scholarly journals Have your cake and eat it? Combining structure and agency in management research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aileen Kennedy ◽  
Colm O'Gorman ◽  
Kenneth Lee
Keyword(s):  
Management Research ◽  
Structure And Agency

scholarly journals Dilemmas and Discretion in Complex Organizations: Professionals in Collaboration with Spontaneous Volunteers During Disasters

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Persson ◽  
Sara Uhnoo
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Response ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Rescue Service ◽  
Emergency Responders ◽  
Structure And Agency ◽  
Major Interest ◽  
Interest In Research

Discretion is of major interest in research on professions. This article focuses on professionals’ discretionary reasoning about collaboration with spontaneous volunteers. By applying theories on discretion and institutional logics and drawing on disaster management research, we analyse interviews with fire and rescue service professionals involved in managing a large-scale forest fire in Sweden. We identify five major dilemmas concerning the involvement of spontaneous volunteers in the official disaster response and analyse the influence on professional reasoning of multiple institutional logics (professional, citizen, bureaucratic and market) embedded in the emergency organization. The analytical framework connects structure and agency by linking institutional logics to discretional reasoning, and the findings clarify professional emergency responders’ perspectives on the opportunities and challenges of involving spontaneous volunteers in an operation.

Management Research Methods

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phyllis Tharenou ◽  
Ross Donohue ◽  
Brian Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Management Research

The Application of Science Concepts in Management Research Reports Based on Scientific Truth

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Hamdy Hady ◽  
Henderi Henderi ◽  
Dian Mustika Putri
Keyword(s):  
General Idea ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Scientific Concepts ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Management Activity ◽  
Report Writing ◽  
Scientific Truth ◽  
Scientific Reporting

The management activity of research report writing requires sufficient knowledge in its preparation. A researcher must learn about the management of understanding scientific concepts, as well as management of research reports that are based on scientific truth. In this study, 1 (one) method was used, namely a literature study of 10 (ten) to support the understanding of scientific concepts according to experts. The concept is a general idea that represents perceived understanding on the basis of reason and logic by someone who then forms a meaning deductively or inductively. Whereas knowledge is what is known or the results of work know. Then scientific truth is related to the quality of knowledge, where every knowledge possessed is viewed from the type of knowledge that is built. Thus scientific truth is an important point in scientific reporting, as the basic foundation of accurate management of report writing and must be displayed in every corner of the report. It is hoped that this research can assist researchers in compiling research reports. Keywords: Management, Science, Scientific Truth, Research Reports.

Section 6.a Introduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca PRICE ◽  
Christine DE LILLE ◽  
Cara WRIGLEY ◽  
Kees DORST
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Organizational Leadership ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Organizational Research ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
Rapid Changes

There is an increasing need for organizations to adapt to rapid changes in society. This need requires organizations’ and the leader within them, to explore, recognize, build and exploit new capabilities. Researching such capabilities has drawn attention from the design management research community in recent years. Dominantly, research contributions have focused on perspectives of innovation and the strategic application of design with the researcher distanced from context. Descriptive and evaluative case studies of past organizational leadership have been vital, by building momentum for the design movement. However, there is a need now to progress toward prescriptive and explorative research perspectives that embrace context through practice and the simultaneous research of design.  Therefore, the aim of this track is to lead and progress discussion on research methodologies that support the research community in developing explorative and prescriptive research methodologies for context-orientated organizational research. This track brings together a group of diverse international researchers and practitioners to fuel discussion on design approaches and subsequent outcomes of prescriptive and explorative research methodologies.

Farmers' needs for management, research and extension, and policy - findings of a farmers' workshop and their implications

1992 ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
A.F. Mcrae
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Business Objectives ◽  
Research Technology ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Farming Systems Research

Farmers' objectives, their circumstances and the constraints they face are central to any consideration of ways and means of improving farming systems. The management, research and extension, and policy needs of the farmers attending this workshop were diverse. This appeared to be linked with the (unexpected) degree of diversity in the business objectives and management structures on these farms. More formal research on these issues across the spectrum of farmers is required to ensure that research and technology transfer meet the industry's needs. Keywords farming systems, research, technology transfer, objectives

Continuity and Change in Patriarchal Structure: Recent Trends in Rural Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Main Ud-din
Keyword(s):  
Remarkable Change ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Traditional Gender Roles ◽  
Structure And Agency ◽  
Patriarchal Ideology ◽  
Transnational Communication ◽  
To Come ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Traditional Pattern ◽  
Village Life

This paper is about the transformation in the patriarchal structure of Rashidpur village in Munshiganj district, Bangladesh following overseas migration of men leaving their women in the village. In doing so, the study explores the continuity and changes in the discourse and practices of traditional gender roles in a patriarchal Muslim society considering the perspective of both men and women. The study pays especial attention to transnational communication of the villagers, the changes in their gender based mobility and its contribution to the changes in patriarchal ideology. The study is based on ethnographic fieldwork, which examines whether the changes are sustainable or temporal for a period when the husbands are abroad and what happens to the practices when the husbands permanently return. Though the findings of the study indicate the diversity and complexity of practices, migration of men increases the mobility of the left behind women. Again, the entrance of cell phone, TV and satellite channels and transnational communication of women have significantly changed their agency as individuals. Consequently, many young wives like to come out of the domination of their in-laws and live in separate households instead of previous joint arrangement. The overall findings of the study show a remarkable change in the traditional pattern of village life. The study contextualizes structure and agency to understand how patriarchal structure influences individuals and how individuals play a role to transform the structure in exchange through their mobility, activities and resistance when the migrants are abroad.

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