Joseph KK Ho's work diary

Applied Research Methods lecture 3 details                                                                                         [ back to teaching plan ] Lecture themes are : quantitative vs qualitative research; inductive vs deductive reasoning + introducing  the HKU thesis  portal Videos: on inductive and deductive reasoning ; quantitative  vs qualitative research . Slides: qualitative vs quantitative research ; a grid  on qualitative vs quantitative research ; inductive and deductive reasoning ; on correlation ; cause-effect loop ; causality modelling . Readings: differences bw qualitative and quantitative research ; on causality . Class exercise: to review a sample MBA dissertation report  [HK manufacturing investment in China] Lecture notes Note 1 Note 2 e-resources FB page on quantitative research FB page on qualitative research FB page on reasoning FB page on correlation analysis HKU thesis portal

International business strategy lecture 6 details Lecture Theme is on international joint venture/ strategic alliance                                                                                     [ back to teaching plan ] 1. Videos: issues with JV and mergers ; introduction to IJV ; why IJVs in China fail ; China's first IJV . 2. Slides: strategic alliance factor s; advantages and disadvantages of JV ; what is a JV . 3. Readings: mind map on IJV ; IJV steps ; global strategic alliance: adv and disadv . e-resources FB page on joint ventures

Housing Imagination lecture 5 details                                                   [ back  to teaching plan ] Key theme is on " Home " 1. Readings: Ho's article on home ; homelessness survey (HK) ;  a related topic on homelessness (mind map) . Another associated topic is on domestic violence (mind map). Especially note the following diagram from Ho's article on home 2. Videos: Space analysis of home ; cage homes in HK ; sociology of family ; rooftop home (HK) ; middle class family (HK) ; on sense of belonging - HK (video); a german home tour ; on sense of place - singing Beyond's song (video) ; time space compression ; theories of spatial interaction . ** also study (a) the basic sociological notion of verstehen (on people's "understanding") [video] and verstehen and social fact (slide) and (b) the " The concept of place has changed " [video] as useful study materials. 3. Slides: slide 1 ; slide 2 ; sli

Applied Research Methods lecture 2 Themes are:  1.         From research philosophies, to inductive/ deductive reasoning, to a range of research strategies 2.         On ontology and epistemology                                                                                   [ back to teaching plan ] A. Videos: research philosophies ; philosophical assumptions ;  inductive vs deductive reasoning ; epistemology & ontology .; on research onion ;  inductive and deductive  research . **  also study the sociological notion of verstehen (for learning more the subjective research philosophy ) [video] and verstehen and social facts (slide) to learn more about research philosophies. B. Slides: inductive vs deductive reasoning ; knowledge acquisition (related to epistemology);  the research cycle ;  positivism vs interpretivism ; characteristics of research paradigms ; comparison of research paradigms ;  the research onion diagram . C. Readings: philosophies of resea

Day-time tutorial 3   on Independent study : 1. Briefing on proposal requirement ************************ Word Count: 1,000 words Title: This should reflect the nature of the study you intend to conduct. 1. Study rationale: This should explain why you are conducting the study. 2. Objectives: You should try and provide three objectives. The first should focus on the main area of academic theory that your study will explore. The second should indicate where the primary research effort will take place e.g. to identify how the pharmaceutical industry uses relationship market to hold market share. The third objective should indicate what you want to get out of the study, this maybe to create new theory, improve overall understanding, develop a model or suggest improvements in current practice. 3. Contribution of existing literature (mini literature review): This section should provide a discussion of the key theoretical arguments that you feel are most relevant to understanding th

International business strategy lecture 5 details                 On international franchising                                                                                               [ back to teaching plan ] Useful to have some ideas on the agency theory , which has also been applied in international franchising study. 1. Slides:   Basic description ;  Licensing vs Franchising ; 2. Videos: what is franchising? (video); about International franchising (video); case study: McDonald . 3. Readings: mind mapping article ; top franchises in the world . Lecture note e-resources FB page on Franchising

Housing imagination lecture 4                                                                                            [ back to teaching plan ] Key themes:  The meanings of space (General + Hong Kong context) Reading: Elden (2009) and Kitchin (2009) Ho (2016) Details: My article on  space  and  space-place-home matrix  (article 1); space-place-home matrix (article 2); HI steps to study a newspaper article on gentrification . On metaphorical space : an example: "For the Japanese, then, Korea has always been the “dagger pointed at the heart” of Japan" ( article ). Some useful videos to study: on social relations ; the space notion in human geography; neo-liberalism ; social construction of reality . A slide on social construction of reality ; brief description of social space . Class exercise : 1. To study HK gentrification newspaper articles with the notion of space.                           2. Subdivided flats ( video  1) ( video 2 ): for discuss

Applied Research Methods lecture 1 details, 2017 Topics: nature and formulation of research proposals; research process; accessing dissertation report samples                                                                                 [ back to teaching plan ] 1. Slides: onion diagram ; research process ; types of research . 2. Videos: develop a research topic ; what is research? ; what is  a research?   Applied vs basic research . 3. Readings: an example on research proposal template ; writing a dissertation proposal . A quick look at a proposal formulation methodology . 4. Visit HKU thesis portal  to access dissertation report samples. 5. Study the university's own templates on synopsis form and dissertation proposal template . 6. Take a quick look at the module guide, which includes the proposal template (downloaded from University's website) 7.  Current ARM class deadline info:      FT: synopsis : April 1; proposal : May 15      PT: synopsis : Apri

A 2-step Housing Imagination (HI) exercise to review a newspaper article: a proposal Joseph Kim-keung Ho Independent Trainer Hong Kong, China Abstract: The subject of Housing Imagination (HI) is interested in studying artifacts such as newspaper articles to examine housing imaginations. This paper proposes a two-step evaluation exercise to study newspaper articles for this HI purpose. The evaluation exercise makes use of (i) findings produced via the mind mapping-based literature review (MMBLR) approach and (ii) idea scope coverage review of the article chosen for review. An example with an article on gentrification in Hong Kong is provided to illustrate this two-step evaluation exercise. This article offers academic and practical values to those who are interested in learning Housing Imaginations. Key words : Gentrification, housing Imaginations (HI), mind mapping-based literature review (MMBLR) approach, newspaper article, scope of idea coverage analysis, thematic a