Methodology for Creating Business Knowledge [Paperback]

Ingeman Arbnor and Bjorn Bjerke's best-selling text, first published in 1997, remains unrivalled; both in its contemporary relevance to research methodology and in its coverage of the interplay between the philosophy of science, methodology, and business. The authors make an in-depth examination into the circularity of knowledge and its foundations and analyze the repercussions for business, research, and consulting. The fully updated Third Edition of Methodology for Creating Business Knowledge offers contemporary and extremely pertinent discussion about the interests of business knowledge.

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Ingeman Arbnor and Bjorn Bjerke's best-selling text, first published in 1997, remains unrivalled; both in its contemporary relevance to research methodology and in its coverage of the interplay between the philosophy of science, methodology, and business. The authors make an in-depth examination into the circularity of knowledge and its foundations and analyze the repercussions for business, research, and consulting. The fully updated Third Edition of Methodology for Creating Business Knowledge offers contemporary and extremely pertinent discussion about the interests of business knowledge.

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PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The Language of Methodology
The Act of Creating Knowledge
To Become a Knowledge-Creator
PART TWO: THREE METHODOLOGICAL VIEWS
The Analytical View
The Systems View
The Actors View
PART THREE: METHODOLOGY
Methodical Procedures
Methods in Language and Action
Methodics
PART FOUR: APPROACHING METHODOLOGY
The Analytical Approach
The Systems Approach
The Actors Approach
PART FIVE: METHODOLOGY OF COMPLEMENTARITY
The Views as Tral³³