[article]
| Titre : |
After paradim: why mixing-methodology theorising fails and how to make it work again |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Zhu, Z., Auteur |
| Année de publication : |
2011 |
| Article en page(s) : |
pp. 784–798 |
| Note générale : |
Recherche opérationnelle |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Methodology Paradigm Ontological flexibility Pragmatism |
| Index. décimale : |
001.424 |
| Résumé : |
Combining multiple methodologies works in practice, but not yet in theory. One of the reasons is that current theorising is dominated by a paradigm mentality, preoccupied with wholesale philosophical legitimation. ‘Paradigm’ and the associated ‘incommensurability’ were once revolutionary heuristic tools; now they are mistaken for the basis of an essentialist foundation. The result is a stifling of intellectual innovation and a diminishing of practical relevance. For OR research to make a positive difference again, it is time to move beyond paradigm-based theorising. After paradigm, there are many opportunities. This paper explores a pragmatist alternative that is action-oriented, multiplicity-embracing, ethically concerned and politically sensitive. Incorporating ontological flexibility, it allows OR workers to enact multiple realities, craft ontology-in-use, weave available methods with situated particulars, justify methodologies based on practical consequences, so as to get jobs done and enhance competences. Promoting ontological flexibility and methodology-in-use is a useful starting point for after-paradigm theorising that supports innovative mixing-methodology practice. |
| DEWEY : |
001.424 |
| ISSN : |
0160-5682 |
| En ligne : |
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v62/n4/abs/jors201031a.html |
in Journal of the operational research society (JORS) > Vol. 62 N° 4 (Avril 2011) . - pp. 784–798
[article] After paradim: why mixing-methodology theorising fails and how to make it work again [texte imprimé] / Zhu, Z., Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 784–798. Recherche opérationnelle Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Journal of the operational research society (JORS) > Vol. 62 N° 4 (Avril 2011) . - pp. 784–798
| Mots-clés : |
Methodology Paradigm Ontological flexibility Pragmatism |
| Index. décimale : |
001.424 |
| Résumé : |
Combining multiple methodologies works in practice, but not yet in theory. One of the reasons is that current theorising is dominated by a paradigm mentality, preoccupied with wholesale philosophical legitimation. ‘Paradigm’ and the associated ‘incommensurability’ were once revolutionary heuristic tools; now they are mistaken for the basis of an essentialist foundation. The result is a stifling of intellectual innovation and a diminishing of practical relevance. For OR research to make a positive difference again, it is time to move beyond paradigm-based theorising. After paradigm, there are many opportunities. This paper explores a pragmatist alternative that is action-oriented, multiplicity-embracing, ethically concerned and politically sensitive. Incorporating ontological flexibility, it allows OR workers to enact multiple realities, craft ontology-in-use, weave available methods with situated particulars, justify methodologies based on practical consequences, so as to get jobs done and enhance competences. Promoting ontological flexibility and methodology-in-use is a useful starting point for after-paradigm theorising that supports innovative mixing-methodology practice. |
| DEWEY : |
001.424 |
| ISSN : |
0160-5682 |
| En ligne : |
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v62/n4/abs/jors201031a.html |
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