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A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Methodologies in Management: Partial Results of a Systemic Intervention in a Textile SME in Argentina

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  • María Alejandra Castellini
  • Alberto Paucar‐Caceres

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We report on the partial results of a systemic intervention in which a combined range of methods from classical operational research (OR), problem structuring methods and quality management tools was deployed in a small and medium‐sized enterprise in Argentina. Involving a full stakeholders' participation, the intervention allowed the team to appreciate and better understand the features of the problematic situation and its underlying causes and helped the management to define action plans to bring improvements to the organization. Using the multi‐methodological framework proposed by Mingers and Brockelsby for integrating methodologies as a starting point, we advance and test a modified framework that distinguish methodologies/methods by its location in the real world or in the thinking/conceptual world. The article contributes to the current debate on OR multiple paradigmatic practice and follows the trend to combine hard methods, well‐known soft OR tools with some less‐known methodologies from the ever increasing portfolio of methodologies. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • María Alejandra Castellini & Alberto Paucar‐Caceres, 2019. "A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Methodologies in Management: Partial Results of a Systemic Intervention in a Textile SME in Argentina," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(1), pages 20-35, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:srbeha:v:36:y:2019:i:1:p:20-35
    DOI: 10.1002/sres.2552
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    1. Wenjing Xu & Seyyed Ahmad Edalatpanah & Ali Sorourkhah, 2023. "Solving the Problem of Reducing the Audiences’ Favor toward an Educational Institution by Using a Combination of Hard and Soft Operations Research Approaches," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(18), pages 1-21, September.
    2. Alberto Paucar‐Caceres & Melissa Franchini Cavalcanti‐Bandos & Silvia Cristina Quispe‐Prieto & Lucero Nicole Huerta‐Tantalean & Katarzyna Werner‐Masters, 2022. "Using soft systems methodology to align community projects with sustainability development in higher education stakeholders' networks in a Brazilian university," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(4), pages 750-764, July.
    3. Fabrício Rogério Parrilla & Mischel Carmen Neyra Belderrain, 2024. "Systemic Business Intervention to Treat Complex Problems in Companies," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 37(4), pages 441-457, August.
    4. Killemsetty, Namesh & Johnson, Michael & Patel, Amit, 2022. "Understanding housing preferences of slum dwellers in India: A community-based operations research approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 298(2), pages 699-713.
    5. Alexandre de A. Gomes Júnior & Vanessa B. Schramm, 2022. "Problem Structuring Methods: A Review of Advances Over the Last Decade," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 35(1), pages 55-88, February.

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