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Midgley, Gerald; Arias, Alejandro E. Ochoa

doi:10.1023/a:1011977220479

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“…Guerci et al (2019), call for a “backstop” position that these projects should not enhance unequal power differentials. Midgley and Ochoa-Arias (2001) invoke Foucalt’s ideas that power develops through knowledge formation, and AR projects that construct new knowledge present an opportunity to interfere with the power relationships within an organisation, as a minimum to expose and explore them.…”

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An exposition of the constructive research approach: a tactical treatise for addressing methodological and practical issues in organisational research

Jones

Gold

Claxton

2022

IJOA

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Purpose This paper aims to provide an exposition of the constructive research approach (CRA) to show the potential utility of CRA in transcending or mitigating the methodological and practical issues involved in researching organisations. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a literature review, and resulting thematic discussion of methodological and practical issues involves in action research (AR) in organisations through the lens of the CRA approach. Findings The paper identifies that CRA has benefits in orientation to a practical outcome grounded in a theoretical domain but with leeway to facilitate creativity, which can also potentially improve the quality of the collaborative relationships. The centrality of the construction within the method provides a “vantage point” to manage the emic (inside) and etic (outside) positionality concerns of action researchers working within organisational settings. Practical implications CRA has multiple practical benefits for action researchers and their collaborators in terms of time, risk and collaborative commitment. Originality/value The paper develops a useful tactical framework for discussing the practical and methodological issues when considering AR in organisations and highlights how CRA can be used in wider organisational scholarship outside its roots in management accounting.

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Section: Thematic Discussionmentioning

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An exposition of the constructive research approach: a tactical treatise for addressing methodological and practical issues in organisational research

Jones

Gold

Claxton

2022

IJOA

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“…Midgley (2000) first advanced the systemic intervention approach in the context of systems practice , and an assumption that is often made when people talk about practice is that an intervention involves changing behavior in some way, and not just knowledge. However, Midgley and Ochoa‐Arias (2001) and Vachkova (2021) argue that an intervention can indeed take place in systems of knowledge, which may or may not lead to changes in behavior based on that knowledge. In the context of the present study, the arguments we will be developing are theoretical and discursive in nature: they are arguments about the unity of science and the unity of the systems paradigm.…”

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Alexander Bogdanov and the question of unity: An emerging research agenda

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Midgley

2023

Syst Res Behav Sci

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In this paper, we propose a research agenda to support the recovery of Alexander Bogdanov's philosophical and systemic thinking that culminated in his magnum opus, Tektology. Our main reason for doing so is to re‐address enduring questions about the unity of science and the unity of the systems paradigm. Since the turn of the new millennium, there has been renewed interest in the ideal of the unity of science. General system theory (GST), cybernetics and complexity science are three significant intellectual sources inspiring this renewal. It is not unusual for these ideas to be grouped under the umbrella terms systems science or systems thinking, which are two ways to present a single systems paradigm, and we will explain why its “unity” is both necessary and problematic. Bringing Bogdanov's work back to address the unity question can help us to progress toward unity in diversity.

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“…Relations can be defined as processes of engagement, as well as the outcomes of such processes (García et al, 2020). The consideration that relations matter in how we conceptualise of systems implies that a relational theory of change-making offers a new conceptual framing for how we assume and imagine how change and transformation come about in a systemic manner (Midgley & Ochoa-Arias, 2001). This new framing has real implications for how to study and understand CAS and resilience, which in turn has important implications for knowing what capacities are necessary to bring about resilience and transformation in systems, and how we should plan development and strategic change-making interventions.…”

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Co‐exploring relational heuristics for sustainability transitions towards more resilient and just Anthropocene futures

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In this paper, four relational heuristic responses for exploring new modes of engagement, or patterns of activity, that could enliven humanity's efforts in fostering systemic thinking and action to inform sustainability transitions are offered. Their purpose is to realise more resilient and just Anthropocene futures. These relational heuristics are (1) re‐patterning our theories of change‐making, (2) cultivating a shared future consciousness, (3) creating transformative spaces and (4) engaging in processes of co‐exploration. We argue that these heuristics are better aligned for studying and responding to the systemic and interdependent nature of the real‐world challenges we are currently facing.

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Cited by 46 publications

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An exposition of the constructive research approach: a tactical treatise for addressing methodological and practical issues in organisational research

An exposition of the constructive research approach: a tactical treatise for addressing methodological and practical issues in organisational research

Alexander Bogdanov and the question of unity: An emerging research agenda

Co‐exploring relational heuristics for sustainability transitions towards more resilient and just Anthropocene futures

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