Getting research knowledge into the practitioner community

Getting research knowledge into the practitioner community

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  Getting research knowledgeinto the practitioner community: A case study Gordon Murray PhD
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  The academic contributionto procurement debate “ Academic research in purchasing and supply management is needed since , as an academic community, we feel the need to contribute to insight into and describe patterns of human behavior in organisations or networks against different contextual backgrounds. We need to contribute and build theories through which we can better understand purchasing and supply chain management phenomena. … to provide managers with some clear guidelines to make better decisions in these areas.” (van Weele 2007, JPSM, pp.204-205)
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  The paradox ofsocial science research method and practitioner need for problem-solving and innovation
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  Sometimes research outputsjust aren’t perceived as remotely relevant Was/is relevance to practitioners an objective?
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  Only some practitionersare interested Even less practitioners have access
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  Marketing Shaped bythe community Bringing it to the community Selling it to the community Giving it to the community Being part of the community
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  Communications strategy LanguageLayman’s Magnetic titles Practitioner press Social media Slideshare Twitter Blogs Efficiency Exchange
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  Communicate in practitionerlanguage where practitioners are
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  What’s of interestto practitioners? Examples from a ‘closed’ Blog 9 Understanding the innovation impacts of public procurement 9 Critical success factors for managing purchasing groups 6 86 Is local authority procurement lean? 5 Creating and appropriating value in in collaborative relationships 46 Knowledge management modelling in public sector organisations 96 Public sector benchmarking and performance improvement 35 Community governance as a response to economic recession 21 Learning to work with interdependencies effectively: The case of HRM forum of the suppliers teams at Volvo cars gent 15 400 Systems thinking in the public sector 47 Making the most of public sector spend: Procurement as local economic activism 16 Shared services: an outline of key contractual issues 42 Defining and measuring productivity in the public sector: managerial perceptions 1 50 What is the value of an eprocurement system? 14 Exploring the business case for eprocurement
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  www.slideshare.net ACCA PublicSector forum ‘Commissioning, procurement, …’ 34 attended 32 views within 24 hours of pre-event posting and Tweeting 63 within a week Procurement for Planners 8 attended pilot 124 views by Month 2 EGS Marketplace conference: ‘Procurement landscape’ Postponed but 199 views Rescheduled conference, say 60 delegates Revised presentation 150 views NI Assembly ‘Building capacity to maximise socio-economic impact …’ 1 slide 146 views IPSERA 2010 presentations: pre-event 212 views of ‘Environmental scanning …’ 188 views of ‘Third sector commissioning and …’ 82 views of ‘Getting research knowledge …’ by Day 5 NI Local Government group ‘Sustainable procurement…’ Say 20 attended 297 Views MSc Business Improvement class on strategic procurement Say 20 attended 272 views
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  Twitter @DrGordie Everypresentation www.slideshare.net/DrGordonMurray Every conference Every paper Critical comment Journey of a Tweet 30 mins after Tweeting IPSERA presentations 25 further views of Slideshare presentation Two RTs, and One RT-RT One thanks from Brazil Most viewed within a single hour
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  Imagine a toolfor … Collaborative Knowledge Sharing Collaborative Problem Solving On-line conferences, debates, hotseats Benchmarking with signposts to improvement A library which is comprehensive & intuitive Realtime document co-production
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  Efficiency Exchange >750members Australia and New Zealand to Canada, Dubai, France Academics Twitter @effxchange Library Blogs Forums Polls
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  Suggestions for improvementCurrent and future problem orientated As opposed to ‘this is what practitioners do’ Implications for practitioners Should be a focus not an after-thought ‘ lean research’ user pulled Take, sell, give to the practitioners – proactive marketing Use Plain English Magnetic titles e.g. ‘That’s the team spirit’ van Weele and Driedonks Use social media Reflect on diffusion of innovation e.g. Lean is only now becoming a hot topic! How do we ensure old publications can be found now? Increase validity Less procurement manager dependent Open up the IPSERA website with ‘free link’ to IPSERA presentations Maximise potential of JPSM Notes and Debates Be part of the ‘community’
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  Getting research knowledgeinto the practitioner community www.slideshare.net/DrGordonMurray [email_address] www.twitter.com/DrGordie http://www.communities.idea.gov.uk/comm/landing-home.do?id=436525