In what ways does the choice of an epistemological perspective or stance influence the formulation of a management research problem

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Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................... 3
Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................. 5
References ................................................................................................................................................. 6
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Introduction
One of an important part of any research work is to formulate the management research
problem. The formulation of management research problem starts with issue identification. It is
important that researcher should apply all the skills and knowledge while formulating the
management research problem. It is important that researcher should take the inputs from
different stakeholders before formulating the management research problem. Epistemology is the
branch of philosophy that is concerned with nature and scope of knowledge (Henneberg,
2008). It questions what knowledge is and how it can be acquired, and the extent to which
knowledge pertinent to any given subject or entity can be acquired.
Different researchers can have different epistemological perspective while formulating
the management research problem. For example, some of the researcher may believe that
research is common sense and common people would consume the research knowledge. Some
other researcher may involve them in scientific research. The objective of this paper is to discuss
and analyze different epistemological perspective or stance that can influence the formulation of
a management research problem.
Analysis
The choice of an epistemological perspective or stance is important, as the relation of
knowledge to values and the relation of knowledge...