Ebook: Organizational and Social Perspectives on Information Technology: IFIP TC8 WG8.2 International Working Conference on the Social and Organizational Perspective on Research and Practice in Information Technology June 9–11, 2000, Aalborg, Denmark

The articles in this book constitute the proceedings papers from the IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference, "IS2000: The Social and Organizational Perspective on Research and Practice in Information Technology," held June 1 0-12, 2000, in Aalborg, Denmark. The focus of the conference, and therefore this book, is on the basic aim of the working group, namely, the investigation of the interrelationships among four major components: information systems (IS), information technology (IT), organizations, and society. This basic social and organizational perspective on research and practice in information technology may have evolved substantially since the founding ofthe group, for example, increasing the emphasis on IS development. The plan for the conference was partially rooted in the early WG 8.2 traditions, in which working conferences were substantially composed of invited papers. For IS2000, roughly half of the paper presentations were planned to be invited; the remaining half were planned to be double-blind refereed in response to a "Call For Papers." Invited papers were single-blind reviewed in order to provide the authors with pre-publication feedback and comments, along with the opportunity to revise their papers prior to its final incorporation in this book.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Discourses on the Interaction of Information Systems, Organizations, and Society: Reformation and Transformation....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
The Moving Finger: The use of Social Theory in WG 8.2 Conference Papers, 1975–1999....Pages 15-31
Socio-Technical Design: An Unfulfilled Promise or a Future Opportunity?....Pages 33-46
The Limits of Language in Doing Systems Work....Pages 47-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Information Systems Conceptual Foundations: Looking Backward and Forward....Pages 61-82
Horizontal Information Systems: Emergent Trends and Perspectives....Pages 83-101
Expanding the Horizons of Information Systems Development....Pages 103-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Evaluation in a Socio-Technical Context....Pages 115-126
Collaborative Practice Research....Pages 127-148
Process as Theory in Information Systems Research....Pages 149-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Toward an Integrated Theory of It-Related Risk Control....Pages 167-178
Individual, Organizational, and Societal Perspectives on Information Delivery Systems: Bright and Dark Sides to Push and Pull Technologies....Pages 179-193
Globalization and It: Agenda for Research....Pages 195-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Studying Organizational Computing Infrastructures: Multi-Method Approaches....Pages 213-231
Information Systems Research at the Crossroads: External Versus Internal Views....Pages 233-254
The New Computing Archipelago: Intranet Islands of Practice....Pages 255-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Information Technology and the Cultural Reproduction of Social Order: A Research Paradigm....Pages 277-293
The Screen and the World: A Phenomenological Investigation into Screens and Our Engagement in the World....Pages 295-318
Developing a Virtual Community-Based Information Systems Digital Library: A Proposal and Research Program....Pages 319-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Representing Human and Non-Human Stakeholders: On Speaking with Authority....Pages 339-354
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Implementing Open Network Technologies in Complex Work Practices: A Case from Telemedicine....Pages 355-369
Machine Agency as Perceived Autonomy: An Action Perspective....Pages 371-388
Front Matter....Pages 389-389
Some Challenges Facing Virtually Colocated Teams....Pages 391-407
MOA-S: A Scenario Model for Integrating Work Organization Aspects into the Design Process of CSCW Systems....Pages 409-427
Constructing Interdependencies with Collaborative Information Technology....Pages 429-450
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
The Role of Gender in User Resistance and Information Systems Failure....Pages 453-471
Limitations and Opportunities of System Development Methods in Web Information System Design....Pages 473-486
Lessons from a Dinosaur: Mediating is Research Through an Analysis of the Medical Record....Pages 487-504
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Addressing the Shortcomings of Interpretive Field Research: Reflecting Social Construction in the Write-Up....Pages 507-510
Learning and Teaching Qualitative Research: A View from the Reference Disciplines of Anthropology and History....Pages 511-515
Successful Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Information Systems: Does Healthcare Serve as a Model for Networked Organizations?....Pages 517-520
Standardization, Network Economics, and It....Pages 521-525
Back Matter....Pages 527-527

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Discourses on the Interaction of Information Systems, Organizations, and Society: Reformation and Transformation....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
The Moving Finger: The use of Social Theory in WG 8.2 Conference Papers, 1975–1999....Pages 15-31
Socio-Technical Design: An Unfulfilled Promise or a Future Opportunity?....Pages 33-46
The Limits of Language in Doing Systems Work....Pages 47-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Information Systems Conceptual Foundations: Looking Backward and Forward....Pages 61-82
Horizontal Information Systems: Emergent Trends and Perspectives....Pages 83-101
Expanding the Horizons of Information Systems Development....Pages 103-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Evaluation in a Socio-Technical Context....Pages 115-126
Collaborative Practice Research....Pages 127-148
Process as Theory in Information Systems Research....Pages 149-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Toward an Integrated Theory of It-Related Risk Control....Pages 167-178
Individual, Organizational, and Societal Perspectives on Information Delivery Systems: Bright and Dark Sides to Push and Pull Technologies....Pages 179-193
Globalization and It: Agenda for Research....Pages 195-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Studying Organizational Computing Infrastructures: Multi-Method Approaches....Pages 213-231
Information Systems Research at the Crossroads: External Versus Internal Views....Pages 233-254
The New Computing Archipelago: Intranet Islands of Practice....Pages 255-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Information Technology and the Cultural Reproduction of Social Order: A Research Paradigm....Pages 277-293
The Screen and the World: A Phenomenological Investigation into Screens and Our Engagement in the World....Pages 295-318
Developing a Virtual Community-Based Information Systems Digital Library: A Proposal and Research Program....Pages 319-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Representing Human and Non-Human Stakeholders: On Speaking with Authority....Pages 339-354
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Implementing Open Network Technologies in Complex Work Practices: A Case from Telemedicine....Pages 355-369
Machine Agency as Perceived Autonomy: An Action Perspective....Pages 371-388
Front Matter....Pages 389-389
Some Challenges Facing Virtually Colocated Teams....Pages 391-407
MOA-S: A Scenario Model for Integrating Work Organization Aspects into the Design Process of CSCW Systems....Pages 409-427
Constructing Interdependencies with Collaborative Information Technology....Pages 429-450
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
The Role of Gender in User Resistance and Information Systems Failure....Pages 453-471
Limitations and Opportunities of System Development Methods in Web Information System Design....Pages 473-486
Lessons from a Dinosaur: Mediating is Research Through an Analysis of the Medical Record....Pages 487-504
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Addressing the Shortcomings of Interpretive Field Research: Reflecting Social Construction in the Write-Up....Pages 507-510
Learning and Teaching Qualitative Research: A View from the Reference Disciplines of Anthropology and History....Pages 511-515
Successful Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Information Systems: Does Healthcare Serve as a Model for Networked Organizations?....Pages 517-520
Standardization, Network Economics, and It....Pages 521-525
Back Matter....Pages 527-527
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