LibGuides: CMP-9701DS v2: Lesson 5 Resources

Week 5 Resources

School of Technology Prospectus Template and Guide
Use the School of Technology Prospectus Template as your guide to success. Throughout this course. It not only provides the formatting and layout, but it is also full of hints and tips to help you improve your work. Most importantly, it also helps you build your work to create a much better Prospectus at the end of the course. Another document is the blank document, “Prospectus,” to add your content for your Prospectus. Use it from Lesson 1 to Lesson 8.

Theories Used in IS Research Wiki
Larsen, K. R., & Eargle, D. (Eds.) (2021).Theories used in IS research Wiki.
Review this resource that provides a broad range of formal theories that can be exceptionally helpful in supporting your theory that underpins your research. It is not critical to finalize this, but it could be very helpful if you find something that might help you solve your problem. This is not a definitive list but a list of useful theories that are recognized in the technology industries.
Sage Research Methods: What Every Researcher Needs
Sage. (2022). Sage research methods: What every researcher needs.
Use this resource to find answers to research methods, designs, including advanced topics and foundations. It also includes all the entries in the Research Methods Encyclopedia, a three-volume work released in 2010 with Niel Salkind as editor; all these separate entries are respected.
Building Theory About Theory Building: What Constitutes a Theoretical Contribution?
Corley, K. G., & Giola, D. (2011). Building theory about theory building: What constitutes a theoretical contribution? Academy of Management Review, 36(1), 12-32.
Your Ph.D. degree must be based on a theoretical foundation as your goal is to add to the knowledge and that means that you need to identify how it fits. While there is no new section on this topic, this knowledge should form part of your revisions in this lesson to avoid crises and delays later.