METHODOLOGY FOR VALIDATING THE TYPE OF PORTER'S GENERIC
STRATEGY IMPLEMENTED BY THE COMPANY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
ISSN Electrónico: 2500-9338
Volumen 24-N°1
Año 2024
Págs. 36 – 48
Jhony Alexander Barrera Lievano[1]
Link ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2274-2297
Date Received: january 3
2024
Date Approved: April 15, 2024
Abstract:
Among the success factors
of companies, the definition of a clear strategy and the effective development
of management stand out; however, the literature indicates that these two
components pose the greatest challenges in managerial practice. This research
arises from the need to validate an instrument that identifies whether a
company applies any type of strategy, based on Porter's generic strategies, and
simultaneously characterizes the use of projects as a management tool.
Methodologically, the research is conducted using a mixed-method approach. An
eight-step process is designed to validate the instrument from three different
perspectives: content validity through expert judgment; content validity and
reliability through test and retest (qualitative approach); and reliability
through the calculation of Cronbach's Alpha (quantitative approach). The
results indicate that the questionnaire has content validity through expert
judgment with an acceptance rate of 93.75%; content validity and reliability
measured through test and retest show a variability of 3.1% and a Cronbach's
Alpha for the evaluated constructs ranging from 0.7 to 0.9. The proposed
instrument is validated.
Keywords. strategy; business strategy; management; project
management; company
METODOLOGÍA PARA VALIDAR EL
TIPO DE ESTRATEGIA GENÉRICA DE PORTER IMPLEMENTADO POR LA EMPRESA Y SU RELACIÓN
CON LA GESTIÓN DE PROYECTOS
Resumen
Entre los
factores de éxito de las empresas se pueden destacar la definición de una
estrategia clara, y el buen desarrollo de la gestión, aun así, la literatura
muestra que en el ejercicio de la gerencia son estos dos componentes los que
tienen mayor problemática. La presente investigación surge por la necesidad
validar un instrumento identifique si la empresa aplica algún tipo de
estrategia, desde la propuesta de estrategias genéricas de Porter, y a su vez
caracterice el uso de proyectos como herramienta de gestión. A nivel
metodológico se desarrolla la investigación bajo el enfoque mixto, se diseña un
proceso de ocho pasos para validar el instrumento desde tres perspectivas
diferentes, a saber: validez de contenido a través del juicio de expertos;
validez de contenido y fiabilidad a través de prueba test y retest (enfoque
cualitativo); y, confiabilidad a través del cálculo del Alfa de Cronbach
(enfoque cuantitativo). Como resultado se obtuvo que el cuestionario cuenta con
validez del contenido a través del juicio de expertos con una aceptación del
93.75%; validez de contenido y fiabilidad medida a través de la prueba test y
retest presentando una variabilidad del 3.1% y un alfa de Cronbach para los
constructos evaluados entre los rangos de 0.7 y 0.9. Se valida el instrumento
propuesto.
Palabras Claves. estrategia; estrategia empresarial;
gestión; gestión de proyectos; empresa
METODOLOGIA PARA
VALIDAR O TIPO DE ESTRATÉGIA GENÉRICA DE PORTER IMPLEMENTADA PELA EMPRESA E SUA
RELAÇÃO COM A GESTÃO DE PROJETOS
Resumo:
Entre os fatores de sucesso das empresas, podemos destacar a definição de uma estratégia clara e o bom desenvolvimento da gestão; no entanto, a literatura mostra que
no exercício da gerência são esses dois
componentes que enfrentam maiores
desafios. A presente pesquisa surge da necessidade de validar um
instrumento que identifique se a empresa aplica algum tipo de estratégia, com base na proposta
de estratégias genéricas de Porter, e ao mesmo tempo caracterize o uso
de projetos como ferramenta
de gestão. Metodologicamente,
a pesquisa é conduzida sob uma abordagem mista. Um processo de oito etapas é desenhado para
validar o instrumento a partir de três perspectivas
diferentes, a saber: validade de conteúdo
através do julgamento de
especialistas; validade de conteúdo
e confiabilidade através de
testes e retestes (abordagem
qualitativa); e, confiabilidade
através do cálculo do Alfa de Cronbach (abordagem quantitativa). Os
resultados indicam que o questionário
possui validade de conteúdo através do julgamento de especialistas com uma taxa de aceitação
de 93,75%; validade de conteúdo
e confiabilidade medida através
de testes e retestes mostram
uma variabilidade de 3,1% e
um Alfa de Cronbach para os construtos
avaliados variando entre 0,7 e 0,9. O instrumento proposto é validado.
Palavras chave. Estratégia; Estratégia
empresarial; Gestão; Gestão de projetos;
Empresa
1. INTRODUCTION:
The issues facing companies can
arise from different fronts, driven by factors internal or external to the
organization (Mariño Ibáñez et al., 2008). These situations must be addressed
by the company's management, which is responsible for making the most important
decisions, typically of a tactical nature (if it is departmental management) or
strategic nature (if it is general management, presidency, COE, or similar).
While business academic
programs aim at developing managerial skills, their effectiveness can only be
tested in the real world, where metaphors such as the existence of red oceans
and blue oceans (Kim & Mauborgne, 2008) and the exhaustive explanation of
the need for market differentiation to avoid disappearance (Monterroso, 2016)
make it very clear that management must identify a relevant strategy to face
its future in the hurried and competitive jungle that today's market
represents.
Strategy becomes a crucial
point for the organization, as it serves as a means to achieve the objectives
that have been set (Francés, 2006), conditioning both the present and the
future of the company. Among the main issues identified in the practice of
management are those associated with planning (mainly related to strategy) and
management (de León, 2012).
Given the above, it arises as a
necessity and objective of this research to validate an instrument that
identifies whether the company applies any type of strategy, based on Porter's
generic strategies proposal, and at the same time characterizes the use of
projects as a management tool, to determine the degree of relationship between
these two variables.
Regarding strategy, Porter's
proposal of generic strategies (Porter, 1980) will be addressed. Regarding
project management, although there are several methodologies, no particular one
is chosen, but the aim is to identify if companies use any. The theoretical
understanding of strategy and project management in this article will be
discussed next.
2.
Strategy
When
discussing strategy, it is necessary to cite Sun Tzu (2016) and his work
"The Art of War," a text dating back to approximately the fifth
century BC, which presents in a compendium of 13 chapters a series of points to
be considered that, according to the author's vision, a general must take into
account in order to plan and achieve victory in battle, to become a good
strategist. It is perhaps the main reference to strategy documented in human
history.
Strategy
can be defined in multiple ways. Such is the impact of strategy that in the
field of management, Mintzberg et al. (1999) associate its creation with
different schools. For this case, we will address the definition of business
strategy from Porter's proposal (1980) regarding the existence of generic
strategies, which the author denominates as: Global Cost Leadership;
Differentiation; and, Focus or Concentration. Porter also asserts that when a
company does not have one of the three related generic strategies, it finds
itself, strategically, in a "stuck-in-the-middle position" (Porter,
2008, p. 58).
The
strategy of global cost leadership revolves around "achieving global cost
leadership through a set of functional policies aimed at this basic goal"
(Porter, 2008, 52). In general terms, the author mentions that this strategy
allows the company to offer low prices compared to the competition, indeed, the
starting point for setting the price is based on the selling value of the
nearest rival, and it is unlikely that the customer will switch to a substitute
product given its low selling price.
The
differentiation strategy is characterized by the product offered to the market is
"something that the entire industry perceives as unique" (Porter,
2008, 54). This status of "unique" can be achieved in different ways,
such as design, and features, among others. In this case, the market recognizes
the quality, innovation, and technology embedded in the product. The customer
cannot find an identical or similar product in terms of all the features
offered by the company with this generic strategy, and the selling price is not
a relevant condition for its acquisition, as the central axis of the purchase
lies in the attributes of the product.
Regarding
the focus or concentration strategy, it "focuses on a group of buyers, on
a product line segment, or a geographical market... it primarily seeks to
provide excellent service to a particular market" (Porter, 2008, 55). As
can be seen, in this case, the company will always concentrate its efforts on a
specific segment of the market, with an important variable in the competition
process being the attention to particular customer needs and the provision of a
service rated as excellent.
Not
having a clearly defined strategy based on the three related ones leads the
company to be in a stuck-in-the-middle position, a state in which the company
"finds itself in an extremely deficient strategic position" (Porter,
2008, 58). This situation has, according to the author, the consequence that
the profitability that the company can achieve from its commercial activity
will be low and leaves it vulnerable to market forces.
Project
Management
Projects
and project management have been around throughout the history of human
development (Wallace, 2014). However, their consolidation as a field of study
is estimated to have occurred with the construction process of the Hoover Dam
in the 1930s (Gray, 2010), where the Gantt chart was used as a management tool
(Gallegos, 2006).
Project
management has gained prominence worldwide due to the complexity of projects
developed around the world in the 20th century (Al-subhi
et al., 2020). In general terms, it can be stated that success in project
management lies in achieving efficiency and effectiveness in project
operationalization (Alvarado, 2019).
Currently,
some organizations use project management as a form of direction to achieve
objectives based on resource rationality (Montero et al., 2020), a process in
which a set of activities is coordinated, and resources are allocated for their
development (Jimenez et al., 2019), from a holistic conception considering the
interrelated effects, which can only be achieved when the project manager has
the necessary capabilities, knowledge, and skills for its development
(Mazurkiewicz, 2019). The boom in project management has led to the creation of
different types of organizations specialized in professionalizing this field of
knowledge (Barrera, 2023), leading to the existence of valued certifications in
the field.
In
summary, project management aims for optimal performance under the criteria of
time, cost, and quality (Meléndez and El Salous,
2021), increasing productivity (Moyano-Hernández and Sandoval, 2021), through
the application of standardized techniques (Mazurkiewicz, 2019), resulting from
the compilation of best practices (Tkhorikov et al.,
2018), aiming to reduce costs and enhance competitiveness (Ruiz et al., 2020).
The
research is conducted under a mixed-method approach (qualitative and
quantitative) since, in sequence, interviews are used in the process of
validating the proposed instrument to determine content validity
(Arce-Gutiérrez et al., 2020), and to validate reliability, the Cronbach's
Alpha Coefficient is statistically calculated on a specific sample
(Pacheco-Ruiz et al., 2020), in a non-experimental transactional process
(Lievano & Ramirez, 2024).
A
questionnaire consisting of three parts is proposed. Firstly, the collection of
socio-demographic data; secondly, items to measure Variable 1 named
"Business Strategy, according to Porter's proposal of generic
strategies," which is qualitative, categorical; its measurement is based
on the perception of the CEO or equivalent position regarding the company's
actions related to market, customer, marketing, and product factors. Thirdly,
items to measure Variable 2 named "Use of Projects as a Management
Tool," which is qualitative, and categorical; its measurement is based on
the CEO's affirmation or negation in Colombian companies.
For
this research, the CEO is understood, by its English acronym Chief Executive
Officer, to be the person holding or exercising the following positions, or
equivalents, within the company: CEO; general manager; president; board
chairman (Abels & Martelli, 2013).
To
validate the questionnaire, the content validity criterion is addressed through
expert judgment (Hernandez et al., 2014); content validity and reliability are
assessed through test and retest (Baumgartner, 2000); and, regarding
reliability, the Cronbach's alpha is utilized (Cronbach, 1951).
Content
validity - Expert judgment
The
content of the questionnaire is validated through expert judgment. In the
process, the approach outlined by Escobar and Cuervo (2008) is adopted, which
involves: validating that the instrument achieves the stated objective;
selecting judges (experts) for evaluation; constructing the evaluation
template; comparing the results obtained from different judges (experts); and
adjusting the items according to the judgments issued.
To
do this, researchers with a doctoral degree in programs related to the field of
business sciences, and/or researchers with a doctoral degree categorized by the
Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation of Colombia - Minciencias as Senior Researchers (highest grade) who have
worked on research projects related to business sciences, are invited to
participate. Four experts in total. For the process, the expert is provided
with a copy of the questionnaire along with the content evaluation instrument,
which assesses the criteria related in Table 1. Additionally, the expert is
asked to provide suggestions regarding the instrument.
Table 1.
Questionnaire
Evaluation Criteria - Expert Judgment
Criterion |
Yes |
No |
Observation |
1. The
instrument gathers information that enables addressing the research problem. |
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2. The
proposed instrument addresses the study's objectives. |
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3. The
structure of the instrument is suitable (in terms of its items or questions). |
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4. The
instrument poses items (questions) that respond to the operationalization of
Variable 1. |
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5. The instrument
poses items (questions) that respond to the operationalization of Variable 2. |
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6. The
presented sequence facilitates the development of the instrument. |
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7. The items
(questions) are clear and understandable according to the target population
of the study. |
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8. The number
of items (questions) is appropriate for its application. |
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Note.
Self-created
For
the determination of the overall evaluation of expert judgment, each of the
eight points established in Table 1 takes the value of 1.0 if the expert marks
the criterion as "Yes" and 0.0 if they mark the criterion as
"No". This allows each criterion to be evaluated separately, as
presented in Table 2 (rows). It also allows the individual assessment of each expert
to be determined (column).
Table 2.
Measurement of
aggregated results in questionnaire evaluation - Expert judgment
Criterion |
Evaluation |
Summation of expert judgments |
Average rating per criterion |
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E1[2] |
E2[3] |
E3[4] |
E4[5] |
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1. The instrument gathers
information that enables addressing the research problem. |
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2. The proposed instrument
addresses the study's objectives. |
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3. The structure of the instrument
is suitable (in terms of its items or questions). |
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4. The instrument poses items
(questions) that respond to the operationalization of Variable 1. |
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5. The instrument poses items
(questions) that respond to the operationalization of Variable 2. |
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6. The presented sequence
facilitates the development of the instrument. |
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7. The items (questions) are clear
and understandable according to the target population of the study. |
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8. The number of items (questions)
is appropriate for its application. |
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Individual (rational)
assessment |
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Individual (relative)
assessment |
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Note. Self-created
Criteria
with an average rating equal to or greater than 75% (horizontal reading of the
table) are accepted. The instrument is considered valid, based on individual
expert evaluation, if it obtains a rating equal to or greater than 6 points
(75% of the total possible). To approve the expert judgment, the instrument
must receive a passing rating from at least 3 out of 4 experts, with an
aggregate weighting equal to or greater than 90% (vertical reading of the
table).
Content
validity and reliability - Test-retest reliability
To
determine content validity from the perspective of subjects' understanding and
questionnaire reliability, the test-retest method was used (Balluerka
et al., 2007), which is applied to a sample of 10 subjects selected based on
the following inclusion parameters: being a CEO or equivalent position in a
company that has been operational for more than one year; participating
voluntarily in the research; signing the informed consent form. Procedurally, a
one-hour time interval is set between questionnaire administrations. The
variability between the responses given by the subjects is verified to
demonstrate the stability of the instrument, for which the format established
in Table 3 is used.
Table 3.
Comparison of
responses by item - Test-retest
Subject |
Subject 1 |
Subject 2 |
Aggregate variation |
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Ítem \ Variation |
PA[6] |
SA[7] |
VA[8] |
PA |
SA |
VA |
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Ítem 1 |
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Ítem 2 |
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Ítem n |
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Variation |
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Variation |
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Note. Self-created
In
this case, item-by-item verification is conducted for each study subject to
determine if there is variation in the responses. An item is accepted when its
variation is equal to or less than 10%, based on the total number of subjects
in the specified sample.
Reliability
- Cronbach's Alpha
The
internal reliability of the questionnaire is measured through Cronbach's Alpha
coefficient (González & Pazmiño, 2015), which, in
this case, is calculated to measure the reliability of the constructs related
to generic business strategies according to Porter's proposal (first) and the
use of projects by companies (second). For all cases, the minimum accepted
value to determine reliability is 0.7 (Celina & Campo, 2005). For its
measurement, a sample of 40 subjects is used, with a single administration,
based on the following inclusion parameters: being a CEO or equivalent position
in a company that has been operational for more than one year; participating
voluntarily in the research; and signing the informed consent form. The statistical
software SPSS is used for calculation.
Validation
Process
Methodologically,
the sequence of steps to be developed in the validation process of the proposed
instrument in this document is outlined in Table 4, which is presented below.
Table 4.
The sequence of
steps for questionnaire validation
# |
Step |
Brief description |
1 |
Initial instrument design |
Questionnaire proposal to be
submitted for validation. |
2 |
Submission to expert
judgment |
Request for content validation of
questionnaire from 4 experts according to defined profile. |
3 |
Instrument adjustments |
Determination of whether it is
necessary to adjust the instrument based on the indications provided by the
experts in step 2. |
4 |
Development of test-retest:
Application of the instrument to a sample of 10 subjects |
Two administrations to the same
subjects, with an interval of one hour between administrations. |
5 |
Instrument adjustments |
Determination of whether
adjustment of the instrument is necessary based on the findings from the
test-retest application in step 4. |
6 |
Application of the instrument to a
sample of 40 subjects |
Data collection for Cronbach's
Alpha calculation. |
7 |
Results systematization |
Data organization. |
8 |
Cronbach's Alpha test by construct |
Calculation of Cronbach's Alpha by
construct. |
9 |
Final adjustment of the instrument |
Determination of whether it is
necessary to adjust the questions of the instrument to ensure internal
reliability of the instrument (result of Cronbach's Alpha between 0.7 and
0.9). |
Note. Self-created
Once
the process outlined in each of the steps established in Table 4 has been
completed, the validation process of the proposed instrument is considered
finished, provided that the assumptions of expert judgment acceptance, internal
questionnaire reliability, and stability are met.
Following the sequence proposed in Table 4, the first
step was the initial design of the instrument. Once the instrument was
designed, we proceeded to step two, submission to expert judgment. In this
case, all the content of the questionnaire was evaluated. Table 5 presents a
summary of the evaluation conducted by the experts selected according to the
parameters described in the methodology section.
Table 5.
Aggregated results of
questionnaire evaluation - Expert judgment
Criterion |
Evaluation |
Summation of expert judgments |
Average rating per criterion |
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E1 |
E2 |
E3 |
E4 |
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1. The
instrument gathers information that enables addressing the research problem. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
100% |
2. The
proposed instrument addresses the study's objectives. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
100% |
3. The
structure of the instrument is suitable (in terms of its items or questions). |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
75% |
4. The
instrument poses items (questions) that respond to the operationalization of
Variable 1. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
100% |
5. The instrument
poses items (questions) that respond to the operationalization of Variable 2. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
100% |
6. The
presented sequence facilitates the development of the instrument. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
100% |
7. The items
(questions) are clear and understandable according to the target population
of the study. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
100% |
8. The number
of items (questions) is appropriate for its application. |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
75% |
Individual
(rational) assessment |
8 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
30 |
93.75% |
Individual
(relative) assessment |
100% |
100% |
75% |
100% |
93.75% |
|
Note.
Self-created
As can be seen, the lowest
rating generated for the instrument is related to the judgment of expert 3
(75%), while experts 1, 2, and 4 gave a rating of 100% regarding the
questionnaire's content based on the proposed evaluation criteria. The overall
rating given to the instrument by the experts was 93.75%. Regarding step 3,
adjustments to the instrument were made according to the experts' indications.
After the adjustments were made, the process continued with step 4, the development of a test and
retest with the application of the instrument to a sample of 10 subjects. The
results obtained for each subject are shown in Tables 6 and 7. Only the
questions related to the second and third parts of the questionnaire, which are related to variables one and two, were evaluated in this case. Regarding
variable 1, the test and retest showed that only 3.1% of the total responses
for the proposed items varied between the first and second applications.
Variations were recorded in the results of subjects 1, 3, 5, and 10. As for
variable 2, no variations were recorded between the first and second applications.As for step 5, no
adjustments to the questionnaire are deemed necessary since none of the items
showed variability equal to or greater than 10% of the results obtained.
For step 6, the instrument
was applied only once to 40 study subjects according to the inclusion parameters. Subsequently, step 7, the
systematization of the results, was carried out, which was organized in the
SPSS V. 26 system. For the systematization of the collected data, concerning
variable 1, four sections were constructed (questions 10 to 13), each with a
subset of three questions (section 1: 10.1; 10.2; 10.3; section 2: 11.1; 11.2;
11.3; section 3: 12.1; 12.2; 12.3; section 4: 13.1; 13.2; 13.3). Each question
contained in each section corresponds to a characteristic of the three generic
strategies proposed by Porter. The sub-numbered questions with .1 refer to the
generic strategy of "Global Cost Leadership" (10.1; 11.1; 12.1;
13.1), the sub-numbered questions with .2 refer to the generic strategy of
"Differentiation" (10.2; 11.2; 12.2; 13.2), and the sub-numbered
questions with .3 refer to the generic strategy of "Focus or
Concentration" (10.3; 11.3; 12.3; 13.3). For each section, to evaluate
each sub-numbered question, it was rated on a scale of 1 to 3, where 1
represents the lowest value (or denotes less agreement) and 3 is the highest
value (or denotes more agreement). For each question in each section, only one
value could be selected, and among these, the value could not be repeated. The
three responses to the three questions in each section are always summed to 6
(3+2+1).
Table 6.
Results of Test
and Retest for Variable 1
Note. Self-created
Table
7.
Results of Test
and Retest for Variable 2
Note. Self-created
To determine the type of strategy implemented in the company, it is
assumed that the one which, in the set of questions evaluated by the
respondent, totals at least 10 points (guided by sub-questions .1, .2, and .3
of each section), provided that two strategies do not total the same amount. If
none of them totals 10 points, or if two strategies total 10 points, it will be
determined that the company is in a halfway stagnation. Once the strategy
implemented by the company is determined, it is compared with the result of
question 14, which prompts the respondent to identify the strategy applied
according to Porter's generic strategies proposal. With these two results,
Cronbach's alpha was calculated for variable 1. As for variable 2, three
dichotomous questions were used, with a Yes-No response option.
Following the stipulations in step 8, Cronbach's Alpha was calculated
per variable, which means that only the items associated with each variable were
used in each measurement (one measurement for variable 1 and another
measurement for variable 2). Regarding variable 1, the result of Cronbach's
Alpha calculation was 0.798. As for variable 2, the result of Cronbach's Alpha
calculation was 0.816. Table 8 presents the results obtained.
Table 8. Cronbach's Alpha
Results by Variable Note. Self-created
As the result of the
Cronbach's Alpha for the items of both variables is greater than 0.7 and less
than 0.9, there is no need to make any adjustments to the instrument, leading
to the completion of Step 9 proposed in the methodology. Below is the
questionnaire in its final version.
5.
Having an appropriate data
collection instrument to identify the type of strategy that companies apply,
whether consciously or unconsciously, is important as it provides adequate
information for possible interventions or related tactics for the benefit of
the organization. Similarly, the identification of the use or non-use of
projects as a management tool is important due to its contribution to achieving
the objectives set by companies.
The main objective was to
validate an instrument to identify whether the company applies any type of
strategy, based on Porter's generic strategies proposal, and to characterize
the use of projects as a management tool, to determine the degree of relationship
between these two variables.
To achieve this objective,
the content validity and reliability of the proposed instrument were determined
as described in the methodology.
Regarding the validation
process, regarding content validity through expert judgment, validation by the
judges of 93.75% was found according to the methodological proposal. This
percentage is higher than the minimum accepted for validation, which was
estimated at 90%. With this result, the content validity of the instrument in terms
of expert judgment is accepted.
Regarding content validity
and reliability measured through the test-retest method, it was found that when
the tests were applied as specified in the methodology, there was only a 3.1%
variation in the responses, well below the maximum allowed for validation,
which was determined at 10%. With this result, the content validity is accepted
and the reliability of the instrument is validated.
Regarding the determination
of reliability measured through Cronbach's Alpha calculation, this was
calculated per variable, for the set of questions determined. For variable 1,
called "Business strategy, according to Porter's proposal of generic
strategies," the result was 0.789, which is higher than the minimum
accepted value of 0.7. For variable 2, called "Use of projects as a
management tool," the obtained result was 0.816, and like with variable 1,
it is higher than the minimum accepted value of 0.7. With these results, the
reliability of the instrument is validated.
Having followed the
proposed process in the methodology, it can be ensured that the objective has
been achieved, as the result has been the validation, from different
perspectives, of an instrument for the identification of the type of strategy
implemented by the company, and the use or non-use of projects as a management
tool.
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1. Postdoctorate in Administration and
Business; Doctorate in Projects; Master's in Administration and Business
Management; Specialization in Finance; Bachelor of Business Administration. Affiliation:
Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios – UNIMINUTO. Colombia. Email: jobarrera@uniminuto.edu
[2] Expert 1
[3] Expert 2
[4] Expert 3
[5] Expert 4
[6] PA: First application
[7] SA: Second application
[8] VA: Variation