Question

‏Case # 2

‏Sara is the information Technology Director of a medium sized firm. She observes that the newly installed management information system (MIS) is not being used by middle mangers as much as we originally expected. Recognizing there is surely a problem; Sara develops the following broad problem statement:” What should be done to increase the use of the newly installed MIS by our middle managers?”. For this purpose, she collected information by talking to some the middle level managers, Sara finds that many of them have little idea as to what the MIS is all about, and what kinds of information it can provide. Sara uses Google Scholar to explore future information on the lack of use of management information systems in organization. The search indicates that many middle level managers are not open to new ideas or way of solving problem. To test research hypothesis the researcher develops short questionnaire measuring the various factors theorized to influence the use of the MIS by managers from 35 organizations. Sara concludes that a lot of mangers do not use the MIS because they do not believe that using the system would enhance their job performance. The results promise to be fairly accurate with a least a 97% chance of success in problem solving. Sara will make research recommendation based on the analysis the data obtained through the questionnaires.

‏Purposiveness:

Rigor:

Testability:

‏Replicability:

‏Precision and confidence:

‏Objectivity:

‏Generalizability:

Answer 1

Purposiveness

There is purpose to the research as it ix very relevant in finding out the solution to the lack of usage of the MIS by the managers.

Rigor:
There could have been a better research design for this in terms of the rigor. There should have been extensive literature review done on previous studies conducted by this firm as well as by the other similar firms that have had a similar management system installed. The questionnaire should also be better framed in a structured manner.

Testability:
The hypothesis is not clearly stated to the testability is questionable. The study seeks to find out what the reasons for the lesser usage of the management system are, but does not state an explicit hypothesis claiming to see the explicit impact of one factor on the usage of the sysem

Replicability:
Given the research method is more qualitative, it might be possible to replicate the research in terms of the methodology, but as with the result of the research, it might not be possible to replicate the same result, as it can be seen that the reasearch method is not well formulated, and a well formulated research method for the same problem might lead different resutls.

Precision and confidence:
There is not much precision in the research method that has been used in this case. The research method and the questionnaire are framed with lack of backing from literature review. Hence, it is very much possible to get better results from a better and more regressive review of lietarture from better sources than just google scholar.

Objectivity:
The research can also improve on its objectivity. The research question focuses on what the reasond for the lack of usage are. Instead, the research can try to identify some of the reasons that might affect usage, and then check to see to what extent does each of those factors affect uage for the currenct group of employees. This way, the researcher will not leave out any essential factor that has to influence the usage.

Generalizability :
It is applied by scientists in a scholarly setting. It very well may be characterized as the augmentation of examination discoveries and decisions from an investigation directed on an example populace to the populace on the loose.