scholarly journals Comments on “The nature of theory in information systems”

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajjad Hussain ◽  
Imran Bashir Dar
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Action Theory ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Structural Breakdown ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Structural Parts

AbstractThis commentary is on Shirley Gregor’s (2006) article titled “The Nature of Theory in Information Systems”, published in MIS Quarterly. In terms of theories, five types have been prominent in Gregor’s classification: (a) Theory of Analyzing (b) Theory of Explaining (c) Theory of Prediction (d) Theory of Explaining and Predicting (e) Theory of Design and Action. The author argued that this can help researchers to choose a differing epistemological approach to develop a theory that is under development. Furthermore, a structural breakdown of the theory has been projected that gives a better and clear understanding of the essential parts of the theory to researchers. However, some important questions emerge after reading the most cited article about the nature of theory in IS. The major ones are: (a) What is the difference between theory in general and theory in IS?, (b) Are the structural parts of the theory described by Gregor exhaustive and correctly presented?, (c) Different classifications of theories presented by Gregor are theory or theorizing in nature, and finally, (d) Gregor argued that management scientists did not provide anything regarding design and action theory, is that true?

An investigation into the role of enterprise information systems in enabling business innovation

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 771-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luay Anaya ◽  
Mohammed Dulaimi ◽  
Sherief Abdallah
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Enterprise Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Enterprise Information Systems ◽  
Business Innovation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to articulate clear understanding about the role of enterprise information systems (EIS) in developing innovative business practices. Particularly, it aims to explore the different ways that make EIS enables innovation development. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted exploratory case study, based on qualitative approach. Investigations included two case studies each involved interviewing a number of senior information technology staff, working at these cases. Findings – The paper provides empirical insights about the EIS role in enabling innovation. The analysis of the case studies revealed that integrating an EIS with other system(s) or with digital devices can provide new practices that could not be easily available without these technologies. The study also found that applying data analytics tools into data accumulated from EIS, to extract new insights, lead to innovative practices. Practical implications – The study provides a set of recommendations for organizations interested to maximize the benefits from their investments in EIS. Originality/value – The paper provides evidences from cases in United Arab Emirates for the EIS role in enabling business innovation.

scholarly journals ‘B-M MODEL’ FOR FARMERS’ KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN INCREASING RICE PRODUCTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-45
Author(s):  
BK Mahalder ◽  
◽  
MB Ahmed ◽  
H Bhandari ◽  
MU Salam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Rice Yield ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Practice Change ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
The Difference

Quantifying knowledge on agriculture can have many benefits to stakeholders. While many knowledge-based systems exist in modern days for farmers’ decision support, specific models are lacking on how knowledge traits can impact on agricultural production systems. This study employed modelling technique, supported by field data, to provide a clear understanding and quantifying how knowledge management in production practices can contribute to rice productivity in the environmentally stressed southwest Bangladesh. This research accounted for ‘Boro’ rice as the target crop and ‘BRRI dhan28’ as the test variety. The ‘B-M Model’ was developed following the principle and procedure from published literature, ‘brainstorming’ and data from field surveys. Three knowledge management traits (KMT) were defined and quantified as the inputs of the model. Those are: self-experience and observation (SEO), extension advisory services (EAS) and accessed information sources (AIS). The yield influencing process (YIP), the intermediate state variable of the model, was deduced by accounting for the two dominant agronomic practices, seedling age for transplanting and triple superphosphate (TSP) application. ‘Knowledge drives farmers’ practice change which in turn influences yield’ was composed as the theoretical framework of the ‘B-M Model’. The model performed strongly against an independently collected field data set. Across the 180 farmers’ data, the average relative rice yield (RRY) predicted by the model (0.705) and observed in the field (0.716) was close (root mean squared deviation (RMSD) = 0.018). The difference between predicted and observed RRY was not statistically different (LSD = 0.03), indicating the model fully captured the field data. A regression of predicted and observed RRY explained 96% variance in observation, further proving the model’s strength in estimating RRY in a wider range of farmers’ rice yield. In a normative analysis, the practicality and usefulness of the model to stakeholders were simulated for the understanding of how much achievable yield could be expected by changing farmers’ knowledge pool (the sum of three KMT) on rice production practices, and at what combination(s) of KMT to be considered at strategic hierarchy to materialize a targeted achievable yield. To the best of the knowledge, a model quantifying rice yield in relation to knowledge management trait does not exist in literature. Upon successful testing under diverse yield scenarios using multiple and sophisticated statistical tools that enhanced the credibility of the model, it is concluded that the model has the potential to be used for identifying quantitative pathways of farmers’ knowledge acquisition for practice change leading to improved productivity of rice in the southwest region of Bangladesh.

Study on the Relationship between Supervisors' Remuneration in Listed Companies and Tobacco Control Measures

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 5074-5086
Author(s):  
Miao Wang ◽  
Pengfei Li
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Company Law ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Corporation Governance ◽  
Legal Principle ◽  
Self Consistent ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship

Objectives: At present, the theoretical study on supervisors' remuneration under the Company Law is still too principled, and many "chaos" occur in the remuneration practices for supervisors. First, the lack of clear understanding of the incentive function and institutional specificities of supervisors' remuneration results in many problems in the application of supervisors' remuneration in practice, as well as the ignoration of the Board of Supervisors in corporation governance. Second, rather than reaching the intended effect, the legislative approach of authorized "blank" intentionally adopted under the Company Law leaves an inducement for the ineffective supervision of supervisors in practice. Third, there is not only a lack of theoretically self-consistent discussion on the special problems of concurrent supervisors and employee supervisors' remuneration, but also a divorce of the institutional structure and application from good expectations. If the research background of the problem is placed in "tobacco regulatory science", it will be found that there is no inevitable connection between supervisors' compliance expectations and remuneration, but mainly depends on the provisions of legislation. Going back and forth between theory and practice of supervisors' remuneration, this paper combs and interprets the issue of supervisors' remuneration from the perspective of the legislative provisions and theoretical study under the Company Law, and analyzes the difference between the reality and the necessity of the Company Law with respect to the issue of supervisors' remuneration in the light of the legal principle of the Company Law, with the view to improvement of the rules of the Company Law.

Role of Information Systems in Banks: An Empirical Study in the Indian Context

2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
A M Rawani ◽  
M P Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Public Sector Banks ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Role Of Information

In the current era of competition, the use of computers and allied technologies has become inevitable and it has been well recognized that Information Systems (IS) plays different roles in different industries. This paper makes an attempt to explore empirically the difference in the role of IS in the banking industry, i.e., between public sector, private sector, and foreign sector banks operating in India. The study indicates that IS plays a supportive role in public sector banks and a strategic role in private and foreign sector banks. The study also indicates that the future impact of IS does not vary significantly with the banking groups.

Analyzing Gender Segregation in Comuting

2011 ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
Leena Ghoshal ◽  
Katia Passerini
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Male Dominance ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Female Participation ◽  
The World ◽  
Computing Industry ◽  
Technical Advances ◽  
The Difference

Gender appears to be a fundamental category for ordering and classifying social relations in the world (Evans, 1994). The first thing we are told about a newborn is whether it is a boy or a girl. Gender as defined by Acker, (1992, p. 250) is a “patterned, socially produced distinction between female and male, feminine and masculine” and is a key concept for understanding the degree of male and female participation in any field, including information systems. This review aims at developing an understanding of some of the reasons that underlie (a) the gender segregation that exists within the broad, interrelated fields of computing (information systems (IS), information technology (IT), and computer science (CS)) and (b) the declining levels of female participation in the computing industry across the continents. The three computing disciplines (IS, IT, CS) and the computing profession clearly appear gender segregated, with a male dominance at all levels. As Booth (1999) noted, while one of the first software ever written for a machine was produced by a woman—Ada Lovelace in 1840, it is a male, Charles Babbage—the inventor of the difference calculating machine—that is generally accepted as the founding father of computing. Booth concludes: “And that, in microcosm, has been how the IT industry developed over the next 160 years—a combination of rapid technical advances leading to skills crisis while half the nation’s workforce has been routinely overlooked” (p. 47).

scholarly journals The Demise Of Silicon Graphics Explicated By A Structural Functionalist

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Nicholas John Robak ◽  
Patricia J. Robak
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Action Theory ◽  
Talcott Parsons ◽  
Philosophical Basis ◽  
Constant Change

It has been asserted that positivism is the philosophical basis of research in the field of Information Systems by Goles and Hirschheim. This is seen as problematic in an area that undergoes swift and constant change because of its technological nature. The rise and fall of Silicon Graphics Incorporated (SGI) is the focus of this paper. The mechanism for explaining change is the action theory of Talcott Parsons, a structural functionalist, whose theory, in turn, is attacked for the inability to account facilely for change.

scholarly journals The Shear Strength of Granite Weathered Soil Under Different Hydraulic Paths

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 6615
Author(s):  
Youqian Lu ◽  
Guoqing Cai ◽  
Chenggang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Soil Mineral ◽  
Strength Index ◽  
Soil Particles ◽  
Weathered Soils ◽  
Weathered Soil ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Strength Models

At present, there is no clear understanding of the influence of differences in soil mineral composition, particle size grading, and hydraulic paths on the shear strength of unsaturated soil, and the related strength models are not applicable. The shear strength characteristics of different saturation specimens under different hydraulic paths were studied on two granite weathered soils. The experimental results show that the shear strength index of the prepared specimen is “arched” with the increase of saturation, and the dehydration specimen decreases linearly with the saturation. As considering the cementation of free oxides in soils and the interaction among soil particles at different saturations, it is assumed that there are three different contact modes among soil particles: direct contact, meniscus contact, and cement contact. The difference in contact modes will reflect the different laws of shear strength. A shear strength model capable of distinguishing between the capillary effect and the adsorptive effect was established. The model predicted and verified the shear strength data of granite weathered soil under different hydraulic paths well, and then theoretically explained the evolution law of the shear strength of granite weathering soil under the change of saturation.

Frenemies in Platform Markets: Heterogeneous Profit Foci as Drivers of Compatibility Decisions

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 2432-2451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Adner ◽  
Jianqing Chen ◽  
Feng Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
The Other ◽  
Theoretic Model ◽  
Game Theoretic ◽  
Game Theoretic Model ◽  
The Difference

We study compatibility decisions of two competing platform owners that generate profits through both hardware sales and royalties from content sales. We consider a game-theoretic model in which two platforms offer different standalone utilities to users. We find that incentives to establish one-way compatibility—the platform owner with smaller standalone value grants access to its proprietary content application to users of the competing platform—can arise from the difference in their profit foci. As the difference in the standalone utilities increases, royalties from content sales become less important to the platform owner with greater standalone value, but more important to the other platform owner. One-way compatibility can thus increase asymmetry between the platform owners’ profit foci and, given a sufficiently large difference in the standalone utilities, yields greater profits for both platform owners. We further show that social welfare is greater under one-way compatibility than under incompatibility. We also investigate how factors such as exclusive content and hardware-only adopters affect compatibility incentives. This paper was accepted by Chris Forman, information systems.

scholarly journals DICTION OF DAYAK KATINGAN FAMILY ARTICULATION IN TEWANG TAMPANG VILLAGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON FAMILY COLLABORATION

2018 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ni Nyoman Rahmawati ◽  
A.A. Ngurah Anom Kumbara ◽  
I Ketut Suda ◽  
Ni Made Ruastiti
Keyword(s):  
Action Theory ◽  
Communicative Action ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Religious Ideology ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Village

The difference in religious ideology in the Dayak Katingan family in the village of Tewang Tampang in reality does not trigger conflict, they always live in harmony and harmony. This can be seen from their intimacy and togetherness in daily social interactions. However, behind this harmony there is also a struggle for religious ideology in the practice of tradition. For this reason, the purpose of this study was focused on knowing how the Dayak Katingan family in Tewang Tampang Village articulated its diversity and outlined its implications for harmony in the family. This study uses a qualitative method. Data sources are primary and secondary data. Data was collected through participant observation techniques, in-depth interviews, and document studies. Determination of informants was conducted purposively and Snowball, the theories used were phenomenology theory, hermeneutic theory, and communicative action theory. The results showed that the way the Dayak Katingan family in Tewang Tampang village articulated their family traditions in a different way between Kaharingan Hindus, Islam and Christianity. This can be seen from the articulation presented by them, namely the Hindu Kaharingan people articulating tradition as part of religious rituals and in practice based on established rules. Meanwhile Muslims and Christians only articulate tradition as part of Dayak customs and culture and in practice adapts to the teachings of the religion adhered to. This difference in articulation of tradition has implications for religious attitudes in the family such as the opening of a space for dialogue, a tolerant attitude of religion, and a strengthening of family relations. Keywords: Articulation, religiosity, implications, diction  

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