Joseph KK Ho's work diary

  Practice note on producing an executive summary for an MBA dissertation report. Let us starts with a sample of an abstract, as follows: (re: " The impact of balanced agile project management on firm performance: the mediating role of market orientation and strategic agility",  Randy   Kurniawan ,  Dyah   Budiastuti ,  Mohammad   Hamsal ,  Wibowo   Kosasih ,  Review of International Business and strategy ,  ISSN :   2059-6014,  Publication date: 17 July 2020) Abstract Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of balanced agile project management (balanced APM) on firm performance through the mediating role of market orientation and strategic agility of medium and large telecommunication technology providers in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach Research data was collected from the executive management of telecommunication technology providers in Indonesia via a questionnaire survey to obtain 150 valid questionnair...

Zone 2 (organizational capabilities) evaluation in the agile literature review approach ( ALRA ) : what and how: Point 1: To evaluate a specific topic in Zone 2 (organizational capabilities), e.g. human resource management capability, innovation management capability, and brand management capability, the researcher needs the up-to-date knowledge to comprehend the environmental influences (both internal and external), notably the ones singled out in the theoretical framework level-0. Such knowledge enables identification of the more specific criteria to evaluate the chosen zone 2 topics. Point 2: The evaluation of the topics in Zone 2 is done in the core competence lens (e.g., with usage of the VRIO analysis ). Doing so endorses the strategic orientation of such an evaluation. The topics are primarily about the current capabilities of the topics concerned. [How to improve the capability of a zone 2 topic is a zone 3b topic]. Some evaluation questions are: Question 1: what are the stre...

  Some guidance on constructing the table of content for MBA dissertation project: Note 1 Note 2 Note 3 Note 4

  Abstract-cum-intellectual thinking in the agile literature review approach : Diagram: The theoretical frameworks work at the abstract-cum-intellectual thinking level whereas the management-concerns diagram works at the s pecific (idiosyncratic) real-world management concerns level . Abstract-cum-intellectual thinking asks how your real-world objects of study on management concerns are related to the broader objects in various domains of academic bodies of knowledge (notably on the wide range of management subjects for MBA students). Intellectual thinking draws on the bodies of knowledge (notably on theories) of management subjects, as espoused and examined in textbooks and academic journal articles.