business & management research methods the origins of business & management research methods...
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Business & ManagementResearch Methods
The origins of business & management research methods
A justified classification of research methods
How we encounter situations
Research as Technology
Research as Science
Research as Phenomenology
Future directions
Our topics
How we encounter situations
How we encounter situations
How we encounter situations
How we encounter situations
How we encounter situations
Not a matter of different perspectives
Involvement – encounter – reality
Background & competence
What is the essence of each involvement?
The nature of the encounter determines the nature of the enquiry
How we encounter situations
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
Received View
Kant
Science is characteristic of human beings
Science is a form of “culture”
Science is subjective
The business environment, stakeholders
Constructivist accounts
Husserl & Heidegger
Misuse of the word
Two recent initiatives:
John Searle UC Berkeley
Robert ShawOpen Polytechnic
Phenomenology of business & management
Based on experience / reflection
Society, institutions, organisations, individuals
Husserl – intentionality
Searle – collective intentionality
The social construction of institutions
Husserl’s method to seek truth
Seeing senseBracketing outEssences
Local government & democracy
Dwelling with essences
Is there a position in management for Martin Heidegger?
Customers are equipment
The phenomenology of local government
Phenomenology of democracy
Husserl’s phenomenological method in management
Phenomenology of entrepreneurship
Phenomenology of union decision-making
A research programme
Technology will continue
The Received View – laws of business
Constructivist accounts - popular
Phenomenology – strict applications
The future