Month March 2018

How credible are research studies? Apparently, humans are the weakest link along the credibility chain of research. I find this both ironic and intriguing considering that humans are also the ultimate beneficiaries of research. How I wished research could be… Continue Reading →

Why evidence-based decision making is important for the transformational servant leader Leadership, in my opinion, involves influencing others towards accomplishing common or shared objectives. A transformational servant leader (TSL) could be described as a leader who; (a) sees themselves as… Continue Reading →

After completing this course on scholarly inquiry, would I make decisions differently? History is replete with examples of nations, empires, societies, and organizations that collapsed primarily because, leadership at the time, took decisions that failed to achieve expected outcomes (Eaton,… Continue Reading →

Conclusions of Research Reports The most important thing for me about the conclusions section of a high-quality research report is that the finding(s) in the study, have been thoughtfully examined in relation to existing literature.   This is informed from… Continue Reading →

The following is my evaluation of the conclusions in the study by Barbuto, Gottfredson, & Searle (2014). I performed the evaluation by applying criteria provided by Plano-Clark & Creswell (2015, pp. 476-477). The major results were identified and summarized  Rating… Continue Reading →

The following is my evaluation of Layla’s podcast which is accessible via Unit 8, Learning activity 8.2 The research focuses on a real problem in practice or the local community Rating – 3/3 Layla defined the problem as one from… Continue Reading →