Information Systems Action Research - An Applied View of Emerging Concepts and Methods

Information Systems Action Research is organized into three parts: (1) The first part focuses on the methodological issues that arise when action research methods are conducted. (2) The second part provides examples of action research in practice. (3) The third part will summarize the philosophical foundations of action research and its application as a methodology in Information Systems research and research programs.
The book will include chapters from Europe, Australasia, and the Americas representing different traditions and perspectives in action research. These chapters will come from prominent scholars in the areas, who are widely recognized as authors of seminal ideas in action research.

List of contents

Methodological Issues.- Action Research.- The Structure of Power in Action Research Projects.- Action is an Artifact.- Action Research and Design in Information Systems.- The Three Threats of Organizational Action Research.- Driven by Two Masters, Serving Both.- IS Action Research in Practice.- Story Telling in Action Research Projects.- Action Research in New Product Development.- Action Research in A Virtual Setting.- Healthcare.- Generating Data for Research on Emerging Technologies.- A Test of the Communication Flow Optimization Model Through an Action Research Study at a Defense Contractor.- Current Debate on IS Action Research.- Educing Theory from Practice.- A Critical Assessment of Information Systems Action Research.- Is Action Research and Its Criteria.- Action Research and Consulting.- A Plea for Action Research in Accounting Information Systems.- Insider as Action Researcher.

Summary

Information Systems Action Research is organized into three parts: (1) The first part focuses on the methodological issues that arise when action research methods are conducted. (2) The second part provides examples of action research in practice. (3) The third part will summarize the philosophical foundations of action research and its application as a methodology in Information Systems research and research programs.

The book will include chapters from Europe, Australasia, and the Americas representing different traditions and perspectives in action research. These chapters will come from prominent scholars in the areas, who are widely recognized as authors of seminal ideas in action research.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ne Kock (Editor), Ned Kock (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.2010
• EAN: 9781441942104
• ISBN: 978-1-4419-4210-4
• No. of pages: 426
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 25 mm x 238 mm
• Weight: 679 g
• Illustrations: XXVII, 426 p. 45 illus.
• Series: Integrated Series in Information Systems; Integrated Series in Information Systems
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Management, E-Commerce, C, Business and Management, computer science, Information Retrieval, E-commerce: business aspects, IT in Business, e-Commerce/e-business, e-Commerce and e-Business, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet), Business Mathematics, Management of Computing and Information Systems, Management & management techniques, IT Operations, Application software, Information Technology, Management science, Maintenance & repairs, information architecture, Management information systems, Business mathematics & systems, Internet searching, Business—Data processing, Business applications