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IGLC 16 · Manchester, UK · 2008

Enquiry Pull Research: An Ethnomethodological Approach to Lean Construction Research or a Lean Approach to Ethnomethodological Research

  1. Research Fellow, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford; UK. Phone +44 161 295 4366, j.a.rooke@eml.cc.
  2. Visiting Professor, School of the Built Environment, Birmingham City University, seymour.de@googlemail.com.
  3. Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford; UK. Phone +44 161 295 7960, l.j.koskela@salford.ac.uk
  4. Consulting Engineer, External Lecturer, Danish Technical University, Roennebaervej 10, app 108, 2840 Holte, DK Denmark, Phone +45 4542 4705, sven@bertelsen.org
  5. Senior Research Fellow, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford; UK. Phone
  6. Post-Graduate Researcher, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford; UK. Phone

Abstract

This paper assembles some principals from three strands of thought: lean theory; ethnomethodology; and Wittgensteinian philosophy. These are considered with a view to their impact on research design and used here as a basis for an initial exploration of a candidate research topic, in order to illustrate this impact. Principles of Lean Theory are considered, along with those from Wittgensteinian social enquiry and Ethnomethodology, in order to suggest a strategy for Lean Research. These are applied to the intial consideration of a candidate research topic, in order to illustrate the argument.

Keywords

  • research methodology
  • TFV theory
  • Wittgenstein
  • ethnomethodology

Cite this paper

APA 7th edition

Rooke, J., Seymour, D., Koskela, L., Bertelsen, S., Owen, R., & Cleary, M. (2008). Enquiry Pull Research: An Ethnomethodological Approach to Lean Construction Research or a Lean Approach to Ethnomethodological Research. In P. Tzortzopoulos, & M. Kagioglou (Eds.), 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (pp. 73–82).

Shortened reference for IGLC papers

Rooke, J., Seymour, D., Koskela, L., Bertelsen, S., Owen, R., & Cleary, M. (2008). Enquiry Pull Research: An Ethnomethodological Approach to Lean Construction Research or a Lean Approach to Ethnomethodological Research. IGLC16.