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use of quantitative approaches in the diagnosis of organisational issues, but also led to questions over the
assumptions of mixed methods within this context.
A second approach which could be described as not having been successful is in the evaluative
implementation of the 5th 'D'. One of the biggest reasons for the poor success rate of organisational change
methodologies in general is the lack of an evaluative stage (Richer et al., 2010). In order to overcome this the
presented thesis suggested the implementation of a 5th 'D'. Despite the suggestion, time and resource constraints
meant that this could not be incorporated in the research. Therefore it is still unclear as to the impact that the
present research methodology and outcomes have had on employee experience of psychosocial daily hassles.
However, the methods used to gain the presented outcomes could certainly be evaluated as successful - as
previously described they have been fully implemented into the organisation at the time of writing. Therefore,
despite it having proved not possible to explicitly evaluate the results of the work, the methods taken to get them
have been fruitful and successful.
2) Adds to Knowledge & Original Contribution
Table 31 provides a brief description as to how the presented project adds knowledge to existing literature,
as well as an original contribution to knowledge. According to Bentley (2006), one of the most useful things that
an academic can do is increase the sum of human knowledge. Whereas non-original aspects of a research process
can be forgotten within a few months, new knowledge can be taken forward in future research. Table 31 and the
following prose therefore present the originality provided by the current research, as well as how the research
process and outcomes have added to the sum of our knowledge.