The uses of observation: Combining problem structuring methods and ethnography

Horlick-Jones, Thomas Edward and Rosenhead, J. 2006. The uses of observation: Combining problem structuring methods and ethnography. Journal of the Operational Research Society 58 (5) , pp. 588-601. 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602271

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Abstract

In this paper, we examine conceptual and practical aspects of carrying out cross-disciplinary, multi-method, interventions that bring together methods from operational research (OR) with ethnographic tools drawn from sociology and anthropology. We note that such methodological hybridization is not a new development, although historically, the role of ethnography in OR has not always been explicit in written accounts. We illustrate such usage by means of a number of concrete examples. We then describe recent work in which we have successfully combined problem structuring methods with ethnographic investigations in order to address disparate problem issues.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	problem structuring methods, ethnographic methods, operational research, social science, cross-disciplinarity, multi-methodology
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
ISSN:	0160-5682
Last Modified:	16 Oct 2013 15:34
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/3131

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