Publications
Publications of Joan van Aken on DSR and EBP

A textbook on EBP:
Van Aken, J.E., Berends, J.J. and Van der Bij, J.D. (2012). Problem Solving in Organizations: A Methodological Handbook for Business Students. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition

A Handbook on DSR (in Dutch)
Van Aken, J.E. en Andriessen, D. (red) (2011). Ontwerpgericht Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek: wetenschap met effect (Design Science Research: Research with impact). Den Haag: Boom-Lemma

Articles in academic journals and edited volumes

  • Van Aken, J.E. (2014). ‘Two Hurdles to Take for Maximum Impact of Design Science Research in the IS-field’. Forthcoming in Helfert, M and Donnellan, B. (eds). Proceedings of the European Design Science Symposium 2013, Dublin. Heidelberg: Springer
  • Van Aken, J.E. (2013). ‘Design Science: valid knowledge for socio-technical system design’ in Helfert, M and Donnellan, B. (eds) Proceedings of the European Design Science Symposium 2012. Heidelberg: Springer
  • Van Aken, J. E. and Romme, A.G.L. (2012). ‘A Design Science Approach to Evidence-Based Management’, in Rousseau, D.M. (ed). The Oxford Handbook of Evidence-Based Management. Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • Van Aken, J.E. (2010). ‘Donald Schön's Legacy to Address the Great Divide Between Theory and Practice’. Planning Theory and Practice, 11/4: 609-613
  • Van Aken, J. E. and Romme, A.G.L. (2009). ‘Reinventing the Future: Adding Design Science to the Repertoire of Organization and Management Studies’. Organization Management Journal 6/1, 5-12
  • Denyer, D., Tranfield, D. & Van Aken, J.E. (2008). ‘Developing Design Propositions Through Research Synthesis’. Organization Studies, 29(2): 249-269
  • Van Aken, J. E. (2007). ‘Design Science and Organization Development Interventions: Aligning Business and Humanistic Values’. Journal of Applied Behavior Science, 43/1: 1-17
  • Huff, A. S., Tranfield, D. and Van Aken, J.E. (2006). ‘Management as a Design Science, Mindful of Art and Surprise, a conversation between Anne Huff, David Tranfield and Joan van Aken’. Journal of Management Inquiry, 15/4, p413-424
  • Van Aken, J. E. (2005). ‘Valid knowledge for the professional design of large and complex design processes’. Design Studies,26, p379-404
  • Van Aken, J.E. (2005). ‘Management Research as a Design Science: articulating the research products of mode 2 knowledge production’. British Journal of Management, 16, p19-36
  • Van Aken, J.E. (2004). ‘Management Research on the Basis of the Design Paradigm: the Quest for Field-tested and Grounded Technological Rules’. Journal of Management Studies, 41(2), p 219-246
  • Van Aken, J.E.(1996). ‘Methodologische vraagstukken bij het ontwerpen van Bedrijfskundige systemen: het paradigma van het sociaal-realisme’(Methodological issues in the design of business systems: the paradigm of social-realism). Bedrijfskunde 68, p. 14-22.
  •  Van Aken, J.E.(1994). ‘De bedrijfskunde als Ontwerpwetenschap: de regulatieve en de reflectieve cyclus’(Business Administration as a design science: the problem solving and the refelctice cycle). Bedrijfskunde 66, p. 16-22.
  • Van Aken, J.E. (1994). ‘Het ontwikkelen van wetenschappelijke kennis voor organi­satie­professionals vanuit spelersperspectief; de rol van ontwerpmodellen en heuris­tieken’(The development of scienctific knowledge for organization professionals from an actor perspective: the role of design models and heuristics). M&O, Tijdschrift voor Organisatiekunde en Sociaal Beleid 48/4, p. 388-404.
  • An EBP-publication avant la lettre: Van Aken, J.E. en B. Matzinger (1983): ‘Een neo‑rationeel model van besluit­vorming’ (A neo-rational model of decision-making). M&O 34/6  p478‑493.