TY - GEN
T1 - Enterprise Modelling Can Be Used as a Research Method
T2 - 16th IFIPWG 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling, PoEM 2023
AU - España, Sergio
AU - Thorsteinsdottir, Gudrun
AU - Ramautar, Vijanti
AU - Pastor, Oscar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Enterprise modelling (EM) refers to eliciting and documenting knowledge about an organisation from several interrelated perspectives. Often EM is industrially applied and scientifically researched within the fields of enterprise and information systems (IS) engineering. In this paper, we put forward that EM constitutes a sound and valid research method that could be used outside these disciplines. Its systematic elicitation and modelling techniques lend themselves to rigorous empirical investigations. We report on our experience in applying an EM method as a research method in a project exploring the relationships between sustainability reporting and strategic management practices. The results were rich in high-quality, detailed research data, that allowed drawing strong evidence-based conclusions. If EM were known in other scientific fields interested in phenomena taking place inside or around enterprises, these research communities would benefit from a structured and rigorous approach to investigate aspects related to the organisational structure, processes, communications and information, motivations, and relationships among these, which are core constructs in EM methods.
AB - Enterprise modelling (EM) refers to eliciting and documenting knowledge about an organisation from several interrelated perspectives. Often EM is industrially applied and scientifically researched within the fields of enterprise and information systems (IS) engineering. In this paper, we put forward that EM constitutes a sound and valid research method that could be used outside these disciplines. Its systematic elicitation and modelling techniques lend themselves to rigorous empirical investigations. We report on our experience in applying an EM method as a research method in a project exploring the relationships between sustainability reporting and strategic management practices. The results were rich in high-quality, detailed research data, that allowed drawing strong evidence-based conclusions. If EM were known in other scientific fields interested in phenomena taking place inside or around enterprises, these research communities would benefit from a structured and rigorous approach to investigate aspects related to the organisational structure, processes, communications and information, motivations, and relationships among these, which are core constructs in EM methods.
KW - Enterprise Modelling
KW - Environmental
KW - Ethical
KW - Research Methodology
KW - Social and Environmental Accounting
KW - Social and Governance
KW - Sustainability Reporting
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85178573671&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-48583-1_10
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-48583-1_10
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85178573671
SN - 9783031485824
T3 - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
SP - 161
EP - 176
BT - The Practice of Enterprise Modeling - 16th IFIP Working Conference, PoEM 2023, Proceedings
A2 - Almeida, João Paulo A.
A2 - Kaczmarek-Heß, Monika
A2 - Koschmider, Agnes
A2 - Proper, Henderik A.
PB - Springer
Y2 - 28 November 2023 through 1 December 2023
ER -