COLLAPSE SUBDISCUSSIONDenisia DunmoreSaturdayJul 2 at 8:13pm
Manage Discussion EntryHi Marcus,
Good job with your response to this discussion.The Delphi method isthe process of gathering expert panelists and engaging in rounds of questions about how to make specific decisions on business or solve a company problem. How would you encourage or display "trust in the process?"
COLLAPSE SUBDISCUSSIONPaulette MorrisSaturdayJul 2 at 11:29pm
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Marcus. You have done a great job in explaining the Delphi method and how it could be used in your study. You have also identified the experts you would consider in your study. You are studying leadership in organizations which means that you could certainly use a Delphi method to obtain valuable insight into how leadership in organizations impacts the behaviors of employees and more as well as for understanding the factors that contribute to certain behaviors of employees that are fashioned by the type of leadership within an organization.
The Delphi method can be characterized as a kind of paradigmatic pragmatistic method. However, the analysis of data in quantitative studies employing the Delphi method is more significantly developed than in qualitative studies employing the Delphi method. Because the Delphi method seeks to obtain consensus that is highly reliable by using experts to obtain consensus-based on their opinions all characteristics of the process from the detailed questionnaires to controlled feedback are significant (Fink-Hafner et al., 2019 & Okoli & Pawlowski, 2004). The Delphi method does go beyond the simple intuition of the experts and their estimations by applying more relative strict control over the method of interviewing and re-interviewing the experts and summarizing the results (Fink-Hafner et al., 2019). The Delphi method relies on a series of questionnaires that are provided to the panel of experts in a succeeding procession with one set following another. Following the sets of questionnaires anonymous feedback is provided and the process continues until consensus is reached on the topic being discussed. The results are obtained based on the knowledgeable consensus of the expert panelists which helps to solve complex problems.
You mentioned that you would considerbusiness practitioners and professionals who have worked in corporates for at least seven years as experts. What types of leadership skills do you believe they must possess to be an expert panelist?
References
Fink-Hafner, D., Dagen, T., Doušak, M., Novak, M., & Hafner-Fink, M. (2019). Delphi method: strengths and weaknesses.Advances in Methodology and Statistics,16(2), 1-19.
Okoli, C., & Pawlowski, S. D. (2004). The Delphi method as a research tool: An example, design considerations and applications.Information & Management,42(1), 15-29.https://doi:10.1016/j.im.2003.11.002