The Benefits of Applying Participatory Action Research Methodologies to Supply and Operations Management
This paper explores the merits of Participatory Action Research methodologies in supply and operations management. We describe the objective, the benefits, and the use of Participatory Action Research (PAR) methodologies from a comparative perspective based on our previous research in the social sciences with our businessrelated research in China. We hypothesize that in China, PAR methods will contribute to increased worker productivity, safety, and satisfaction, greater efficiency of products and processes, and a fostering of multi-leveled stakeholder dialogues. We explore factors that contribute to successful implementation of PAR methods in business and illustrate possible supply and operations management cases with examples. Preliminary results are provided from our multi-disciplinary joint research project between a medicine and operations management department from the U.S. as well as a leading business school in China.
Participatory action research methodology Photovoice Future search conference social network analysis migrant workers
Lisa M.Vaughn Martin Stǒ(B)lein
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of PediatricsCincinnati, OH, USA Jilin University (Visiting Professor),School of Management, 130025 Changchun, P.R.China University o
国际会议
The Third International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management(第三届运营与供应链管理国际会议)
武汉
英文
910-924
2009-07-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）