Information Systems Action Research
An Applied View of Emerging Concepts and Methods
Published on 23. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXVII, 426 pages
978-1-4419-4210-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
45 s/w Abbildungen
XXVII, 426 p. 45 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4419-4210-4 (9781441942104)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-387-36060-7
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Additional editions
Book
10/2006
Springer
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Content
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.