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The relationship between theory and practice, research and action,
is fundamental to all fields of applied social science. Should
research findings and knowledge be useful for science, practice,
and policy? If so, how should such research be designed, carried
out and disseminated to achieve the twin goals of rigor and
relevance? These challenges are particularly relevant in the
applied areas of management and organization studies where there is
a distinct responsibility for researchers to engage with the "real
world." In this carefully crafted and thoughtful book, leading
management researcher Andrew Van de Ven both presents the broad
intellectual challenge of "engaged scholarship," and also sets out
a clear framework and guidelines for carrying out soundly based and
useful research for advancing both science and practice.
At a time when some may question the value and status of academic
knowledge; and others, contrastingly, urge a closer relationship
between researchers and research users--be they businesses,
governments or other institutions--the challenge of engaged
scholarship is as relevant as ever, and there is a real need for
the thoughtful and considered approach offered by Van de Ven. The
book both provides a manifesto for engaged scholarship in the
social sciences, and clear framework for research design and
methodology. It will be an invaluable reference point and guide for
academics, researchers and graduate students across the social
sciences concerned with rigorous and relevant research in the
contemporary world.
The relationship between theory and practice, research and action,
is fundamental to all fields of applied social science. Should
research findings and knowledge be useful for science, practice,
and policy? If so, how should such research be designed, carried
out and disseminated to achieve the twin goals of rigor and
relevance? These challenges are particularly relevant in the
applied areas of management and organization studies where there is
a distinct responsibility for researchers to engage with the "real
world." In this carefully crafted and thoughtful book, leading
management researcher Andrew Van de Ven both presents the broad
intellectual challenge of "engaged scholarship," and also sets out
a clear framework and guidelines for carrying out soundly based and
useful research for advancing both science and practice.
At a time when some may question the value and status of academic
knowledge; and others, contrastingly, urge a closer relationship
between researchers and research users--be they businesses,
governments or other institutions--the challenge of engaged
scholarship is as relevant as ever, and there is a real need for
the thoughtful and considered approach offered by Van de Ven. The
book both provides a manifesto for engaged scholarship in the
social sciences, and clear framework for research design and
methodology. It will be an invaluable reference point and guide for
academics, researchers and graduate students across the social
sciences concerned with rigorous and relevant research in the
contemporary world.
In a world of organizations that are in constant change, scholars have long sought to understand and explain how they change. This book introduces research methods that are specifically designed to support the development and evaluation of organizational process theories. The authors are a group of highly regarded experts who have been doing collaborative research on change and development for many years.
This is a reprint of a classic work of research on innovation first
published in 1989. Resulting from the Minnesota Innovation Research
Program (MIRP), the book includes a revised and expanded Preface
and will complement the three other books growing out of the
program, all published by Oxford--The Innovation Journey (1999),
Organizational Change Processes: Theory and Methods for Research
(2000), and Handbook of Organizational Change and Development
(coming 2001).
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