Many students would like to derive recommendations for action or a framework for companies in their thesis. This is basically a good idea, but it is often difficult and such frameworks or recommendations must not just be invented at random. In order to derive this meaningfully, there is the method of reference modeling, which is a constructive type of research. Reading tip: How do I classify my research scientifically? What is reference modeling “Reference modeling methods are used to create simplified representations of reality. Starting from observations (inductive) or derived from theories (deductive), these models are designed to represent a planned or optimized system environment.”(Bodendorf et al. 2012) You can use the reference modeling to derive generally applicable recommendations for action from a theory. There are defined steps for this, which you should strictly follow. I give examples of this at the end of the article. Problem: What’s the problem…
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