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SI-Theory Development
Theory development, while just one step in the entire QCQ process, is itself a multistage process. After identifying and classifying variables and linking them to your goals, business and government leaders have to work out the other relationships that hold between them, like timing or situational constraints. The end result can be a map of a model that visualizes all the interlocking relationships between variables.
how to demonstrate the connection between an issue and a basic model. You will justify the variables you identified and the relationships that you posited between them.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
Demonstrate the link between an issue and a basic model
Justify variables and relationships in theory-model development
Theory Development
The next stage of theory development consists of mapping out the relations between variables. You have already considered relationships like cause and effect, but now you add further relationships like timing. The model map also helps to visualize the relations that you already laid out in your table last week.
To prepare:
Review Chapters 8 and 9 of your course text regarding theory search and development.
Review the Discussion from Week 5, where you began your theory search.
Consider how you would create a basic model (similar to Figure 2.3 of your course text on p. 30) that captures one type of link between the theory and the issue involving public policy and administration that you have been examining since Week 4.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post a short PowerPoint presentation (2-3 slides) that captures in a diagram the basic model you created, showing one type of connection for the issue you selected.
Be sure to support your posts and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.
Respond to at least two of your colleagues'' posts. Provide feedback or expand on each PowerPoint presentation.
Step 3-Theory Development
Explaining your model to a colleague helps you think more clearly about your theory and find possible gaps or errors. Theory development, like most other aspects of organizational decision making, is a team effort.
To prepare:
Review Chapters 8 and 9 of your course text, focusing on theory development.
Review the Discussion and Assignment from Week 6.
Think about the model you developed and your colleagues' responses in this week's Discussion.
In 2-3 pages:
Explain the model you developed. Be sure to explain the variables and their relationships.
Identify where you have incorporated, or decided not to incorporate, your colleague's suggestions in your model.