13 Jun THE METHODOLOGY OFFERS SOME BASIC INSIGHTS INTO THE APPROACH ALTHOUGH OVERALL THE CHAPTER IS UNDER-DEVELOPED. THERE IS SOME LIMITED CONSIDERATION OF THE PHILOSOPHY AND RATIONALE FOR THE APPROACH AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SURVEY
To be developed in a far more analytical way and would definitely benefit from developing a clearer focus
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Title: CULTURAL DIFFERENCIES AFFECTING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE IN EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA IN A MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATION IN 2005-2010
Unfortunately this dissertation is not of a master’s level. It needs to be developed in a far more analytical way and would definitely benefit from developing a clearer focus as noted in the feedback below.
Abstract
The abstract is adequate and requires more about the sample and the particularly the key implications. The key research focus itself might also have been much better articulated. Overall the abstract does give the reader a sense of what the dissertation is about but the point of the abstract is to clearly and explicitly set such expectations.
Introduction
The introduction gives an interesting and reasonable overview of the context for the study and the discussion is well referenced. The research questions and objectives are set out but are very broad and ambitious. Whilst they make sense to the discussion, they might have been justified within the overall context (that is not to say they do not make sense to the discussion) and indeed the research overall lacks justification and relevance. The chapter ends with an overview of the customary structure but this does not offer greater insight into the main content for each chapter – the overview is very general and could apply to any dissertation. What was required was an overview of the main content for this dissertation. It would have been particularly useful to have a clear insight in to the main thrust of the methodology, that is the the fieldwork context and data analysis approach.
Literature Review
This chapter, and indeed all chapters, benefit from a short introduction, it sets the reader’s expectations and can help the writer themselves to keep a logical focus. The discussion of different types of culture from national, to organisational then functional and team is useful but also a little superficial in that any of these might have been the core focus of the dissertation (this relates back to the broad research focus). There is some useful discussion around East and West culture which helps to refocus the discussion a little bit but not really enough. The discussion is generally referenced ok there are places where there is significant discussion with limited references (for example there is only 1 reference relating to pages 17-18) and it has to be noted the references are, in the main, older references. The discussion around Hofstede shows basic understanding of his ideas but again overall the discussion lacks depth and focus. The discussion on change is broadly useful but very short. Overall the review whilst sourced is rather stolid and descriptive and given the areas discussed is rather limited in depth. However it does give some useful insights and shows some understanding of the themes from a theoretical perspective.
Methodology Research Design
The methodology offers some basic insights into the approach although overall the chapter is under-developed. There is some limited consideration of the philosophy and rationale for the approach and the administration of the survey. However there were important omissions in terms of any indication of the sampling approach i.e. how the sample was chosen or indeed who (what level and job category(s)). There was also no real detail given about the company context (either here or in the introduction). The limited discussion around the philosophy of the approach at the start of the chapter was useful but needed far more development – for example considering the options – between qualitative and quantitative and the underpinning philosophy for this study would have helped to demonstrate understanding of basic research principles and also the help to justify the approach used more effectively. There was no real discussion around the development of the tool and the particularly the survey questions and hypotheses are mentioned, poorly defined and not actually addressed so are in sum superfluous. Finally although there seems to be some level of consideration of implicit methodological limitations (in the conclusion) a specific section in this chapter would have been much more useful. It is noted and welcome that ethics was considered.
Analysis
The analysis starts with the demographic data and is analysed in a fairly descriptive manner – I am not sure why the same data is presented in a bar chart and a table as the second diagram adds nothing new. It was interesting to note that there seemed to be 50% more people in the West group to the East but the implications for this in terms of the data analysis were not really addressed. The discussion really just described what was in the visuals and certainly did not test the hypothesis set out in the methodology. It is not clear why the more detailed analysis that is in the appendices was not included in the chapter given this might have given more of an analysis although it is suspected that this would need further development (in other words it is not a case of just lifting the material in the appendices into the text).
Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations
The discussion section offers limited analytical comment although there are some limited but potentially useful references to theory to support the discussion. Overall however this chapter relies on an almost list-like approach and does not compare and contrast the findings with the theory and hence brings very little relevance or demonstration of understanding to the chapter. The conclusions might have been more clearly articulated and discused and it should be noted this study does not ‘prove’ anything. At best it offers inferences. It is good the limitations of the overall study are considered
General Comments
The presentation and referencing are generally good throughout and references are properly presented as is the bibliography although it is noted that some references in the bibliography are not cited (Quinn and Cameron 1998) and some are missing (Lauterburg 2000). Overall this dissertation deteriorated as reading progressed and it is assumed this was due to time pressures.
September 2015
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