getting research knowledge into the practitioner community

11/04/23 19th Annual IPSERA Conference, Lappeenta, Finland

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Getting research knowledge into the practitioner

community:A case study

Gordon Murray PhD


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The academic contribution to 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 of social science research

method

and practitioner need

for

problem-solving and innovation


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Sometimes research outputs just aren’t perceived as

remotely relevant

Was/is relevance to practitioners an objective?


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Only some practitioners are interested

Even less practitioners have access


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Marketing

Shaped by the communityBringing it to the communitySelling it to the community Giving it to the community

Being part of the community


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Communications strategy

Language Layman’s Magnetic titles

Practitioner press Social media

Slideshare Twitter Blogs Efficiency Exchange


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Communicate in practitioner language where practitioners are


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What’s of interest to practitioners?Examples from a ‘closed’ Blog

Exploring the business case for eprocurement 14

What is the value of an eprocurement system? 50 1

Defining and measuring productivity in the public sector: managerial perceptions 42

Shared services: an outline of key contractual issues 16

Making the most of public sector spend: Procurement as local economic activism 47

Systems thinking in the public sector 400 15

Learning to work with interdependencies effectively: The case of HRM forum of the suppliers teams at Volvo cars gent

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Community governance as a response to economic recession 35

Public sector benchmarking and performance improvement 96

Knowledge management modelling in public sector organisations 46

Creating and appropriating value in in collaborative relationships 5

Is local authority procurement lean? 86 6

Critical success factors for managing purchasing groups 9

Understanding the innovation impacts of public procurement 9


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www.slideshare.net ACCA Public Sector 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

Every presentation 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 tool for …

Collaborative KnowledgeSharing

CollaborativeProblem Solving

On-line conferences,

debates, hotseats

Benchmarkingwith signpoststo improvement

A library which is comprehensive

& intuitive

Realtime document

co-production


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Efficiency Exchange

>750 members Australia and New Zealand to Canada, Dubai,

France Academics

Twitter @effxchange Library Blogs Forums Polls


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Suggestions for improvement1. Current and future problem orientated

As opposed to ‘this is what practitioners do’2. Implications for practitioners

Should be a focus not an after-thought ‘lean research’ user pulled

3. Take, sell, give to the practitioners – proactive marketing4. Use Plain English

Magnetic titles e.g. ‘That’s the team spirit’ van Weele and Driedonks

5. Use social media 6. 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?

7. Increase validity Less procurement manager dependent

8. Open up the IPSERA website with ‘free link’ to IPSERA presentations9. Maximise potential of JPSM Notes and Debates10. Be part of the ‘community’


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Getting research knowledge into the

practitioner community

www.slideshare.net/DrGordonMurray [email protected]/DrGordiehttp://www.communities.idea.gov.uk/comm/landing-home.do?id=436525