Lecture 2 RMT

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BBA 04Bahria University


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Literature Review

Knowledge doesnt exist in a vacuum, and your work onlyhas value in relation to other peoples. Your work and

your findings will be significant only to the extent thatthey are the same as , or different from, other peopleswork and findings.

(Jankowicz, 2000)


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Literature Review

Literature review should becritical

Inductive/Deductive approach

Deductive approach

Use of literature on the basis of which a theoreticalframework is developed , which is subsequently testedusing data

Inductive approach Plan to explore data and to develop theories from them

that will subsequently relate to literature


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Content of the critical review

To include key academic theories within your chosenarea

To demonstrate that knowledge of your chosen area is

up to date To assess the strengths and weaknesses of previous

work

To justify your arguments by referencing previousresearch

Use of clear referencing


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Structure of the critical review

A single chapterA series of chapters

Throughout the project report as you tackle various

issues

The key to writing a critical literature review is to link

together the different ideas that are found in theliterature to form a cohesive and coherent argument,which set in context and justify your research


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Literature review in view ofstudents Start at a more general level before narrowing down to your

specific research question(s) and objectives

Provide a brief overview of key ideas

Summarize, compare and contrast the work of the key

writers Narrow down to highlight the work most relevant to your

search

Provide a detailed account of the findings of this work

Highlight issues that will provide fresh insights

Lead the reader into subsequent sections of the projectreport, which explore these issues


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Sources of literature Primary

First occurrence of a piece of work

Reports, theses, emails, conference reports, governmentpublications

Secondary Subsequent publication of primary research

Books, journals and newspapers

Tertiary To locate primary and secondary sources

Search tools

EBSCO, EMERALD, JSTOR, Index to conference proceedings,index to theses


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Planning the literature search

1. Defining the parameters of your search Language of publication (for example English)

Subject area (for example accountancy)

Business sector ( for example manufacturing) Geographical area ( for example Europe)

Publication period ( for example the last 10 years)

Literature type ( for example refereed journals andbooks)


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Planning the literature search

2. Generating keywords and search terms Discussion with colleagues, project tutor and librarians

Initial reading of books, recent review articles,dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks and thesauruses

Brainstorming

Relevance trees

3. Discussing your idea as widely as possible


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Conducting the literature search

Searching using tertiary literature sources

Obtaining relevant literature referenced in books and

journal articles that have already been read

Scanning and browsing secondary literature in the

library

Searching using the internet


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Obtaining and evaluating theliterature

Obtaining the literature

Using library online resources

For books and published journals, check library

catalogue for the availability

Evaluating the literature

Assessing relevance

Assessing sufficiency


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Recording the literature

Bibliographic details Brief summary of content

Supplementary information

Documents

Lecture 2 RMT