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Combining research and design: a methodological view of the path to sustainable development
Author(s) -
Kruijsen Joanne H. J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
business strategy and the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.123
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1099-0836
pISSN - 0964-4733
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0836(199809)7:4<250::aid-bse156>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - sustainable development , management science , focus (optics) , conceptual framework , computer science , path (computing) , development (topology) , conceptual model , engineering ethics , sociology , knowledge management , process management , business , engineering , political science , mathematics , social science , mathematical analysis , physics , optics , database , law , programming language
This essay sketches a conceptual framework of a method for investigations into sustainable development issues by combining a method for scientific research with a method for designing. These kinds of investigation should not only focus on the development of a new theory explaining what sustainable development is, it also needs to focus on how sustainable development can be realized. Firstly, the two methods are described separately. After a comparison of the methods, the conceptual framework is sketched as a phase model and finally a translation of this conceptual framework into a more practical guideline is given. In practice, the practitioner does not follow a given phase model. The practitioner needs building blocks to build his own pattern. To guide the practitioner in building his own structure, some ‘rules’ or guidelines are needed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.