Tuesday, 4 December 2007

Case study session

Papers for next Friday discussion

T Wood-Harper, Research Methods: Case Studies

C Gunawardena and D H Brown(2007)Is Initiatives in the Vocational and Technical Education Sector of Developing Asian Countries: A Systems Approach to the Management of Project Intervention Processes, The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, Vol 30

P Kawalek and J Leonard (1996)Evolutionary software development to support organizational and business process change: a case study account, Journal of Information Technology, 11, 185-198

Monday, 3 December 2007

Tuesday assignment on Action Learning

Topic: Action Learning as Research Methods

Each group selects three papers on Action Learning.

Group A: Support
Group B: Against

Selected articles:

A:
1. Action Learning and Action Research(ALAR): Methodological Integration in an Inter-Organizational Setting

2. David Coghlan and Paul Coughlan (2007) Designing and Implementing Collaborative Improvement in the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise (EME) Action Learning and Action Research(ALAR) in CO-IMPROVE

B:
1. Park Yoong and Brent Gallupe, Action learning and groupware technologies: a case study in GSS facilitation research

2. David J. Pauleen, Bian Corbitt and Pak Yoong, Discovering and articulating what is not yet known :using action learning and grounded theory as a knowledge management strategy

3. Barbara Fuchs Learning from Toyota: how action learning can foster competitive advantage in new product development (NPD)

4. Marsick and O’Neil, 1999, The Many Faces of Action Learning

5. Ortrun Zuber-Skenitt,1993,Improving Learning and Teaching Through Action Learning and Action Research

Viva Questions

Trevor gave a list of questions asked in viva about research methods .

- Why do you choose this research method?

- Have you considered about alternative (methods)?

- Did you recheck (the method)?

- What are the limitations of this method?

- Any further work required? If so, what research method would you use?

- Can you 'distroy' your own work (argue against)?