arrow
返回

Rethinking Soft OR interventions: Models as boundary objects

delete2013-12-01
delete96
delete
OA
AI
L
L. Alberto Franco *
DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2013.06.033delete
delete原文链接
delete分享
delete收藏
查看原文
摘要

摘要

En 中文
In this paper I draw on research on the role of objects in problem solving collaboration to make a case for the conceptualisation of models as potential boundary objects. Such conceptualisation highlights the possibility that the models used in Soft OR interventions perform three roles with specific effects: transfer to develop a shared language, translation to develop shared meanings, and transformation to develop common interests. If these roles are carried out effectively, models enable those involved to traverse the syntactic; semantic and pragmatic boundaries encountered when tackling a problem situation of mutual concern, and help create new knowledge that has consequences for action. I illustrate these roles and associated effects via two empirical case vignettes drawn from an ongoing action research programme studying the impact of Soft OR interventions. Building on the insights generated by the case vignettes, I develop an analytical framework that articulates the dynamics of knowledge creation within Soft OR interventions. The framework can shed new light on a core aspect of Soft OR practice, especially with regards to the impact of models on the possibilities for action they can afford to those involved. I conclude with a discussion of the prescriptive value of the framework for research into the evaluation of Soft OR interventions, and its implications for the conduct of Soft OR practice. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keyword:
Soft OR
Models
Intervention
Boundary objects
Knowledge creation
Group decision and negotiation
AI总结

AI总结

对已上传原文的论文进行重点信息的提取,主要内容包括:简要概述、研究摘要、背景介绍、关键亮点、图文解析、展望与总结。

期刊

European Journal of Operational Research 封面图
European Journal of Operational Research
IF:
6
论文数:
2.2W
被引数:
6.4W

机构

暂无机构信息
引用论文

引用论文

err分享
err收藏
The complex business of adapting effective interventions to new populations: An urban to rural transfer
err2005-08-01
err0
PREAI
errBonita Stanton; Jiantong Guo; Lesley Cottrell; Jennifer Galbraith; Xiaoming Li; Catherine Gibson; Robert Pack; Matthew Cole; Sharon Marshall; Carole Harris
err分享
err收藏
学者 查看更多内容