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
– Data Collection
• Investigation
– Correlational Study
• Researcher Interference
– Domestic – Minimal
– Pilot – Extensive
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• Study Setting
– Contrived
– Noncontrived
• Unit of Analysis
– Individual
– Departmental
• Time Horizon
– One-Shot (Cross-sectional)
• Status
• References
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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?”
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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
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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/)
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The TaTa Group - Consultant Partnership (http://www.tata.com/default.aspx)
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Investigation
• Correlational Study
– Delineating factors
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Relationship domestic/International
Group Association
Differences
Ranks
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Researcher Interference
• Domestic Operations
– Minimal
• Status Quo
• Pilot Operation
– Extensive
• Simulated State
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Study Setting
• Pilot Operation
– Phase 1
• Contrived
• Field Study
– Phase 2
• Noncontrived
• Field Experiments
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Unit of Analysis/Time Horizon
• Domestic Operations
– Individual
– Departmental
• Pilot Operations
– Individual
– Departmental
• Study Continuum
– One-Shot (Cross-sectional)
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Status
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References
References
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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.tatabss.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.
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Schedules
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