Title: Refining a meta-methodology for collaborative networked organisations: a case study

Authors: Ovidiu Noran

Addresses: School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University, Nathan (Brisbane) QLD 4111, Australia

Abstract: Presently, there is a great need for methodologies and reference models to assist and guide the creation and operation of various types of enterprises, including Collaborative Networked Organisations (CNO). The efforts to fulfil this need can be significantly assisted by a meta-methodology integrating current and future CNO creation and operation knowledge. This paper presents a milestone in an iterative and reflective action research aiming to demonstrate the feasibility of such a meta-methodology. The study describes a field experiment combined with a case study and subsequent reflections leading to the refinement and extension of the proposed meta-methodology.

Keywords: enterprise architecture; collaborative organisations; collaborative networked organisations; meta-methodology; collaboration; action research; virtual organisations; virtual communities; organisational knowledge; networking.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2006.011866

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2006 Vol.3 No.4, pp.359 - 377

Published online: 28 Dec 2006 *

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