Submitting Your Specific Business Problem, Research Question, and Purpose Statement

By Day 7

  1. Review the DBA Capstone Options page at  https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/researchcenter/osra/dba   to an external site.
  2. Select Traditional Capstone.
  3. From here, select either Qualitative Pragmatic Inquiry Started On or After October 30, 2023 or Quantitative Research Project (Anonymous Survey) Started On or After October 30, 2023.
  1. Prepare a Word document with your name and the following information for your proposed study:
        1. The specific business problem (one sentence)
        2. The first sentence of a purpose statement (one sentence)
        3. The research question (one sentence)
        4. Whether is it qualitative or quantitative (one word)

Before you submit your Assignment, check to see that sentences a, b, and c are aligned. See the following examples.

QUALITATIVE EXAMPLE

QUANTITATIVE EXAMPLE

Here is an example of good alignment between a qualitative specific business problem, research question, and first sentence of the purpose statement.

Here is an example of good alignment between a quantitative specific business problem, research question, and first sentence of the purpose statement.

Specific business problem The specific business problem is that some department store managers lack strategies to motivate their sales associates.

Specific business problem The specific business problem is that some construction managers do not know the relationship between employee motivation, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions.

First sentence of purpose statement The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study is to explore strategies that department store managers use to motivate their sales associates.

First sentence of purpose statement The 

purpose of this quantitative correlational study is 

to examine the relationship between employee motivation, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions.

Research question What strategies do department store managers use to motivate their sales associates?

Research question What is the relationship between employee motivation, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions?

Method Qualitative

Method Quantitative

Note: Refer to the Week 4 Assignment 2 Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess your work.

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