Multimethodology: Towards Theory and Practice and Mixing and Matching Methodologies

ISBN 10: 0471974900 / ISBN 13: 9780471974901

Published by Wiley, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multimethodology: Towards Theory and Practice and Mixing and Matching Methodologies
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471974900
• ISBN 13: 9780471974901
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 850 grams

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Synopsis

This book proposes that using two or more management science methodologies in the same intervention is likely to produce a richer picture for "seeing and understanding the complex web of relationships and interconnectivities" which is likely to lead to better decision taking by managers and workers. This is what is meant by "multimethodology." In conclusion, the book explores several theoretical and philosophical perspectives on combining methodologies from different paradigms, as well as presenting many actual examples from practice.

About the Author

John Mingers is Professor of OR and Information Systems and Director of Research at Kent Business School, University of Kent, UK. His research interests include the use of systems methodologies in problem situations, particularly the mixing of different methodologies within an intervention; the development of critical realism as a philosophy for information systems; the development of theory concerning the nature of information and meaning; and autopoiesis and its applications. He has published several books, including Self-Producing Systems: Implications and Applications of Autopoiesis and Information Systems: An Emerging Discipline?.