Acting and Organising

Jan Jonker () and Bartjan W. Pennink ()
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Jan Jonker: Radboud University Nijmegen (RU)
Bartjan W. Pennink: Faculty of Economics and Business University of Groningen

Chapter Chapter 7 in The Essence of Research Methodology, 2010, pp 111-126 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the preceding chapters a description was provided of how to proceed in designing and conducting applied research in an organisation. By means of the fundamental distinction ‘observing through the eyes of the researcher’ or ‘observing through the eyes of someone else’ two principally different research paradigms have been set out. These paradigms comprise a huge diversity of research methodologies and methods, as well as techniques, as has been demonstrated. However, the question as to ‘what is methodology’ has only been answered in part. To make up for this deliberate omission so far this chapter contains a theoretical exploration of the notion ‘methodology’. Therefore, we will introduce two additional ‘families’ of methodology namely design- and intervention methodology. Together with the described approaches to research methodology this will offer a more elaborate view. Furthermore, this view will be connected with the notion of ‘acting’ on the one hand and ‘organising’ on the other.

Keywords: Research Methodology; Social Technology; Intervention Methodology; Scholarly Debate; Preceding Chapter (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71659-4_7

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