Business Research for Decision Making: Managerial Decision Making + Research Design Part 2

Jeffrey WeissUnit 2 IP

MGT600-0804B-02: Business Research for Decision MakingDr. Keith Purser

10-19-2008

Agenda

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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/)

• The TaTa Group - Consultant Partnership (http://www.tata.com/default.aspx)

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Investigation

• Correlational Study

– Delineating factors

• 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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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.tata-bss.com/site/index.htmlTecra Systems Inc. (2008). Leadership. Retrieved October 16, 2008, from TECRA.Com: http://www.tecra.com/Leadership.htmlThe 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:

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Schedules

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