Personal Worldview and Research Mindset in Business
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Personal Worldview and Research Mindset in Business ( my post !!!)
My worldview has been molded and expanded over the course of my lifetime by many different influences. My family, friends, coworkers, teachers, and even strangers have made impacts on my life that have in one way or another changed how I view society and the world around me. The three main components that help to form my worldview are Ethics, Human Nature, and God, because they molded my thoughts, experiences, education and lifetime decisions.
I feel the strongest aspect of my worldview is my great sense of ethics. They help to guide my actions and decisions on a daily basis. Ethics to me lay the foundations of a person’s character. My mom always said which I do believe, that a person with good character will by default have a strong set of moral values and their morals will help that person to make ethical choices in their lives. My moral values have been learned from many different influences throughout my lifetime. Moreover throughout it all, my philosophy still is “never give up” you can’t and won’t give up.
Over the course of my lifetime I have become very successful on influencing the behavior of others. With this being said, my worldview appears to be compatible with the advocacy and participatory worldview. A participatory/advocacy worldview holds that formal knowledge and creates a sense of intellectual weakness among ordinary people (i.e., those who have either chosen or been denied access to higher education), making them surrender to or look up to the formally educated for guidance to promote their lives.
References
Mayoux, L. (2005). Participatory action learning system (PALS): Impact assessment for civil society development and grassroots-based advocacy in Anandi, India. Journal of International Development, 17(2), 211-242. doi:10.1002/jid.1211
Question 1 (posted by colleague Simon)
Listening to Dr. Michael Patton’s video and reading through your personal worldview and research mindset in business, my mind recalls the fact that theory sounds like there is no evidence to prove the point otherwise. When you talk about ethics, one thinks of the systems of moral principles and rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular group which sound very much theoretical. The question then is how do we prove these theories?
Research is about testing a theory about something which is referred to as deductive theory and in your post my follow up question seeks to find out that theory in the real sense that you intend your research questions to address.
Just like in your post, James Simon passionately talks about values and beliefs and he indicates that he follows these up with a questioning process.
Reference:
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2008). Theory. Baltimore: Executive Producer.
Question 2 posted by James
Listening to Dr. Michael Patton’s video and reading through your personal worldview and research mindset in business, my mind recalls the fact that theory sounds like there is no evidence to prove the point otherwise. When you talk about ethics, one thinks of the systems of moral principles and rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular group which sound very much theoretical. The question then is how do we prove these theories?
Research is about testing a theory about something which is referred to as deductive theory and in your post my follow up question seeks to find out that theory in the real sense that you intend your research questions to address.
Just like in your post, James Simon passionately talks about values and beliefs and he indicates that he follows these up with a questioning process.
Reference:
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2008). Theory. Baltimore: Executive Producer.
please answer each colleague individually wit one reference in regards to my post.
SAMPLE ANSWER
Response to Simon
Several theories have been proposed by scholars in a bid to explain various occurrences and behaviors in the society. In fact, the very foundation of must scientific researches is based on theoretical perspectives, which do not have any basis or evidential proof (Newborn, 2001). As an individual, I have been fixated on theories that explain social phenomena, otherwise referred to as worldviews. For instance, I have personally grown to like Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory, which provides logical view of the various needs human beings have in a chronological order. This is the theory I would like to prove.
Ordinarily, If I were to prove Maslow’s theory, and provide evidence that it works, I would engage in an actual study, involving live participants. Basically, conducting a research is the best way to establish the truth about an hypothesis. I would involve participants in a study with detailed questionnaires, augmented with a systematic study of behaviors. Of course, my research will be guided with specific questions, addressing the salient points that would facilitate the establishment of proof of the hypothesis proposed by the theorist (Newborn, 2001). Using general connotations such as societal ethics does not hold any evidence, but identifying real life examples of the application of the said theory does.
I beg to differ your perspective that is instigated by Dr. Michael Patton’s video, that theories have no evidence to prove them. I, on the other hand, believe that theories and worldviews are actually the only logical explanations to the various phenomena in a unique society. However, to ensure that this claim is substantiated, it is imperative that one engages in either a qualitative or quantitative research, summing up into a deductive theory.
Reference
Newborn, M. (2001). Automated theorem proving: Theory and practice. New York: Springer.
Response to James
Several theories have been proposed by scholars in a bid to explain various occurrences and behaviors in the society. In fact, the very foundation of must scientific researches is based on theoretical perspectives, which do not have any basis or evidential proof. As an individual, I have been fixated on theories that explain social phenomena, otherwise referred to as worldviews. For instance, I have personally grown to like Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory, which provides logical view of the various needs human beings have in a chronological order. This is the theory I would like to prove.
Ordinarily, If I were to prove Maslow’s theory, and provide evidence that it works, I would engage in an actual study, involving live participants. Basically, conducting a research is the best way to establish the truth about an hypothesis (Gao, Goto, & Cheng, 2014). I would involve participants in a study with detailed questionnaires, augmented with a systematic study of behaviors. Of course, my research will be guided with specific questions, addressing the salient points that would facilitate the establishment of proof of the hypothesis proposed by the theorist. Using general connotations such as societal ethics does not hold any evidence, but identifying real life examples of the application of the said theory does.
I beg to differ your perspective that is instigated by Dr. Michael Patton’s video, that theories have no evidence to prove them. I, on the other hand, believe that theories and worldviews are actually the only logical explanations to the various phenomena in a unique society. However, to ensure that this claim is substantiated, it is imperative that one engages in either a qualitative or quantitative research, summing up into a deductive theory.
Reference
Gao, H., Goto, Y., & Cheng, J. (2014). A systematic methodology for automated theorem finding.
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