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Realigning Research and Practice in Information Systems Development

The Social and Organizational Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Nancy L. Russo

    1. Northern Illinois University, USA

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  2. Brian Fitzgerald

    1. National University of Ireland-Cork, Ireland

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  3. Janice I. DeGross

    1. University of Minnesota, USA

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Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT, volume 66)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Directions in Information Systems Development: Integrating New Technologies, Research Approaches, and Development Practices

    1. Directions in Information Systems Development: Integrating New Technologies, Research Approaches, and Development Practices

      • Nancy L. Russo, Brian Fitzgerald
      Pages 1-8

  3. Developing Information Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Accommodating Emergent Work Practices: Ethnographic Choice of Method Fragments

      • Richard Baskerville, Jan Stage
      Pages 11-28

    3. Information Systems Development as Flowing Wholeness

      • Paulo Rupino da Cunha, António Dias de Figueiredo
      Pages 29-48

    4. Racing the E-Bomb: How the Internet is Redefining Information Systems Development Methodology

      • Richard Baskerville, Jan Pries-Heje
      Pages 49-68

    5. The Use of Research-Based Information System Development Methods

      • Karin Hedström, Emma Eliason
      Pages 69-76

    6. Techniques and Methodologies for Multimedia Systems Development: A Survey of Industrial Practice

      • Michael Lang, Chris Barry
      Pages 77-86

    7. Enterprise Network Design: How is It Done?

      • Judy Wynekoop, David Johnson, Jim Finan
      Pages 87-93

    8. A Role-Based Framework for Information System Self-Development

      • Mart Roost, Rein Kuusik, Tarmo Veskioja
      Pages 95-105

  4. Managing Information Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Developing a Methodology to Evaluate the Impact of Staff Perceptions on the Strategic Value of Information Systems in a Small to Medium Sized Enterprise

      • Robert Moreton, Diana Aiken
      Pages 109-126

    3. Due Process and the Introduction of New Technology: The Institution of Video Teleconferencing

      • Joe Nandhakumar, Richard Vidgen
      Pages 127-148

    4. Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation: Stories of Power, Politics, and Resistance

      • David Allen, Thomas Kern
      Pages 149-162

    5. Web Information Systems Management: Proactive or Reactive Emergence?

      • Kristin R. Eschenfelder, Steve Sawyer
      Pages 163-181

    6. Better Safe Than Sorry? In Search of an Internet Business Model in Online Entertainment

      • Ola Henfridsson, Helena Holmström, Ole Hanseth
      Pages 183-201

    7. Consumer Privacy and Online Marketing: Bringing the Human Back into the Picture

      • Laurence Brooks, Alexis Airey
      Pages 203-210

    8. Observations from a Field Study on Developing a Framework for Pre-Usage Evaluation of Case Tools

      • Adam Rehbinder, Brian Lings, Björn Lundell, Runo Burman, Anette Nilsson
      Pages 211-220

    9. Software Process Maturity and Organizational Politics

      • Peter Axel Nielsen, Jacob Nørbjerg
      Pages 221-239

    10. Implications of a Service-Oriented View of Software

      • Paul Layzell
      Pages 241-253
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About this book

Given the pervasive nature of information technology and information systems in the modern world, the design and development of IS and IT are critical issues of concern. New research topics continuously emerge in tandem with the latest developments in technology-E-Business, Knowledge Management, Business Process Reengineering, for example. However, when the initial flurry of research abates and the "gloss" of these areas has diminished somewhat, as it inevitably does, the enduring core issue remains as to how to develop systems to fully exploit these new areas. Both information systems and information technology are interpreted fairly broadly in this book. Of particular interest to the editors were research studies that facilitate an understanding of the role and impact of information technology on society, organizations, and individuals, and which strive to improve the design and use of information systems in that context.
The contributions to the book are categorized into four broad themes. First is the core issue of developing information systems in the current environment. In this section several fundamental challenges to current assumptions and conventional wisdom in information systems development are posed. The second section considers the management of information systems. Again, the conventional wisdom is challenged. The penultimate section focuses on researching information systems. Here, various issues to do with research methods are surfaced, and the use of leading-edge research methods in information systems development is pioneered and discussed. Finally, a section is devoted to understanding information systems. This section addresses the perennial challenge in the IS field in relation to the conceptual foundations of the field.
This volume comprises the proceedings of the Working Conference on Realigning Research and Practice in Information Systems Development: The Social and Organizational Perspective,which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Boise, Idaho, USA in July 2001.
Given the central importance of information systems development in the current age, this eclectic book, which considers the topic from a rich and varied set of perspectives, will be essential reading for researchers and practitioners working in all areas of IS and IT.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Northern Illinois University, USA

    Nancy L. Russo

  • National University of Ireland-Cork, Ireland

    Brian Fitzgerald

  • University of Minnesota, USA

    Janice I. DeGross

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