Computational Modeling for What-Is, What-Might-Be, and What-Should-Be Studies-And Triangulation

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Burton, Richard M.; Obel, Borge
• 署名单位: Duke University; Aarhus University
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0635
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 1195-1202
• 关键词: simulation; triangulation; computational modeling; Organizational design; experimentation

摘要

In this essay, we examine what-is, what-might-be, and what-should-be computational models where the purpose is to explore new concepts, ideas, boundaries, and limitations going beyond what we know at the moment. Computational models complement well with other approaches: ethnographies, field studies, human subject lab studies, and surveys in novel triangulations. Triangulation of two or more complementary approaches permits us to broaden and deepen our understanding and insights.