TY - JOUR
T1 - Researching the future of purchasing and supply management
T2 - The purpose and potential of scenarios
AU - Knight, Louise
AU - Meehan, Joanne
AU - Tapinos, Efstathios
AU - Menzies, Laura
AU - Pfeiffer, Alexandra
N1 - Elsevier deal
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - Drawing on prior research, the value of scenario planning as a methodology for researching the future of purchasing and supply management (PSM) is explored. Using three criteria of research quality – rigour, originality and significance – it is shown how developing scenarios and analysing their implications present new, important research opportunities for PSM academics, practitioners, and leaders of the profession. Researching the future of PSM supports the identification of uncertainties and anticipates change across many units and levels of analysis of interest to PSM scholars and practitioners, such as the profession/discipline, markets/sectors, or organisations. Scenarios are particularly effective for: considering how the complex interaction of macro-environmental factors affects the PSM context; avoiding incremental thinking; surfacing assumptions and revealing significant blind spots. PSM research using scenarios aligns with Corley and Gioia's (2011) call for prescience-oriented research in which academics aim for more impactful research, enhancing sense-giving potential and theoretical relevance to practice, to better perform their adaptive role in society.
AB - Drawing on prior research, the value of scenario planning as a methodology for researching the future of purchasing and supply management (PSM) is explored. Using three criteria of research quality – rigour, originality and significance – it is shown how developing scenarios and analysing their implications present new, important research opportunities for PSM academics, practitioners, and leaders of the profession. Researching the future of PSM supports the identification of uncertainties and anticipates change across many units and levels of analysis of interest to PSM scholars and practitioners, such as the profession/discipline, markets/sectors, or organisations. Scenarios are particularly effective for: considering how the complex interaction of macro-environmental factors affects the PSM context; avoiding incremental thinking; surfacing assumptions and revealing significant blind spots. PSM research using scenarios aligns with Corley and Gioia's (2011) call for prescience-oriented research in which academics aim for more impactful research, enhancing sense-giving potential and theoretical relevance to practice, to better perform their adaptive role in society.
KW - UT-Hybrid-D
KW - Critical management
KW - Future studies
KW - Prescience
KW - Procurement
KW - Scenario planning
KW - Covid-19 coronavirus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084385308&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.pursup.2020.100624
DO - 10.1016/j.pursup.2020.100624
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084385308
VL - 26
JO - Journal of purchasing and supply management
JF - Journal of purchasing and supply management
SN - 1478-4092
IS - 3
M1 - 100624
ER -