Statement of the Problem, Theoretical Framework, Hypotheses, and Research Methodology

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate and identify threshold concepts that are the essential conceptual content of finance programmes. Design/methodology/approach – Conducted in three stages with finance academics and students, the study uses threshold concepts as both a theoretical framework and a research methodology. Findings – The study identifies ten threshold concepts in finance that are clearly endorsed by finance academics. However, the extent to which students are explicitly aware of the threshold concepts in finance is limited. Research limitations/implications – As well as informing further research into the design and delivery of finance programmes, the findings of the study inform the use of threshold concepts as a theoretical framework and a research methodology. The study does not explore the bounded, discursive, reconstitutive and liminal aspects of threshold concepts. Implications include the lack of recognition of more modern concepts in finance, and the need for input from industry and related disciplines. Practical implications – The threshold concepts in finance provide the starting point for finance educators in the design and delivery of finance programmes. In particular, the threshold concepts in finance need to be made more explicit to students. Social implications – Using the threshold concepts in finance as well as the other findings of this study to inform to finance curriculum design and delivery is likely to achieve better quality educational outcomes for finance students as well as better prepare them for professional finance roles. Originality/value – The finance curriculum is under researched and for the first time this study identifies the threshold concepts in finance to inform the design of finance programmes.

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Research Methodology and Theoretical Framework

Strengthening the Human Right to Sanitation as an Instrument for Inclusive Development ◽

10.1201/9780429461194-2 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 19-44

Author(s):

Pedi Chiemena Obani

Keyword(s):

Research Methodology ◽

Theoretical Framework

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Synthesis: A Poetic Exploration of the Integral Model Investigating the Interconnected Strands of Mindfulness in Our Educational Landscapes

in education ◽

10.37119/ojs2014.v20i2.175 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 121-134

Author(s):

Kimberley Holmes

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Social Science ◽

Narrative Inquiry ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Integral Theory ◽

Integral Model ◽

The Arts ◽

Holistic Understanding ◽

Keywords Education

As a researcher, I am seeking a mode of inquiry that would allow for a reflection on mindfulness and the role it plays in curriculum and learning. Needing to merge my personal voice with the diverse educational landscape, I found that poetic storytelling allowed me to “present possibilities for understanding the complex, mysterious, even ineffable experiences that comprise human living” (Chambers, Hasbe-Ludt, Leggo, & Sinner, 2012, p. xx). Using first-person auto-ethnographical narrative as a research methodology and the Integral Model as a theoretical framework (Wilber, 2000, 2006, Wilber, Patten, Leonard, & Morelli, 2008), the interconnected strands of mindfulness are synthesized within the four quadrants of the model. Self, Science, Storytelling, and Systems are components of mindfulness that together formulate a holistic understanding as “integral theory weaves together the significant insights from all major human disciplines of knowledge, including natural and social science as well as the arts and the humanities” (Visser, 2003).Keywords: education; narrative inquiry; qualitative research

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Embodied Remembrance

10.26686/wgtn.17139380 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Mark Wilkinson

Keyword(s):

Research Methodology ◽

Scale Up ◽

Care Facility ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

The Body ◽

Complex Issue ◽

Medium Scale ◽

House Museum ◽

Final Design ◽

Research Findings

<p>This thesis introduces embodied remembrance, to mediate the experience of the body and the digital in architecture. The rise of the digital has enabled an architecture which primarily responds to abstract desires and commodification. Embodied remembrance opposes this divorce from the digital to allow the architecture to access the affective richness embodied in mnemonic narratives. A ‘design as research’ methodology solidifies the theoretical proposition through four stages of design. The first three designs incrementally scale-up in the design of a spatial installation, medium-scale house-museum, and a public-scale care facility/archive. The final design shifts downwards in scale to consolidate the research findings. Each design shifts the theoretical framework, allowing critical reassessment of the design and research proposition. This research suggests an alternative architectural paradigm, sensitive to the complex issue of embodied remembrance experienced by the body.</p>

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The Impact Of Social Responsibility Drivers On Organizational Excellence Of Government Colleges.

Iraqi Administrative Sciences Journal ◽

10.33013/iqasj.v2n3y2018.pp61-93 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 61-93

Author(s):

Saad Ali Rayhan Mohammedi

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

Financial Performance ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Competitive Environment ◽

Business Organizations ◽

The Third ◽

Social Nature ◽

Organizational Excellence ◽

The Impact

The evaluation of the performance of business organizations is no longer limited to their financial performance or the achievement of their other objectives, but rather extends to the obligations and responsibilities of these organizations towards society in a complex and competitive environment. The Organization's practice of activities of a social nature is a voluntary ethical obligation to society and creates a state of interaction between Organization and its environment. Social responsibility has thus become one of the main objectives of business organizations and is taken into account in formulating the Organization's vision and mission as an objective that the Organization seeks to achieve and no less important than the Organization's goal of achieving profits and maximizing resources. As for the above, the current research dealt with four axes. The first axis dealt with the research methodology, the second axis dealt with the theoretical framework of the research, the third axis dealt with the results of the research, the fourth axis included the main conclusions and recommendations reached by the research

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