The dual imperatives of action research

McKay, Judy; Marshall, Peter

doi:10.1108/09593840110384771

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“…Action research is an appropriate research approach for such a research undertaking and when the research question addresses organizational processes and how practitioners take action and improve their actions (Baskerville & Wood-Harper, 1996;Baskerville & Wood-Harper, 1998;McKay & Marshall, 2001;Davison et al, 2004). Our research design was specifically based on the action research approach Collaborative Practice Research (CPR) (Mathiassen, 2002), which serves as a general framing of the research design and activities.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To address the concerns of explanation, change, and diversity pertaining to value in IS business cases, we adopt an action research methodology (Baskerville & Wood-Harper, 1996;Baskerville & Wood-Harper, 1998;McKay & Marshall, 2001;Davison et al, 2004). Action research affords investigation of 3 organizational processes with particular emphasis on how practitioners can and should take action.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2017

European Journal of Information Systems

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Useful business cases: value creation in IS projects

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Persson

2017

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“…The presented research is based on the principles of action research [11], [12]. Ideas, approaches and concepts are developed through cycling through literature and desk research, interviews with companies, company specific consultancy and joint workshops with different companies.…”

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The Concept of Modularisation of Industrial Services

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Schneider

Nobs

2010

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Abstract. The paper summarises findings from an action research project on modularisation of industrial services. Based on literature about modularisation of physical goods and literature on modularisation of services, several research gaps are highlighted and appropriate approaches discussed. Module drivers addressing modularisation benefits are transferred to services. Interdependencies among service elements are presented. Research gaps on design opportunities of modular service products are addressed and possible analogies from modularisation of physical goods are introduced.

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“…These two combined goals have been seen as a key characteristic of action research by several other scholars as well; e.g. [24]. We think that a proper definition of design research should include a reference to two such goals in a similar way.…”

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A Multi-Grounded Design Research Process

Goldkuhl

Lind

2010

Global Perspectives on Design Science Research

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Abstract. There has been a growing interest in the philosophy and constituents of design research by a vast amount of IS-scholars. There are several unresolved concerns and issues in design research (DR). Some examples are the outcomes of design research, the role of theorizing in DR, how to conduct evaluation and validation, and the need for different grounding processes to generate valid knowledge from design research endeavors. This paper describes a multi-grounded approach for design research; consisting of three types of grounding processes (theoretical, empirical and internal grounding). The purpose is to investigate DR-based design knowledge and its roles during design research and design practice. A key feature in this approach is the division between the meta-design (within design research) producing abstract design knowledge and the empirical design practice producing situational knowledge and artefacts. The multi-grounding approach to design research will be illustrated by the support of two design cases.

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The dual imperatives of action research

Abstract: Action research (AR) is not without its critics

Cited by 420 publications

References 18 publications

Useful business cases: value creation in IS projects

Useful business cases: value creation in IS projects

The Concept of Modularisation of Industrial Services

A Multi-Grounded Design Research Process

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