Overview
- Helps transform tacit knowledge into actionable solutions using scientific design science methodology
- Balances rigor with relevance in management research to create practical models and policies
- Teaches how to develop design propositions for real-world problem-solving in organizational contexts
Part of the book series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics (STBE)
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This textbook is a comprehensive guide to applying design science methodology to solve field problems within and between organizations. Aimed at students, managers, researchers, and professionals in the management sciences, this textbook explores how tacit knowledge can be scientifically extracted and transformed into actionable solution concepts, or artifacts. Key concepts include the co-evolution of problem and design spaces, the development of design propositions, and the creation of practical models, protocols, and policies. The book introduces a new paradigm that balances rigor with relevance, detailing how design propositions can lead to real-world applications. Through its detailed exploration of design science research, the book not only offers tools for immediate problem-solving but also contributes to the broader body of knowledge in management sciences.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Raymond Opdenakker is a university lecturer at Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands), in the Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship, and Marketing (ITEM) group. He is also co-CEO of Bureau Lara. He used Design Science Methodology for his PhD thesis, supervised by Prof. Dr. Joan E. van Aken.
Carin Cuijpers, MSc, is a PhD candidate at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and co-CEO of Bureau Lara. Together with Raymond Opdenakker, she published a book in 2019 titled "Effective Virtual Project Teams," using design science methodology as a research method.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Design Science Methodology for the Management Sciences
Book Subtitle: From Foundations to Implementation
Authors: Raymond Opdenakker, Carin Cuijpers
Series Title: Springer Texts in Business and Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84853-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-84852-0Published: 04 March 2025
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-84855-1Due: 18 March 2026
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-84853-7Published: 03 March 2025
Series ISSN: 2192-4333
Series E-ISSN: 2192-4341
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 209
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour
Topics: Management Education, Business and Management, general, Operations Research/Decision Theory