Explain the origin and development of the framework.

INSTRUCTIONS
Please do the following:
Synthesize the literature in a cogent manner.
Organize your content in a fluid and relevant manner. Your content is not flowing and seems scattered. It reads as though you have cut and pasted content that does not read in a logical or sequential way.
Cite – Cite – Cite. You have paragraphs without citations. You must have at least 50-100 citations in your chapter 2. Your references should be within the last 5 years. Your theoretical framework section can have seminal resources that are out of this 5-year range.
There are no personal opinions in the dissertation. All work must come from cited sources.
Do not begin a sentence with IT or Because.
Please follow APA Guidelines, 7th edition.

Please organize your Chapter 2 in the following order:
Theoretical Framework: 3 -4 pages on the Ecological Management Theory – your theoretical framework is only the Ecological Management Theory. Please include the history, author and content related to the theory. You can include a Table/Figure that outlines this theory.
Describe the guiding theoretical/conceptual framework of the study, including the definitions of all the concepts, an explanation of the relationships among the concepts, and a presentation of all the assumptions and propositions.
Explain the origin and development of the framework. Demonstrate detailed knowledge of and familiarity with both the historical and the current literature on the framework.
Identify existing research studies that used this framework in a similar way. Mention alternative frameworks, with a justification of why the selected framework was chosen.
Describe how and why the selected framework relates to the present study and how it guided the development of the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions.
You can have these level 3 headers in this section. After discussing the theories, you must demonstrate the relevancy to the Ecological Management theory and your study.
Level 3 header: Resource Based Views Theory – discuss what these theories are and how they are related to the Theoretical Framework and your study. Are these theories precursors to the Ecological Management theory?
Organization Learning Theory
Knowledge Based Theory
Concept of Knowledge Management
Knowledge Management Practices
Knowledge Management Systems
Knowledge Management as SMEs
Components of Knowledge Management
People
Process
Content/IT
Strategy (Competitive Advantage)
Small- Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Characteristics of SMEs
Knowledge Management and Application in SMEs
Performance of SMEs
The Four Knowledge Domains
Asset Management
Risk Management
Business Management
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Gaps in the Literature
Summary