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Publication date: 9 February 2010

Melissa Sedmak and Phil Longhurst

The purpose of this paper is to present the choices to researchers when approaching the topic of enterprise systems from a social science perspective.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present the choices to researchers when approaching the topic of enterprise systems from a social science perspective.

Design/methodology/approach

A selected bibliography is presented, on the themes relevant to methodological choices in studying enterprise systems in an organisational context. The themes encompass epistemology, causality, research approach and type of data, research design, researcher role in data collection, research strategy, method, techniques and researcher role in relation to the setting.

Findings

The paper presents theoretical approaches and illustrates the application of theory on the specific case of enterprise system implementation in an organisational context.

Research limitations/implications

A breadth of themes is considered here, however the review of the literature is not exhaustive, but selective.

Practical implications

The paper argues for making research method explicit and transparent and for greater awareness of the researchers studying enterprise systems of the methodological choices available when engaging with the subject of study.

Originality/value

The paper brings together available and well‐developed research methods, mainly used in information systems (IS) research and organisation studies, and which have been used in enterprise systems somewhat sparsely and without particular transparency, closer to research practice.

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Business Process Management Journal, vol. 16 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1463-7154

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Publication date: 1 January 1996

Suresh Deman

In the last decade, hostile takeovers have become prevalent in the corporate world and have generated much controversy in the economics profession and in society at large. The…

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In the last decade, hostile takeovers have become prevalent in the corporate world and have generated much controversy in the economics profession and in society at large. The so‐called “Chicago School” of Antitrust has offered the intellectual reasoning for a considerable loosening of antitrust laws which, particularly in the recent past, has gained the attention of both economists and journalists. The fourth wave of hostile and friendly takeovers in the US and UK has led many leaders of the business community and the public to question the desirability of takeover activity.

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Management Research News, vol. 19 no. 1/2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0140-9174

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Publication date: 1 July 1928

THE Fifty‐First Conference of the Library Association takes place in the most modern type of British town. Blackpool is a typical growth of the past fifty years or so, rising from…

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THE Fifty‐First Conference of the Library Association takes place in the most modern type of British town. Blackpool is a typical growth of the past fifty years or so, rising from the greater value placed upon the recreations of the people in recent decades. It has the name of the pleasure city of the north, a huge caravansary into which the large industrial cities empty themselves at the holiday seasons. But Blackpool is more than that; it is a town with a vibrating local life of its own; it has its intellectual side even if the casual visitor does not always see it as readily as he does the attractions of the front. A week can be spent profitably there even by the mere intellectualist.

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New Library World, vol. 31 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 November 1979

Clive Bingley, Allan Bunch and Edwin Fleming

I HAD FORGOTTEN, in recent years, just how much dull donkey‐work there is about publishing books. My erstwhile firm eventually possessed just enough slaves to shelter me from the…

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I HAD FORGOTTEN, in recent years, just how much dull donkey‐work there is about publishing books. My erstwhile firm eventually possessed just enough slaves to shelter me from the most boring and repetitive of the numerous jobs in a publishing house.

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New Library World, vol. 80 no. 11
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 October 2006

Paul Greenbank

This paper examines the way social class influences the relationship between business mentors and small business owner‐managers.

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Purpose

This paper examines the way social class influences the relationship between business mentors and small business owner‐managers.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper is based on the author's experience of mentoring businesses with The Prince's Trust. Three businesses were selected as cases. The methodological approach involved participant‐observation over an extended period of time. These observations were supplemented by semi‐structured interviews.

Findings

The paper focuses on Bourdieu's concepts of habitus and cultural capital as key influences on the values and dispositions of owner‐managers. The working class owner‐managers in this study lacked a future orientation and as a result “lived for today”. They also had a fatalistic attitude to life arising from both their experience and an understanding of their “position” in society. Low aspiration levels were also evident in the way the owner‐managers in this study viewed ambition as “pretentious” and “getting above oneself”. In addition, they resisted the idea of being “rational” and preferred to utilise informal or “hot” information.

Practical implications

This paper concludes that professionals should resist adopting a “deficit model” that automatically assumes the values of the mentor are superior to those of the owner‐manager. In order to avoid this it is suggested that professionals should adopt a reflexive approach in their relationships with clients.

Originality/value

It could be argued that other factors besides social class will influence the owner‐manager/business mentor relationship and the way these businesses are run. However, a focus on social class was felt to be appropriate because of its neglect in small business research.

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Journal of European Industrial Training, vol. 30 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0590

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Publication date: 5 June 2017

Gary D. Holt and Jack S. Goulding

This paper aims to consider an “-ological” (ontological, epistemological and methodological) triad in the context of construction management (CM) research, and to explore the…

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Purpose

This paper aims to consider an “-ological” (ontological, epistemological and methodological) triad in the context of construction management (CM) research, and to explore the triad in terms of ontological/epistemological viewpoints, paradigmatic approaches to CM research and, ultimately, CM methodological decisions.

Design/methodology/approach

Derivation of critical narrative and graphical models using literature synthesis combined with experiential, methodological views of the authors.

Findings

Conceptions of ontology, epistemology and methodology (the “ological-triad”) demonstrate high variability – resultantly, their use in CM research is equally inconsistent, sometimes questionable and, in the extreme, sometimes overlooked. Accordingly, this study concludes that greater recognition of the “ological-triad” is called for in CM research, especially at the design stage. A framework for doing this is proffered.

Originality/value

Combined study of the “ologies” within CM research uniquely consolidates previous disparate knowledge into a single, cogent, subject-specific discourse that, inter-alia, both informs and illuminates CM research challenges. It also encourages critical debate on the issues highlighted.

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Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, vol. 15 no. 03
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1726-0531

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