is also possible through cases. What do you need to do when you want to use case studies for theory testing?
A) You need a large body of literature on the subject
B) You need develop theory inductively
C) You need to collect more documents from the organisation
D) You need more researchers because it takes more time

A) You need a large body of literature on the subject

When evaluating case study research you can use several guidelines, which of the following guidelines is incorrect?
A) Contribute to knowledge
B) Validity
C) Display sufficient evidence
D) Be interesting

B) Validity

What is the difference between ethnography and case studies?
A) Ethonoraphy does not use fieldwork
B) Length, one takes more time than the other
C) The amount of intervention by the researcher
D) The target audience is different

B) Length, one takes more time than the other

What is not an approach to ethnography?
A) Netnography
B) Critical ethnography
C) Semiotic school
D) Consenting ethnography

D) Consenting ethnography

* Explanation:
There are multiple approaches to ethnography:
- Holistic school  empathy and identification with the social group being observed is needed. You have to become like a blank slate in order to fully understand the practices.
- Semiotic school   you do not need empathy with the social group.
- Critical ethnography  emergent process in which there is a dialogue between the ethnographer and the people in the research setting.
- Netnography  study of culture and communities on the internet. Other words for this study are online ethnography or virtual ethnography.

What is not an advantage of ethnographic research?
A) the in depth-knowledge acquired
B) It is easy to write up the research publication in a peer reviewed journal
C) Knowledge can provide vital information to challenge our assumptions
D) You can deliver in depth knowledge that is very valuable for one organization

B) It is easy to write up the research publication in a peer reviewed journal

What is not important when evaluating ethnography?
A) Is this contributing to the field
B) Is there sufficient information about the research method
C) Has a significant amount of data been collected
D) Can other organisation apply this new knowledge as well?

D) Can other organisation apply this new knowledge as well?

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