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Advancing Information Systems Theories, Volume II : Products and Digitalisation
| Advancing Information Systems Theories, Volume II : Products and Digitalisation |
| Autore | Willcocks Leslie P |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (461 pages) |
| Disciplina | 004.0721 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HassanNik R
RivardSuzanne |
| Collana | Technology, Work and Globalization Series |
| ISBN | 3-031-38719-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction: On Types of Products of Theorizing -- Theory Frames -- Theory Generators -- Theory Components -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2: Useful Products in Information Systems Theorizing: A Discursive Formation Perspective -- Introduction -- Theorizing and the Discursive Formation Perspective -- Intermediate Products of Theorizing -- Question -- Paradigm -- Law -- Framework -- Myth -- Analogy -- Metaphor -- Model -- Concept -- Construct -- Statement -- Hypothesis -- Crafting Theory with the Products of Theorizing -- Raising Questions from Myth (1) -- Drawing Analogies from Questions (2) -- Building Metaphor from Analogy (3) -- Adopting Paradigm from Analogy (4) -- Answering Questions from Paradigms (5) -- Guiding Analogies from Paradigms (6) -- Applying Law from Questions (7) -- Abstracting Models from Law (8) -- Synthesizing Framework from Models (9) -- Deriving Concepts from Paradigm, Analogy, Metaphor, and Model (10) -- Inventing Constructs from Concepts (11) -- Formulating Statements from Constructs (12) -- Testing Hypotheses from Statements (13) -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 3: Debating Genres and IS Research: The Case of Action Principles for Service Automation -- Introduction -- Genres and the Practice-Research Gap -- The Global Financial Crisis: The Owl That Did Not Really Fly -- Genres in IS Research: A Solution? -- Roles for Philosophy and Science -- Differing Genres in IS Research: Another Way Forward? -- The Need for More Engagement with Practice -- The Theoretical Turn: What Kind of Theory? -- Enacting Research-into-Practice: The Case of Service Automation -- Making Sense of the Robo-Babble -- Topic Selection: "Is there any there there?" -- Planning Field Work -- Field Research Begins -- Survey 1.
Additional Field Research -- Additional Surveys -- Service Automation Action Principles -- Discussion -- Rigor of Action Principles -- Relevance and Limitations of Research-Into-Practice We have demonstrated the emergent and iterative nature of practice-into-research that produces 'rigorous' action principles. What about relevance? Publishing in practitioner journals such a -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: A Paradigm Shift in Understanding Digital Objects in IS: A Semiotic Perspective on Artificial Intelligence Technologies -- Introduction -- Theoretical Foundations -- Understanding Paradigms in IS Research -- The Fundamentals of Semiotics: A Peircean View -- Digital Objects Through a Semiotics Lens: Current IS Paradigm -- The Theory of Digital Objects: Background -- Applying a Semiotics Lens to the Theory of Digital Objects -- The Distinctive Case of Artificial Intelligence in the Digital World -- A Paradigm Shift: From a Particular to a Pluralistic Semiotic System of AI Digital Objects -- Understanding Artificial Intelligence as Digital Objects: A Semiotics View -- Toward a Pluralistic Semiotics Paradigm of Digital Objects -- The Metaphysical Paradigm Opportunity -- The Sociological Paradigm Opportunity -- The Artifactual Paradigm Opportunity -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Definitions Based on IEEE Guide for Terms and Concepts in Intelligent Process Automation (2017) -- Appendix 2: Applying Core Elements of Semiotics to Digital Objects: Shifting from a Particular to a Pluralistic Semiotic Paradigm of Digital Objects -- References -- 5: A Cybernetic Theory of the Impact of Implementers' Actions on User Resistance to Information Technology Implementation -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- User Resistance to IT Implementation -- Cybernetic Systems. A Cybernetic Theory of the Impact of Implementers' Actions on User Resistance to IT Implementation -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: Interrogating Sociomateriality: An Integrative Semiotics Framework for Information Systems -- Introduction -- Developing the Framework (1) Semiotics -- Peircean Semiotics -- Further Peircean Developments -- Semiotics in Business and ICT -- Developing the Framework (2): Critical Realism -- Developing the Framework (3): Information and Meaning -- Developing the Framework (4): Meaning and Embodiment -- A Summary Integrative Framework: Semiosis and Three Worlds -- Interrogating Sociomateriality in Information Systems -- Applying the Integrative Semiotic Framework -- Summary -- Conclusion -- References -- 7: When Crowds Play God: A Promethean Perspective on Crowdfunding -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- The Origins and Variations of Crowdfunding -- Crowdfunding to Construct Public Narratives -- The Myth of Prometheus as a Sense-Making Lens -- Promethean Archetypes -- Method -- A Hegelian Dialectic -- Selection of Illustrative Examples -- Gathering Data -- Analysing and Identifying Themes -- Findings -- Philanthropists or Misanthropists? -- Revolutionary Forethinkers or Recklessly Ambitious? -- Liberators or Thieves? -- Enlighteners and Empowerers or Creators of Work? -- Altruists or Cunning/Self-interested Tricksters? -- Acclaimed, Suffering Heroes or Maligned Failures? -- Discussion -- Synthesis and Practical Recommendations -- Contributions to Research -- Conclusions: Limitations and Further Research -- References -- 8: Routinization of Digital Transformation of Work: A Discursive Practice Orientation Toward a Native IS Theory -- Introduction -- Foundational Theorizing: Practices of Routinization -- Positioning Routinization: The Constituted Sphere of Worlds. Why Routinization of DTW and Not the DTW of Organizational Routines? -- Controlled Genetic Mutation as an Analogy for Routinization of DTW -- Digital Transformation and Work Redesign -- Design as Transforming Capability -- Process as Transforming Capability -- Sustainment as a Transforming Capability -- Conclusion -- References -- 9: Patterns for Visualizing the Aesthetic Qualities of Business Processes -- Introduction -- Aesthetic Business Processes: A Working Definition -- The Concept of Aesthetic Business Processes: The Macro-sequence -- Visualization: A Method to Experience the Aesthetic Qualities of Business Processes -- Illustration: Visualizing Aesthetic Qualities of Business Processes in Companies -- Conclusion -- References -- 10: Information Theory in IS -- Introduction -- Etymology and History of "Information" -- Definitions of Information -- Existing Frameworks and Taxonomies of Theories of Information -- More than One Theory? -- Concepts Commonly Related to Information -- Information and Data -- Information and Signs -- Other Concepts Related to Information -- Information, Systems, and Change -- Cybernetics -- Difference -- Organizational Change -- Exemplifying Variations in Existing Information Theories -- Philosophical Assumptions and Validity -- Validation -- Conclusions and Ways Forward -- References -- 11: The Primacy of Concepts and Implications for the IS Field -- Introduction -- The Historical Emergence of New Objects of Study and Their Concepts -- The Growth of Concepts in the IS Field -- The Primacy of Concepts over Constructs -- Implications for the IS Field -- The Distinctive IS Discourse -- The IS Objects of Study -- IS Concepts -- Conclusion -- References -- 12: Propositions for a Future Information Exchange Theory to Support Decision Making -- Introduction -- IE Research in IS -- Existing Theories for IE in IS. Methodology -- A Multi-stakeholder Theory of Information Exchange (ToIE) -- Propositions -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 13: New Guidelines for Null Hypothesis Significance Testing in Hypothetico-Deductive IS Research -- Introduction -- NHST and its Role in the Traditional Hypothetico-Deductive Research Cycle -- Threats Emerging from the Application of NHST in the Hypothetico-Deductive Research Cycle -- Traditional Threat 1: NHST Is Difficult to Understand and Often Misinterpreted -- Traditional Threat 2: NHST Is Sensitive to Sampling Strategy and Sample Size -- Traditional Threat 3: NHST Logic Is Incomplete -- Traditional Threat 4: NHST Fosters Selective Threshold-Based Reporting -- Emergent Threat 1: NHST IS Susceptible to Questionable Research Practices -- Emergent Threat 2: NHST Is Unfit for Many Studies Involving Big Data or Digital Trace Data -- How Pervasive Is NHST in Hypothetico-Deductive IS Research? -- Proposing a Way Forward -- Putting Our Foot Down: Two Readily Implementable Proposals -- On the Individual Stakeholder Level: New Guidelines for Authors Working on Hypothetico-Deductive IS Research -- On the Collective (Institutional) Level: Diversifying the Peer Review and Publication Process -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Literature Review Procedures -- Identification of Papers -- Coding of Papers -- Appendix B -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910751397903321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 | ||
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Information technology outsourcing / / Suzanne Rivard, Benoit A. Aubert, editors
| Information technology outsourcing / / Suzanne Rivard, Benoit A. Aubert, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
| Disciplina |
658.4038
658.4058 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AubertBenoit A
RivardSuzanne |
| Collana | Advances in management information systems |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Management
Contracting out |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-317-46793-0
1-315-70346-7 1-282-11941-9 9786612119415 0-7656-2370-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Information Technology Outsourcing; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING: An Introduction; Part I. Taking Stock of IT Outsourcing Research; Part II. The Sourcing Decision; Part III. Managing the Outsourcing Relationship; Part IV. Holistic View of IT Outsourcing; CONCLUSION; PART I. TAKING STOCK OF IT OUTSOURCING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH; CHAPTER 2. POPULATION-LEVEL LEARNING AND THE EVOLUTION OF IT OUTSOURCING DECISIONS; CHAPTER 3. STRATEGIC PROFILES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING
CHAPTER 4. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING: QUESTIONS OF LANGUAGEPART II. THE SOURCING DECISION; CHAPTER 5. A METHODOLOGY FOR IT SOURCING DECISIONS; CHAPTER 6. INSTITUTIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL ANTECEDENTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOURCING ARRANGEMENTS; CHAPTER 7. FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND ALLOCATION OF IT BUDGET TO OUTSOURCING; CHAPTER 8. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING RISK; CHAPTER 9. INVESTIGATING TRUST IN OUTSOURCING: A Study in the Health Care Industry; PART III. MANAGING THE OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIP; CHAPTER 10. MANAGING THE IS OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIP CHAPTER 11. VENDOR COMMITMENT IN AN ASP OUTSOURCING CONTEXTCHAPTER 12. GOVERNANCE OF COMPLEX IT OUTSOURCING PARTNERSHIPS; CHAPTER 13. COORDINATION OF COMPLEX INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; PART IV. HOLISTIC VIEW OF IT OUTSOURCING; CHAPTER 14. MANAGEMENT OF OUTSOURCED IS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; CHAPTER 15. CONTRACTING IN IT OUTSOURCING: Hierarchical and Psychological Contractual Elements as Key Managerial Governance Mechanisms; CHAPTER 16. THE OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING LANDSCAPE: Historical Development and Challenges for the IS Discipline; EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; SERIES EDITOR; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454017303321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Information technology outsourcing / / Suzanne Rivard, Benoit A. Aubert, editors
| Information technology outsourcing / / Suzanne Rivard, Benoit A. Aubert, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
| Disciplina |
658.4038
658.4058 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AubertBenoit A
RivardSuzanne |
| Collana | Advances in management information systems |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Management
Contracting out |
| ISBN |
1-317-46792-2
1-317-46793-0 1-315-70346-7 1-282-11941-9 9786612119415 0-7656-2370-6 |
| Classificazione | QP 345 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Information Technology Outsourcing; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING: An Introduction; Part I. Taking Stock of IT Outsourcing Research; Part II. The Sourcing Decision; Part III. Managing the Outsourcing Relationship; Part IV. Holistic View of IT Outsourcing; CONCLUSION; PART I. TAKING STOCK OF IT OUTSOURCING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH; CHAPTER 2. POPULATION-LEVEL LEARNING AND THE EVOLUTION OF IT OUTSOURCING DECISIONS; CHAPTER 3. STRATEGIC PROFILES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING
CHAPTER 4. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING: QUESTIONS OF LANGUAGEPART II. THE SOURCING DECISION; CHAPTER 5. A METHODOLOGY FOR IT SOURCING DECISIONS; CHAPTER 6. INSTITUTIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL ANTECEDENTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOURCING ARRANGEMENTS; CHAPTER 7. FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND ALLOCATION OF IT BUDGET TO OUTSOURCING; CHAPTER 8. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING RISK; CHAPTER 9. INVESTIGATING TRUST IN OUTSOURCING: A Study in the Health Care Industry; PART III. MANAGING THE OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIP; CHAPTER 10. MANAGING THE IS OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIP CHAPTER 11. VENDOR COMMITMENT IN AN ASP OUTSOURCING CONTEXTCHAPTER 12. GOVERNANCE OF COMPLEX IT OUTSOURCING PARTNERSHIPS; CHAPTER 13. COORDINATION OF COMPLEX INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; PART IV. HOLISTIC VIEW OF IT OUTSOURCING; CHAPTER 14. MANAGEMENT OF OUTSOURCED IS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; CHAPTER 15. CONTRACTING IN IT OUTSOURCING: Hierarchical and Psychological Contractual Elements as Key Managerial Governance Mechanisms; CHAPTER 16. THE OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING LANDSCAPE: Historical Development and Challenges for the IS Discipline; EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; SERIES EDITOR; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777999603321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Information technology outsourcing / / Suzanne Rivard, Benoit A. Aubert, editors
| Information technology outsourcing / / Suzanne Rivard, Benoit A. Aubert, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
| Disciplina |
658.4038
658.4058 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AubertBenoit A
RivardSuzanne |
| Collana | Advances in management information systems |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Management
Contracting out |
| ISBN |
1-317-46792-2
1-317-46793-0 1-315-70346-7 1-282-11941-9 9786612119415 0-7656-2370-6 |
| Classificazione | QP 345 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Information Technology Outsourcing; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING: An Introduction; Part I. Taking Stock of IT Outsourcing Research; Part II. The Sourcing Decision; Part III. Managing the Outsourcing Relationship; Part IV. Holistic View of IT Outsourcing; CONCLUSION; PART I. TAKING STOCK OF IT OUTSOURCING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH; CHAPTER 2. POPULATION-LEVEL LEARNING AND THE EVOLUTION OF IT OUTSOURCING DECISIONS; CHAPTER 3. STRATEGIC PROFILES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING
CHAPTER 4. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING: QUESTIONS OF LANGUAGEPART II. THE SOURCING DECISION; CHAPTER 5. A METHODOLOGY FOR IT SOURCING DECISIONS; CHAPTER 6. INSTITUTIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL ANTECEDENTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOURCING ARRANGEMENTS; CHAPTER 7. FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND ALLOCATION OF IT BUDGET TO OUTSOURCING; CHAPTER 8. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING RISK; CHAPTER 9. INVESTIGATING TRUST IN OUTSOURCING: A Study in the Health Care Industry; PART III. MANAGING THE OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIP; CHAPTER 10. MANAGING THE IS OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIP CHAPTER 11. VENDOR COMMITMENT IN AN ASP OUTSOURCING CONTEXTCHAPTER 12. GOVERNANCE OF COMPLEX IT OUTSOURCING PARTNERSHIPS; CHAPTER 13. COORDINATION OF COMPLEX INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; PART IV. HOLISTIC VIEW OF IT OUTSOURCING; CHAPTER 14. MANAGEMENT OF OUTSOURCED IS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; CHAPTER 15. CONTRACTING IN IT OUTSOURCING: Hierarchical and Psychological Contractual Elements as Key Managerial Governance Mechanisms; CHAPTER 16. THE OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING LANDSCAPE: Historical Development and Challenges for the IS Discipline; EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; SERIES EDITOR; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808597803321 |
| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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