scholarly journals Advancing the Field of Disaster Response Management: Toward a Design Science Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-231
Author(s):  
Tove Frykmer ◽  
Henrik Tehler ◽  
Christian Uhr ◽  
Misse Wester
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Computer Game ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Goal Alignment ◽  
Complementary Approach ◽  
Essential Question ◽  
Contradictory Evidence ◽  
Disaster Response Management

AbstractMultiorganizational response to emergencies and disasters requires collaboration. How to improve the collective response is therefore an essential question, but not easy to answer. In disaster research, normative research with a focus on providing evidence for how to improve professional practice has traditionally received less attention than explanatory ones. The aim of this article, using insights from design science where normative research is more common, is to suggest a complementary approach to response management research. Our approach, which combines experimental and explanatory research, is applied to a study of goal alignment. Goal alignment among response actors is often recommended despite literature’s contradictory evidence regarding its effect. We conducted an experiment with 111 participants, who, in groups of three, played a computer game under one of two conditions (goal alignment or not). Our results show that aligning goals did not improve the outcome in the game. Although this may serve as a counterargument to implementing goal alignment interventions, there are concerns with such conclusions. These reservations include, but are not limited to, the lack of validated models to use in experiments. Nevertheless, our suggested research approach and the goal alignment experiment highlight the importance of testing interventions and their effectiveness before implementation.

scholarly journals Using Blockchain Technology to Foster Collaboration among Shippers and Carriers in the Trucking Industry: A Design Science Research Approach

Logistics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Serkan Alacam ◽  
Asli Sencer
Keyword(s):  
Private Information ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Trucking Industry ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Storage Solutions ◽  
Sustainability Problems ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Industry Professionals

In the global trucking industry, vertical collaboration between shippers and carriers is attained by intermediaries, called brokers. Brokers organize carriers for a shipper in accordance with its quality and price requirements, and support carriers to collaborate horizontally by sharing a large distribution order from a shipper. Brokers also act as trustees, preventing the passing of private information of any party to the others. Despite these benefits, intermediaries in the trucking industry are involved in several sustainability problems, including high costs, high levels of carbon emissions, high percentages of empty miles, low-capacity utilizations, and driver shortages. Several studies have acknowledged the importance of improving collaboration to address these problems. Obviously, the major concern of brokers is not collaboration, but rather to optimize their own gains. This paper investigates the potential of blockchain technology to improve collaboration in the trucking industry, by eliminating brokers while preserving their responsibilities as organizers and trustees. This paper extends the transportation control tower concept from the logistics literature, and presents a system architecture for its implementation through smart contracts on a blockchain network. In the proposed system, the scalability and privacy of trucking operations are ensured through integration with privacy-preserving off-chain computation and storage solutions (running outside of the blockchain). The potential of this design artifact for fostering collaboration in the trucking industry was evaluated by both blockchain technology experts and trucking industry professionals.

scholarly journals A Hybrid Learning Approach for Subjects on Software Development of Automation Systems, Combining PBL, Gamification and Virtual Reality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dênis Leite ◽  
Higor Santos ◽  
Ariane Rodrigues ◽  
Cléviton Monteiro ◽  
Alexandre Maciel
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Automation Systems ◽  
Hybrid Teaching

Despite the practical classes in laboratories and simulations, the traditional automation engineering teaching and learning process remains with little adherence to the reality professional. In this context, this research proposes a hybrid teaching and learning approach for subjects on software development of automation systems based on problems with virtual reality features and gamification strategies. Its main objective is to enhance the alignment between theory and practice, playfully and engagingly mirrored in the industry's need. The proposed approach was developed based on Design Science Research and evaluated in seven classes of an undergraduate subject from the perspective of students and industrial professionals. The results evidence the evolution of the approach over the time and the ability to promote the connection between theory and professional practice.

scholarly journals A analytics study Mapping Study of Collaborative business intelligence and self-service

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1032-1037
Author(s):  
Tanmayee Parbat
Keyword(s):  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Knowledge Database ◽  
Architecture Model ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Self Service ◽  
Self Learning

Abstract: Self-service Business Intelligence (SSBI) is an emerging topic for many companies. Casual users should be enabled to independently build their own analyses and reports. This accelerates and simplifies the decision-making processes. Although recent studies began to discuss parts of a self-service environment, none of these present a comprehensive architecture. Following a design science research approach, this study proposes a new self-service oriented BI architecture in order to address this gap. Starting from an in-depth literature review, an initial model was developed and improved by qualitative data analysis from interviews with 18 BI and IT specialists form companies across different industries. The proposed architecture model demonstrates the interaction between introduced self-service elements with each other and with traditional BI components. For example, we look at the integration of collaboration rooms and a self-learning knowledge database that aims to be a source for a report recommender. Keywords: Business Intelligence, Big Data, Architecture, Self-Service, Analytics

Improving Online Collaboration in Contemporary IT Development Teams

2018 ◽  
pp. 160-178
Author(s):  
Jan Pries-Heje ◽  
Lene Pries-Heje
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Design Science Research ◽  
Online Collaboration ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Geographically Distributed ◽  
Six Elements

An interview study focusing on online collaboration in geographically distributed IT development teams in Danske Bank revealed seven problem areas. To cope with the problems the authors applied a design science research approach to construct a conceptual framework for improving online collaboration. The conceptual framework combines a six-phase teambuilding model with six elements of social capital. Thus, in each phase of teambuilding, the online collaborators aim at building up all six elements of social capital. The complete six-by-six framework was successfully tried and diffused throughout Danske Bank. This chapter gives an account of the framework content and the results from the evaluation.

Impacts of non-native plants on plant-pollinator interactions.

2020 ◽  
pp. 241-255
Author(s):  
Marcelo A. Aizen ◽  
Carolina L. Morales
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Plants ◽  
Native Plants ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Contradictory Evidence ◽  
Pollinator Sharing ◽  
Terrestrial Biodiversity ◽  
Evolutionary Consequences ◽  
Plant Pollinator

Abstract There has been growing interest in the consequences of invasive non-native plants for the plant-pollinator mutualism, most likely because of its relevance for the maintenance of terrestrial biodiversity and food production. However, the development of this research field has been thematically uneven and the overall evidence inconclusive. Many studies have focused on how non-native plants interact with native plants via pollinator sharing, which have allowed meta-analytical syntheses, whereas several others have looked at how frequently non-native plants integrate into native plant-pollinator webs and how they affect network structure. However, relatively few studies have addressed the consequences of invasive plants for pollinators. Overall, the research approach in this area has been predominantly phenomenological rather than mechanistic, which has hindered our understanding of apparently contradictory evidence. One key characteristic of invasive non-native plants that seems to mediate negative effects on the pollination mutualism is the high relative abundance that they reach at late stages of invasion. This high dominance is apparently the main trigger of all the disruptive direct and indirect effects that are discussed in this chapter. Finally, we identify several intriguing questions on the ecological and evolutionary consequences of invasive plants for the plant-pollinator mutualism waiting to be answered.

Impacts of non-native plants on plant-pollinator interactions.

2020 ◽  
pp. 241-255
Author(s):  
Marcelo A. Aizen ◽  
◽  
Carolina L. Morales ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Plants ◽  
Native Plants ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Contradictory Evidence ◽  
Pollinator Sharing ◽  
Terrestrial Biodiversity ◽  
Evolutionary Consequences ◽  
Plant Pollinator

There has been growing interest in the consequences of invasive non-native plants for the plant-pollinator mutualism, most likely because of its relevance for the maintenance of terrestrial biodiversity and food production. However, the development of this research field has been thematically uneven and the overall evidence inconclusive. Many studies have focused on how non-native plants interact with native plants via pollinator sharing, which have allowed meta-analytical syntheses, whereas several others have looked at how frequently non-native plants integrate into native plant-pollinator webs and how they affect network structure. However, relatively few studies have addressed the consequences of invasive plants for pollinators. Overall, the research approach in this area has been predominantly phenomenological rather than mechanistic, which has hindered our understanding of apparently contradictory evidence. One key characteristic of invasive non-native plants that seems to mediate negative effects on the pollination mutualism is the high relative abundance that they reach at late stages of invasion. This high dominance is apparently the main trigger of all the disruptive direct and indirect effects that are discussed in this chapter. Finally, we identify several intriguing questions on the ecological and evolutionary consequences of invasive plants for the plant-pollinator mutualism waiting to be answered.

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