Overview of Dooyeweerd's Philosophy

2011 ◽  
pp. 32-61
Author(s):  
Andrew Basden
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Detailed Explanation ◽  
Ways Of Thinking

The aim of this chapter is to introduce the thought of Herman Dooyeweerd, giving a basic overview of the main themes and ways of thinking that are relevant to understanding information systems. More detailed explanation and discussion of specific points of his philosophy will be offered where they are first needed in later chapters, where these basic themes will be used to formulate frameworks for understanding research and practice in several areas of IS. So the reader should not feel required to absorb reams of philosophy before addressing IS issues.

Privacy after the Agile Turn

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seda Gurses ◽  
Joris Vredy Jan van Hoboken
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Software Industry ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Privacy Regulation ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Production Processes ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Software And Hardware ◽  
New Challenges

Moving beyond algorithms and big data as starting points for discussions about privacy, the authors of Privacy After the Agile Turn focus our attention on the new modes of production of information systems. Specifically, they look at three shifts that have transformed most of the software industry: software is now delivered as services, software and hardware have moved into the cloud and software’s development is ever more agile. These shifts have altered the conditions for privacy governance, and rendered the typical mental models underlying regulatory frameworks for information systems out-of-date. After 'the agile turn', modularity in production processes creates new challenges for allocating regulatory responsibility. Privacy implications of software are harder to address due to the dynamic nature of services and feature development, which undercuts extant privacy regulation that assumes a clear beginning and end of production processes. And the data-driven nature of services, beyond the prospect of monetization, has become part of software development itself. With their focus on production, the authors manage to place known challenges to privacy in a new light and create new avenues for privacy research and practice.

Towards Private-Public Research Partnerships Combining Rigor and Relevance in DWH/BI Research

2012 ◽  
pp. 163-175
Author(s):  
Anne Cleven ◽  
Robert Winter ◽  
Felix Wortmann
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Data Warehousing ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Public Research ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
Close Link ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Two Sides

Business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DWH) research represent two increasingly popular, but still emerging fields in the information systems (IS) academic discipline. As such, they raise two substantial questions: Firstly, “how rigorous, i.e., fundamental, constituent, and explanatory, is DWH BI research?” and, secondly, “how relevant, i.e., useful and purposeful, is this research to practitioners?” In this article, the authors uphold the position that relevance and rigor are by no means dichotomous, but two sides of the same coin. Naturally, this requires well-defined approaches and guidelines—for scholarship in general and DWH/BI research in particular. Therefore, this paper proposes the competence center (CC) approach—a private-public partnership between academia and practice. The authors illustrate how the CC approach can be applied within the field of DWH/BI and suggest that a close link between research and practice supports both enhancing relevance to practice and strengthening rigor of research.

Ethics and Social Networking

2019 ◽  
pp. 1893-1923
Author(s):  
Ludwig Christian Schaupp ◽  
Lemuria Carter
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Ethical Implications

Thanks to recent technological advancements, social networking has seen unprecedented growth. Services such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have evolved from niche communities to active cyber-societies. In addition to an increase in the diffusion of social media, there has also been an increase in the amount and type of information that participants share in these online environments. In this paper, the authors integrate decision making research from three disciplines -marketing, theology and information systems - to explain information disclosure in online communities. They use these disciplines to provide a comprehensive review of existing literature and present innovative recommendations for research and practice. In particular, the authors recommend Potter's Box as a useful framework for evaluating the ethical implications of online information disclosure.

Mind the Gap: Why There Is a Gap Between Information Systems Research and Practice, and How to Manage It

2021 ◽  
pp. 355-368
Author(s):  
Ralf Abraham ◽  
Stefan Bischoff ◽  
Johannes Epple ◽  
Nils Labusch ◽  
Simon Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research

Towards a Sociopragmatic-Constructivist Understanding of Information Systems

2003 ◽  
pp. 267-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Wyssusek ◽  
Martin Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Radical Constructivist ◽  
Human Inquiry

Contemporary understanding of information systems (IS) is flawed by fundamental problems in information systems research and practice. In this chapter, we claim that philosophical presuppositions have a great influence on our understanding of IS. Reflecting on the modernism-postmodernism debate and its methodological consequences for IS research, we derive the need for a paradigmatic foundation of IS research. Referring to Kuhn’s concept of “paradigm,” we develop a framework for the conceptualization of “paradigms of inquiry.” We use the notion of “model,” which we believe to be pivotal for the understanding of IS, to illustrate the implications of the adoption of a “paradigm of inquiry.” In response to a criticism of both the positivist and the radical-constructivist paradigms, we develop a paradigm called “sociopragmatic constructivism” (SPC). Presupposing that human inquiry relies on social contextualization, common practice and cultural history, we propose an agenda for upcoming IS research grounded in SPC.

Interpreting Integration with Respect to Information Systems in Organizations – Image, theory and Reality

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Waring ◽  
David Wainwright
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Image Theory ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Widespread Acceptance ◽  
Technical Factors ◽  
Complex Forms

The integration of information systems (IS) is a phrase which is commonly used in both research and practice within the IS field and across many organizational contexts. This paper uses a historical review to explore how the image of integrated IS has been constructed, evolved over three decades and how this has resulted in the widespread acceptance of idealized goals and benefits. A literature search for an underlying theoretical basis for the concept of systems integration is made, highlighting a diversity of opinion. Two case studies are used to examine the meaning of integration relative to the images and ideals, theory and reality. The study concludes that there is an urgent need for better conceptual and theoretical models of integration to enable more effective discourse of the concept. These models must also encompass and include more diverse non-technical factors for the adoption of more complex forms of IS.

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