The Case Study as a Serious Research Strategy
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TL;DR: An overview of the methodological problems involved in the study of a single case is provided, scientific method is described, an elucidation of how a previously published MIS case study captures the major features of scientific method, and what a scientific methodology for MIS case studies does, and does not, involve are summarized.
Abstract: A methodology for conducting the case study of a management information system (MIS) is presented. Suitable for the study of a single case, the methodology also satisfies the standard of the natural science model of scientific research.This article provides an overview of the methodological problems involved in the study of a single case, describes scientific method, presents an elucidation of how a previously published MIS case study captures the major features of scientific method, responds to the problems involved in the study of a single case, and summarizes what a scientific methodology for MIS case studies does, and does not, involve.The article also has ramifications that go beyond matters of MIS case studies alone. For MIS researchers, the article might prove interesting for addressing such fundamental issues as whether MIS research must be mathematical, statistical, or quantitative in order to be called "scientific". For MIS practitioners, the article's view of scientific method might prove interesting for empowering them to identify, for themselves, the pint at which scientific rigor is achieved in an MIS research effort, and beyond which further rigor can be called into question, especially if pursued at the expense of professional relevance.
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TL;DR: In this article, the Flatlands of Oakland and the Youth Control Complex are discussed. But the focus is on the role of black youth in the criminal justice system and community institutions.
Abstract: Preface Acknowledgments Part I Hypercriminalization 1 Dreams Deferred: The Patterns of Punishment in Oakland 2 The Flatlands of Oakland and the Youth Control Complex 3 The Labeling Hype: Coming of Age in the Era of Mass Incarceration 4 The Coupling of Criminal Justice and Community Institutions Part II Consequences 5 "Dummy Smart": Misrecognition, Acting Out, and "Going Dumb" 6 Proving Manhood: Masculinity as a Rehabilitative Tool 7 Guilty by Association: Acting White or Acting Lawful? Conclusion: Toward a Youth Support Complex Appendix: Beyond Jungle-Book Tropes Notes References Index About the Author
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TL;DR: The study concluded that the consensus development conference is an effective technology transfer procedure both in the United States and in Sweden.
Abstract: A pair of consensus development conferences held in the United States and in Sweden presented an unusual opportunity for a cross-cultural study of technology transfer The two conferences were based...
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TL;DR: The simplest possible unit of research for understanding entrepreneurship is not the entrepreneur, but rather it is useful to have a case study in which the important aspects of environment are analysed and understood as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: If we accept that entrepreneurs are influenced by culture, then the simplest possible unit of research for understanding entrepreneurship is not the entrepreneur. Nor is it a laboratory study of individuals nor even a field study comparing entrepreneurs, but rather it is useful to have a case study in which the important aspects of environment are analysed and understood. It is doubtful, then, that a mail survey or even interviews could be sufficient for a researcher to truly gain a holistic understanding of the entrepreneurial process.
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TL;DR: There is a distinct tradition in the literature on social science research methods that advocates the use of multiple methods as mentioned in this paper, which is usually described as one of convergent methodology, multimethod/multitrait (Campbell and Fiske, 1959), convergent validation or, what has been called "triangulation".
Abstract: December 1979, volume 24 There is a distinct tradition in the literature on social science research methods that advocates the use of multiple methods. This form of research strategy is usually described as one of convergent methodology, multimethod/multitrait (Campbell and Fiske, 1959), convergent validation or, what has been called "triangulation" (Webb et al., 1 966). These various notions share the conception that qualitative and quantitative methods should be viewed as complementary rather than as rival camps. In fact, most textbooks underscore the desirability of mixing methods given the strengths and weaknesses found in single method designs.
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TL;DR: A very good book indeed as discussed by the authors is a welcome contribution to the maturing of evaluation into an interdisciplinary field whose function in describing and understanding social programs is as important as its role in explaining or judging those programs.
Abstract: `a very good book indeed... I have read and re-read many parts of the text... Wit, thoughtfulness, graceful style, and practical advice are well mixed... a welcome contribution to the maturing of evaluation into an interdisciplinary field whose function in describing and understanding social programs is as important as its role in explaining or judging those programs' -- Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
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01 Jan 1976
TL;DR: In this paper, a plain-language guide to the lean production system delivers a comprehensive insider's view of lean manufacturing, focusing on three basic questions of quality improvement: What do you want to accomplish, what do we want to achieve, and how to apply the four basic management elements of planning, organizing, directing/coaching, and controlling.
Abstract: Important text offers lucid explanation of how to regulate variables and maintain control over statistics in order to achieve quality control over manufactured products, crops. 250 pages. "While it is usually helpful to launch improvement programs, many such programs soon get bogged down in detail. They either address the wrong problems, or they keep beating on. Data Analysis and SPC in a service setting. Emphasis is give to three basic questions of quality improvement: What do you want to accomplish. A pioneer in learning organizations offers five disciplines that reveal the link between far-flung causes and immediate effects and that can save organizations from becoming. Written for the practitioner by a practitioner, this plain-language guide to the lean production system delivers a comprehensive insider's view of lean manufacturing. The. Actual experiences of a CEO how to make continuous improvement in manufacturing succeed for your company, Hank McHale, Mar 1, 1995, Business & Economics, 160 pages. This book emphasizes action. McHale tells you how to apply the four basic management elements of planning, organizing, directing/coaching, and controlling to help you drive.
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TL;DR: The second edition of the Essence of Decision as discussed by the authors was published in 2003 and is 78 pages longer than the original and is illustrated with up-to-date examples from the Clinton and Bush administrations.
Abstract: blockbuster. In the first 16 years (for which figures are available), more than 70,000 copies of Essence of Decision were sold; by its 25th anniversary, more than 1,600 journal articles referenced in the Social Science Citations Index had cited the work. It was a staple on the reading lists. As controversial as it was famous, critiquing Essence of Decision became a cottage industry. In the recent publication of the second edition of Essence of Decision, Allison is joined by co-author Philip Zelikow, director of the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, former Bush administration official, and Allison's former Harvard colleague. The second edition is as fascinating and as frustrating as the original, and surely will remain in the canon of political science. It is 78 pages longer than the original and is illustrated with up-to-date examples from the Clinton and Bush administrations. The authors meticulously use newly available historic materials on the case, and the theory chapters draw from more recent academic scholarship.
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