Ebook: Designing Organizational Systems: An Interdisciplinary Discourse

​This book is dedicated to the memory of Professor Alessandro (Sandro) D'Atri, who passed away in April 2011. Professor D'Atri started his career as a brilliant scholar interested in theoretical computer science, databases and, more generally information processing systems. He journeyed far in various applications, such as human-computer interaction, human factors, ultimately arriving at business information systems and business organisation after more than 20 years of researc hbased on "problem solving". Professor D'Atri pursued the development of an interdisciplinary culture in which social sciences, systems design and human sciences are mutually integrated. Rather than retrospection, this book is aimed to advance in these directions and to stimulate a debate about the potential of design research in the field of information systems and organisation studies with an interdisciplinary approach. Each chapter has been selected by the Editorial Board following a double blind peer review process. The general criteria of privileging the variety of topics and the design science orientation and/or empirical works in which a design research approach is adopted to solve various field problems in the management area. In addition several chapters contribute to the meta-discourse on design science research.

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?This book is dedicated to the memory of Professor Alessandro (Sandro) D'Atri, who passed away in April 2011. Professor D'Atri started his career as a brilliant scholar interested in theoretical computer science, databases and, more generally information processing systems. He journeyed far in various applications, such as human-computer interaction, human factors, ultimately arriving at business information systems and business organisation after more than 20 years of researc hbased on "problem solving". Professor D'Atri pursued the development of an interdisciplinary culture in which social sciences, systems design and human sciences are mutually integrated. Rather than retrospection, this book is aimed to advance in these directions and to stimulate a debate about the potential of design research in the field of information systems and organisation studies with an interdisciplinary approach. Each chapter has been selected by the Editorial Board following a double blind peer review process. The general criteria of privileging the variety of topics and the design science orientation and/or empirical works in which a design research approach is adopted to solve various field problems in the management area. In addition several chapters contribute to the meta-discourse on design science research.

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?This book is dedicated to the memory of Professor Alessandro (Sandro) D'Atri, who passed away in April 2011. Professor D'Atri started his career as a brilliant scholar interested in theoretical computer science, databases and, more generally information processing systems. He journeyed far in various applications, such as human-computer interaction, human factors, ultimately arriving at business information systems and business organisation after more than 20 years of researc hbased on "problem solving". Professor D'Atri pursued the development of an interdisciplinary culture in which social sciences, systems design and human sciences are mutually integrated. Rather than retrospection, this book is aimed to advance in these directions and to stimulate a debate about the potential of design research in the field of information systems and organisation studies with an interdisciplinary approach. Each chapter has been selected by the Editorial Board following a double blind peer review process. The general criteria of privileging the variety of topics and the design science orientation and/or empirical works in which a design research approach is adopted to solve various field problems in the management area. In addition several chapters contribute to the meta-discourse on design science research.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Design and Normative Claims in Organization Studies: A Methodological Proposal....Pages 21-34
Design Science Research as Movement Between Individual and Generic Situation-Problem–Solution Spaces....Pages 35-61
Restructuring the Design Science Research Knowledge Base....Pages 63-81
Dealing with Critical IS Research: Artifacts, Drifts, Electronic Panopticon and Illusions of Empowerment....Pages 83-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
User Centered Systems Design: The Bridging Role of Justificatory Knowledge....Pages 105-121
A Design Theory for Dynamic Competencies Mapping Systems....Pages 123-141
Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing Communities Design: A Cross Case Analysis....Pages 143-155
New Internet-Based Relationships Between Citizens and Governments in the Public Space: Challenges for an Integrated System Design....Pages 157-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Designing Teams for Enhancing Individual Added-Value Use of Technology....Pages 183-199
Design Principles at the Edge of the Designable: Non-formal and Informal Learning in SMEs....Pages 201-215
Designing Innovative Learning Spaces in Higher Education at a Turning Point: Institutional Identities, Pervasive Smart Technologies and Organizational Learning....Pages 217-244
Performance Management Systems as Driver of Public Administration Improvement: A Dream?....Pages 245-263
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Design on a Societal Scale: The Case of e-Government Strategic Planning....Pages 267-283
Towards the Redesign of e-Business Maturity Models for SMEs....Pages 285-300
Offline and Online Communities: Great Differences and Some Similarities....Pages 301-318
The Role of Network Governance Models in the Design of Local eHealth Policies....Pages 319-342
The Contributions of Alessandro D’Atri to Organization and Information Systems Studies....Pages 1-18

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?This book is dedicated to the memory of Professor Alessandro (Sandro) D'Atri, who passed away in April 2011. Professor D'Atri started his career as a brilliant scholar interested in theoretical computer science, databases and, more generally information processing systems. He journeyed far in various applications, such as human-computer interaction, human factors, ultimately arriving at business information systems and business organisation after more than 20 years of researc hbased on "problem solving". Professor D'Atri pursued the development of an interdisciplinary culture in which social sciences, systems design and human sciences are mutually integrated. Rather than retrospection, this book is aimed to advance in these directions and to stimulate a debate about the potential of design research in the field of information systems and organisation studies with an interdisciplinary approach. Each chapter has been selected by the Editorial Board following a double blind peer review process. The general criteria of privileging the variety of topics and the design science orientation and/or empirical works in which a design research approach is adopted to solve various field problems in the management area. In addition several chapters contribute to the meta-discourse on design science research.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Design and Normative Claims in Organization Studies: A Methodological Proposal....Pages 21-34
Design Science Research as Movement Between Individual and Generic Situation-Problem–Solution Spaces....Pages 35-61
Restructuring the Design Science Research Knowledge Base....Pages 63-81
Dealing with Critical IS Research: Artifacts, Drifts, Electronic Panopticon and Illusions of Empowerment....Pages 83-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
User Centered Systems Design: The Bridging Role of Justificatory Knowledge....Pages 105-121
A Design Theory for Dynamic Competencies Mapping Systems....Pages 123-141
Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing Communities Design: A Cross Case Analysis....Pages 143-155
New Internet-Based Relationships Between Citizens and Governments in the Public Space: Challenges for an Integrated System Design....Pages 157-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Designing Teams for Enhancing Individual Added-Value Use of Technology....Pages 183-199
Design Principles at the Edge of the Designable: Non-formal and Informal Learning in SMEs....Pages 201-215
Designing Innovative Learning Spaces in Higher Education at a Turning Point: Institutional Identities, Pervasive Smart Technologies and Organizational Learning....Pages 217-244
Performance Management Systems as Driver of Public Administration Improvement: A Dream?....Pages 245-263
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Design on a Societal Scale: The Case of e-Government Strategic Planning....Pages 267-283
Towards the Redesign of e-Business Maturity Models for SMEs....Pages 285-300
Offline and Online Communities: Great Differences and Some Similarities....Pages 301-318
The Role of Network Governance Models in the Design of Local eHealth Policies....Pages 319-342
The Contributions of Alessandro D’Atri to Organization and Information Systems Studies....Pages 1-18
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