PhD Seminar (SS '10) -
Engaged Research Methods for
Organizational Studies and Information Systems
Professor Dr. Richard Baskerville
Georgia State
University, Atlanta, GA
Dates: 29.06.-02.07.2010,
11:00-16:00 o'clock, 4 days á 5 hours each (p.m.)
Location: Conference Room, Ground Floor, Pohligstr. 1, University of
Cologne
Held in English
Overview
The purpose of this seminar is to introduce and orient doctoral students to
research methods and techniques that bridge both science and
practice. Such research methods simultaneously advance both science
(theory) and practice. Van de Ven (2007) refers to such research methods
as "engaged scholarship". The scope of this seminar will include a
brief survey of engaged methods and will develop depth by comparing and
contrasting two such research methods: (1) Action Research, a social-technical,
interventional technique for organizational control research; and (2) Design
Science, a process-system design evaluation technique for organizational
decision, policy and system design research. These methods tightly link theory
development and practice by using intractable organizational problems.
Van de Ven, A. H. (2007). Engaged Scholarship: A Guide for Organizational and Social Research.
Grading / Credit Points
The assessment of seminar participants will be available through examination of
a structured written essay delivered after completion of the seminar. The
seminar language is English. This course counts with 6 ECTS among
"Fachübergreifende Methoden und Theorien" (Multidisciplinary Methods
and Theories) of the doctorate regulations 2008 (Promotionsordnung 2008) of the
WiSo-Faculty.
Registration
Registration via eMail to Professor Claudia Loebbecke at claudia.loebbecke<at>uni-koeln.de
with CV and Research Interest / Topic (if already known). Maximum 20
Students - first come, first serve. You will receive a confirmation eMail after
successful registration.
Professor Dr. Richard Baskerville
Richard L. Baskerville is a Board of
Advisors Professor of Information Systems and past chairman in the Department
of Computer Information Systems, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State
University (USA). His research specializes in the interaction of information
systems and organizations, and research methods such as Action Research and
Design Science Research. Baskerville is the author of more than 100
articles in scholarly journals, professional magazines, and edited
books.
He is Editor-in-Chief for The European Journal of Information Systems
(A Journal) and serves on the editorial board of Business &
Information Systems Engineering (English outlet for Wirtschaftsinformatik).
A Chartered Engineer, Baskerville holds MSc and PhD degrees from the London
School of Economics.
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