Useful Research: Advancing Theory and Practice

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-60509-600-1
Verlag: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 450 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 747 g

Useful Research is designed to discuss the legitimacy and importance of conducting useful research to benefit both theory and practice in the field of organizational and management research. It examines how useful research can be achieved and it argues that in order to keep organizational research relevant to theory and practice, the approach must deviate from the orthodoxy of positivistic research approaches. The contributing authors were selected for their demonstrated ability to conduct useful research, and they bring their unique professional experience to their chapters by describing the choices they make and the tactics they employ. The core message of this book is that in order to conduct research that is useful, researchers must learn from practice and intentionally position their work so that it finds a pathway to practice. While each chapter can stand alone, the book is crafted to provide multiple complementary perspectives on the topic of useful research. It does an outstanding job of describing what it takes to bridge the gap between theory and practice. It goes beyond advocacy, theoretical debate, and restatements of the problem to focus on the types of research methods that produce useful research. Topics include crafting research programs to yield useful knowledge, academic careers that yield useful knowledge, pathways to practice, institutional agents such as MBA programs and journals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mohrman, Susan Albers

Lawler, Edward E.

Lawler, Edward

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensforschung
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Operations Research

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Susan Mohrman is widely known for her research in the area of organization design and effectiveness and on large-scale change. She has been actively involved as a researcher and/or consultant to a wide variety of organizations instituting innovative management systems and organizational designs.

Edward Lawler III is Distinguished Professor of Business at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and founder and director of the University's Center for Effective Organizations (CEO). Lawler is a consultant to many governments and corporations including the majority of the Fortune 100.