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dc.contributor.authorVenable, John
dc.contributor.authorBaskerville, Richard
dc.contributor.editorMcClean, R.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-15T22:03:24Z
dc.date.available2017-03-15T22:03:24Z
dc.date.created2017-02-24T00:09:04Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationVenable, J. and Baskerville, R. 2012. Eating Our Own Cooking: Toward a Design Science of Research Methods, in McClean, R. (ed), Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Research Methodology, Jun 28-29 2012, pp. 399-407. UK: Academic Publishing Limited.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49230
dc.description.abstract

This paper argues that Design Science is an appropriate paradigm for research into Research Methods. Research Methods are designed and created by people to achieve a specific purpose –creating new knowledge. Research methods vary in utility depending on how well they their purpose in the particular contexts and contingencies for which they were developed. Applying a DSR perspective to research methods should yield increased utility in the application of research methods, better guidance in applying them and greater confidence in achieving the desired outcomes of applying them. Based on these premises, this paper analyses the logical consequences of taking a Design Science perspective on research methods. First, it analyses the various purposes of research methods to clarify the alternative and competing design goals of research methods. Second, it analyses and characterises the types of design artefacts that comprise research methods. Third, it considers issues of the evaluation of research methods. Fourth and finally, it considered the development of design theories of research methods.

dc.publisherAcademic Publishing Limited
dc.subjectEvaluation
dc.subjectResearch Rigour
dc.subjectDesign Science Research
dc.subjectResearch Method
dc.subjectResearch Design
dc.subjectDesign Theory
dc.titleEating Our Own Cooking: Toward a Design Science of Research Methods
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.startPage399
dcterms.source.endPage407
dcterms.source.issn20490968
dcterms.source.titleProceedings of the 11th European Conference on Research Methods (ECRM)
dcterms.source.seriesProceedings of the 11th European Conference on Research Methods (ECRM)
dcterms.source.conference2012 11th European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateJun 28 2012
dcterms.source.conferencelocationUK
dcterms.source.placeUK
curtin.departmentSchool of Information Systems
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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