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MIS40910 – Skills for Business Enquiry – Knowing, Believing and Acting

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Tarun Rattan

The following readings were discussed 1.  Brannick, T. & Coghlan, D. (2006). ‘To Know and to Do: Academics’ and Practitioners’ Approaches to Management Research’.Irish Journal of Management, 26(2), 1–22 1.Brannick2006-To Know and To Do 2.  Huff, A.S. (2000). ‘Citigroup’s John … Continue reading →

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MIS40670 – Enquiry methods

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Tarun Rattan

Allen gave the class choice of different enquiry methods for a small research exercise. Elena & myself picked up Extreme User Interviews as our enquiry method for this exercise. Extreme User Interview is a very useful technique to highlight key … Continue reading →

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MIS40910 – Skills for Business Enquiry – Critical Thinking

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Tarun Rattan

The following articles were discussed 1.Deep Play-Notes on Balinese Cockfight-Geertz1971 Geertz C. (1971) Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight. In: Geertz C. Myth, Symbol and Culture. New York: W.W. Norton, 1–37. 2.Managerial Succession and Organizational Effectiveness-Grusky1963 Grusky, O. (1963) … Continue reading →

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MIS40670 – Build the Things Right

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Tarun Rattan

Had a very good discourse in today’s class on how to build things right. The classic project management view used to put only a little emphasis on the scoping of the requirements and as a result most of the large … Continue reading →

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MIS40670 – Large Systems: A discourse

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Tarun Rattan

Question: The topic for group discussion for the week was enquiry into large systems and to explore why some systems are large? To analyse the question posed by Schwartz rather incisively “I must admit that I have frequently asked myself … Continue reading →

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MIS40910 – Skills for Business Enquiry Syllabus

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Tarun Rattan

University College Dublin College of Business and Law Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School MIS10040 Skills for Research Enquiry MSc in iBusiness – Innovation through ICT (F/T and P/T) Prof Donncha Kavanagh Centre for Innovation, Technology & Organisation (CITO), email: research.ft@ucd.ie … Continue reading →

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