TY - JOUR
T1 - Process Theory and Research
T2 - Exploring the Dialectic Tension
AU - De Cock, Christian
AU - Sharp, Robert J.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We contest that although the notion of process is increasingly being applied to the study of organizations, these attempts are hampered by significant methodological shortcomings. We claim that the value of process theory is under-utilized because most attempts to apply process theory end up reverting to conventional non-process methods. We suggest that the cause of this reversion is primarily the challenge of making sense, of fixing the world, propelling us from process into the world of substance. To break free of these limitations we propose an approach that takes the researchers’ audience alongside the subject processes rather than attempting to clinically intersect them. We illuminate this paper with our own story vignettes concerning the fortunes of an idea that passes by the name of value based management (VBM).1 These vignettes are meant to both exemplify and disrupt the theoretical narrative.
AB - We contest that although the notion of process is increasingly being applied to the study of organizations, these attempts are hampered by significant methodological shortcomings. We claim that the value of process theory is under-utilized because most attempts to apply process theory end up reverting to conventional non-process methods. We suggest that the cause of this reversion is primarily the challenge of making sense, of fixing the world, propelling us from process into the world of substance. To break free of these limitations we propose an approach that takes the researchers’ audience alongside the subject processes rather than attempting to clinically intersect them. We illuminate this paper with our own story vignettes concerning the fortunes of an idea that passes by the name of value based management (VBM).1 These vignettes are meant to both exemplify and disrupt the theoretical narrative.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scaman.2006.05.003
DO - 10.1016/j.scaman.2006.05.003
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:34548324763
VL - 23
SP - 233
EP - 250
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Management
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Management
SN - 0956-5221
IS - 3
ER -