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Business Research Methods – new developments
Dr Robert ShawSchool of Management
The origins of business & management research methodsA justified classification of research methodsResearch as TechnologyResearch as Science Research as Phenomenology
Future directions
Today
Classifications that are common (management textbooks)
Classification by purposeClassifications by inherent assumptions
The problem of classifying research methods
Epistemology (how we know, kinds of knowledge)
Ontology(what there is to know or explain)
Classifying by inherent assumptions
Marketing research / policy research / evaluation research
The handmaiden to business
Standards not derived from the discipline
The banner of science
The Philosophy of Technology
Business research as technology
Research into business & management
Received Viewof science
Constructivist theories of science
Phenomenological theories of science
Positivisttheories of
management
Constructivisttheories of
management
Phenomenologicaltheories of
management
Research into business & management
Received Viewof science
Constructivist theories of science
Phenomenological theories of science
Husserl Heidegger
Positivisttheories of
management
Constructivisttheories of
management
Phenomenologicaltheories of
management
Searle Shaw
Science is theory, laws, propositions (particularly mathematical)
Reality is out there: let us mirror it
Modern science starts with Galileo & Newton
Science is objective
Social science are similar to other sciences
Measure everything – what does this involve
From 1964, not a serious view
Positivist theories of science
in business
Kant
Science is characteristic of human beings
Science is a form of “culture”
Science is subjective
The business environment, stakeholders
Constructivist theories of science in business
Husserl & Heidegger
Misuse of the word
Two recent initiatives:
John Searle UC Berkeley
Robert ShawGDUFS
Phenomenological theories of
business & management
Based on experience / reflection
Society, institutions, organisations, individuals
Husserl – intentionality
Searle – collective intentionality
The social construction of institutions
Work with councils in USA, UK, New Zealand
Method of enquiryBracketing out (Husserl)
Findings for local government
Work on democracy
My research in local government
Is there a position in management for Martin Heidegger?Customers are equipmentThe phenomenology of local government Phenomenology of democracyHusserl’s phenomenological method in managementPhenomenology of entrepreneurshipPhenomenology of union decision-making
Some of my papers
Technology will continue
The Positivist View – laws of business
Constructivist accounts - popular
Phenomenology – strict applications
The future
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