Title: Multiview as a reflective framework: enabling reflection, transforming practice

Authors: Gill Green; David Hagan; David Caton Roberts

Addresses: Creative Technologies, University of Bolton, Deane Road, Bolton, BL3 5AB, UK ' Department of Computing, Engineering and Technology, University of Sunderland, St Peters Campus, St Peters Way, Sunderland SR6 0DD, UK ' Department of Management, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, All Saints Campus, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6BH9, UK

Abstract: This paper seeks to offer a methodology for practitioners to encourage the development of meaningful reflection. Such reflection on practical values and theories, which inform everyday actions are a source of continuous learning and define professional practice. This reflection draws on two case studies of the development of separate information systems. The first a case study focused on the design and implementation of an information system that offered a solution to restraints on the growth of the business, and a second case study of Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) unable to articulate information system requirements was able to commission a sustainable system. Multi-view was used as a reflective framework, so practitioners were able to extract meaningful outcomes on both practice and praxis. Although the paper bases its speculations on a small number of examples the framework for reflection is offered as a model for future development and adoption elsewhere.

Keywords: practitioners; reflection; learning; communication; convergence; SMEs; small and medium-sized enterprises; SME development; Multiview; information systems.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMP.2013.055829

International Journal of Management Practice, 2013 Vol.6 No.2, pp.165 - 177

Published online: 02 Oct 2013 *

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