Value Co-creation with Stakeholders Using Action Research as a Meta-methodology in a Funded Research Project

Dick, Bob; Sankaran, Shankar; Shaw, Kelly A.; Kelly, Jacqueline; Soar, Jeffrey; Davies, Alan; Banbury, Annie

doi:10.1002/pmj.21483

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“…Therefore, AR may be regarded as a meta-methodology or an umbrella process. For instance, Dick et al (2015) used AR as a meta-methodologythat is, a process that can subsume multiple subprocesses and under which contradicting demands can be satisfied. According to the authors, and because of those reasons, AR can be described as an umbrella process.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Action Research as a Meta-Methodology in the Management Field

Erro‐Garcés

Alfaro

2020

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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Although it was first developed in the field of psychology, action research is a methodology of growing importance in business and management contexts. In this research article, we focus on a significant aspect of action research: the variety of methodologies that can be used jointly in an action research study and its relationships. More specifically, the aim of this study is to underscore the definition of action research as a meta-methodology that encompasses different ways of carrying out empirical research. To this end, we perform a meta-analysis of articles discussing empirical research that used an action research methodology. The meta-analysis is based on a systematic review of articles published between 2000 and 2018. The main findings suggest that action research may be regarded as a multidisciplinary method and that it can be implemented jointly with other methodologies; not just qualitative methods but also quantitative research. Consequently, action research may now be defined as a meta-methodology or an umbrella process. In this way, action research is a tool whose implementation ought to be promoted in the business/management field as a way of enhancing relevant, rigorous empirical studies and serving as a framework reference in projects based on research and practice contribution as well as active collaboration between researchers and practitioners.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Action Research as a Meta-Methodology in the Management Field

Erro‐Garcés

Alfaro

2020

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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“…AR as a meta-methodology. Dick et al (2015) used AR as a metamethodology-that is, a process that can subsume multiple sub-processes and under which contradicting demands can be satisfied. According to the authors, and because of those reasons, AR can be described as an "umbrella process."…”

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An Evaluation Framework for the Dual Contribution of Action Research: Opportunities and Challenges in the Field of Operations Management

Alfaro

Avella

Moscoso

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International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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The aim of this paper is to analyze the dual contribution of action research (AR) both for research as well as business practice, and how this methodology puts into practice a win-win collaboration between researchers and practitioners. In order to get this, we define three specific objectives: first, we develop an evaluation framework to assess the contribution of AR methodology for research and practitioners in the field of management. Second, we use this framework to evaluate the dual contribution of AR in the specific field of operations management (OM) through a systematic literature review, which allows to analyze a set of 62 papers. Third, we identify opportunities and challenges to enrich the dual contribution of AR studies in OM. Main findings show that the evaluation framework developed represents a tool that may be useful to assess the dual contribution of any study based on AR in the field of management. Besides, the analysis of AR in the field of OM highlights that most of the papers identified are focused on “theory building” (research) and “implementation” (practice) as there are studies that have used AR to develop contributions based on “theory testing” and “theory elaboration,” and also in terms of “diagnosis” and “proposals.” Finally, this study signals that, with the aim to assure research rigor and relevance of practitioners’ contribution of AR studies, it is relevant to give one step ahead and to develop actions such as the use of AR as a metamethodology, to highlight those relevant findings in the whole AR cycle and to develop tools and mechanisms that strengthen its dual contribution, in terms of both research and practice.

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“…Grundy (2000), Bredillet (2008), Williams and Samset (2010), Besner and Hobbs (2012b), Dick et al (2015), McKenna and Baume (2015) Risk and Uncertainty Application of scenario methodology to address complexity, risk and uncertainty. This research more often focuses on scenario methodology in conjunction with quantitative methods such as Monte Carlo simulation and Bayesian networks.…”

Section: Strategy and Businessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring scenario development – a case study of two collaborative research projects

Fossum

Aarseth

Andersen

2019

IJMPB

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Purpose -The paper explores scenario development (SD) as a method for engaging known challenges in collaborative research projects, i.e. SD is the construct under investigation.Design/methodology/approach -Criticism of the dominant, rational approach to project management (PM) and its underlying hypotheses highlights a considerable PM research gap for research projects (research problem). We undertake a six-step constructive research approach to investigate if SD (the construct) constitutes a fruitful method to support the management of collaborative research projects. A two-part literature review summarizes known challenges in collaborative research projects and introduces the history and application of SD methodology. The work includes participatory action research (PAR) in two case studies, constituting a qualitative research method.Findings -We found the SD method to be useful for structuring and analysing intuitive project processes. However, using SD in the management of single projects presents some fundamental challenges. SD, like PM, struggles with issues related to myopic decisions, a "predict and provide" attitude with clear aspects of path dependency in the project front-end as well as inconsistent and/or missing identification of success criteria among different stakeholders.Research limitations/implications -This paper does not provide any comprehensive, normative account of scenario techniques or compare SD with other foresight and future studies methods. Although PAR is in itself a research method that demands systematic description and execution, the focus of this paper is the overall constructive research approach.Practical implications -The paper offers a broadened repertoire of methods to describe and analyse project stakeholder situations (collaborative aspects) and to structure and balance the need for both rational and intuitive project processes (research aspects). The SD method also supports development of graphical storylines and facilitates the use of influence diagrams, event trees and cost/benefit analysis.Originality/value -Although PM literature contains several references to SD, the practical application of SD at single-project level has, to our knowledge, never been described in the PM literature.

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Value Co-creation with Stakeholders Using Action Research as a Meta-methodology in a Funded Research Project

Cited by 24 publications

References 23 publications

Action Research as a Meta-Methodology in the Management Field

Action Research as a Meta-Methodology in the Management Field

An Evaluation Framework for the Dual Contribution of Action Research: Opportunities and Challenges in the Field of Operations Management

Exploring scenario development – a case study of two collaborative research projects

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