There is a general trend amongst the academic community to develop many different methods of looking at research and develop many categories and approaches which could be used describe these activities. There are largely three ways in which a design could be made into a research issue:
The first one is that any specific research programme that has the purpose of a degree or has a publication cause has to be planned before and all the options that be adopted in the plan may be called or referred to as the research design. Undertaking a research programme without a carefully conceived and structured research design will lead to questions related to its authenticity and validity.
The second approach is focus on the design science research methodology which is an important discipline in itself focussing on the creation of successful artefacts. Research focussing on creation of successful artefacts may have its own challenges but irrespective there should be a collaboration of this in research programme development.
Academic research for the purpose of degrees and publishing has to ensure some contribution in the field of study. There may be trouble faced by some academicians in defining this but it has to be understood that there has to be a constructive contribution and input into the theoretical is knowledge through the research. To add to it the research has to be conducted in a scholarly manner keeping in mind what is already known by the academic community about this specific topic.
For a lot of years all this was sufficient for quality academic research. In an attempt to be sure of the success of a degree of a paper publication the researcher should have the content, ability and potential to point out the ways in which the addition to the body of theoretical knowledge can be of use solving practical problems. Not all universities giver their consent for the translation of the new theoretical contribution into practical guidelines but there indeed is increasing support towards this approach. New distinctions in research should be named and recommended in such a way that they do not confuse and complicate some researchers.
I am in the phase of designing the research objectives and I feel the current status of my work doesn’t have a proper direction. I am looking forward for guidance from someone.
Although I have clarity on my research interest, but I am still not able to decide upon the appropriate research objectives. Can anybody help?