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1、Casestudyandgroundedtheory:Sharingsomealternativequalitativeresearchmethodologieswithsystemsprofessionals.Dr.KevinLaws&DrRobertMcLeodDr.KevinLawsFacultyofEducationTheUniversityofSydneyNSW2006Telephone0293516396Facsimile0293514765EmailDr.Rob

2、ertMcLeodPittwaterHouseSchools13ParkesRoadCollaroyNSW2099Telephone0299814400Facsimile0299811627EmailAbstractTensionsinpractitionerresearchareendemicandinescapablebutifthesetensionsareembracedratherthanavoided,theycanoftenprovideaccesstouseful

3、energyandsensitivity,whichinturncanbeusedtoinformpractice.Systemsresearchprofessionalsadoptawideplatformofresearchmethodologieswhentheyengageinresearchprojects.Theseresearchmethodologiesrangefromtheuseofsystemscomputersimulationmodelstohighlydevelopedquantitativesta

4、tisticalmodels.Somesystemsresearcheshaveengagedthefullgamutofqualitativemethodologiesandothershaveadoptedthesoftsystemsapproach.Theaimofthispaperistoreviewtwomethodologiesthatareavailabletosystemsresearchersandpractitionersandtoanalysetheeffectivenessofthesemethodol

5、ogiesingainingvalidandreliableresearchoutcomes.Thepaperwillfocusontheuseofcasestudyandgroundedtheoryaspossiblemethodologiesforsystemsresearcherstoconsiderforfutureresearchprojects.Bothmethodologieshavebeensuccessfullyusedbytheauthorstogainculturalchangeinorganisatio

6、nsstrivingtobecomelearningorganisations.IntroductionResearchistheprocessofthoroughlystudyingandanalysingthesituationalfactorssurroundingaprobleminordertoseekoutsolutionstoit(Cavana,DelahayeandSekaran,2001,p.4).Researchmethodologiesselectedforsystemsresearchincluded:

7、hardsystems(managementscience);systemsdynamics(Forrester1961);softsystems(Checkland,1981;Checkland&Scholes,1990;Davies&Ledington,1991);criticalsystemsthinking(Mingers&Gill,1997),andopensystemsthinking(F.Emery1995:M.Emery1997).Softsystemsmethodologiesstimulatedvigoro

8、usdebatebetweenJackson(1987,1991,1997)andCheckland(1981,1991,1995).1Currentlythereisagrowingacceptanceoftheuseofpluralismandamoremulti-met