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Technique vs Method vs Methodology (view source)
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Methodology is a higher-order term than methods. | Methodology is a higher-order term than methods. | ||
OR and [[systems thinking]], use the term methodology to describe an <u>organized set of methods and techniques</u> employed to intervene in and change real-world problem situations | OR and [[systems thinking]], use the term methodology to describe an <u>organized set of methods and techniques</u> employed to intervene in and change real-world problem situations. | ||
Methodology can provide the bridge between theory and practice, ensuring that theory is turned into practical action and allowing reflection back on theory, stemming from the results of that action. | |||
Methods are then defined as <u>tools used by methodologies for limited purposes</u>. They may, therefore, be detachable from a particular methodology and the theory that lies behind it. Models, procedures and techniques are examples of methods. Thus, the robin-round approach to collecting ideas in [[Structured Democratic Dialogue]], the particilar approach used to cluster ideas, the [[Interpretive Structural Modeling]] used for mapping are all methods. | |||
Jackson argued (Jackson, 2000) that it is particularaly insightful to link methodology closely to theory and to see different principles of method use as related to different theoretical positions. | Jackson argued (Jackson, 2000) that it is particularaly insightful to link methodology closely to theory and to see different principles of method use as related to different theoretical positions. | ||
The above distinctions were necessary because, for example, Rosenhead (2001) and Rosenhead & Mingers (2001) use the terms interchangeably thus creating some confusion. | |||
(Source: Jackson, 2000) | (Source: Jackson, 2000) | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||