MBA_Chapter 4_Understanding Research Philosophy and Approaches to Theory Development

Based on the textbook by Saunders et al. (2017), this presentation provides MBA students in Business Research Methods with a comprehensive overview of Chapter 4, focusing on research philosophy and approaches to theory development. It introduces the Research Onion framework, explains the core philosophical assumptions of ontology, epistemology, and axiology, and compares objectivist and subjectivist perspectives. The presentation also explores key research paradigms for organizational analysis and differentiates between deductive, inductive, and abductive approaches to theory development.