Integrated Series in Information Systems
              Volume              132007
Information Systems Action ResearchAn Applied View of Emerging Concepts and MethodsEditors:

• Ned Kock
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ISBN: 978-0-387-36059-1 (Print) 978-0-387-36060-7  (Online)



Information Systems Action ResearchAn Applied View of Emerging Concepts and Methods

Series: Integrated Series in Information Systems, Vol. 13

Kock, Ned (Ed.)


2007, XXV, 425 p.

ISBN 978-0-387-36060-7

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About this book

• Ideal reference for the Information Systems/Information Technology market: the largest consumers of IS research are businesses and organization that employ IT and systems to support many of their functions
•                                         Engages in action research: conducts research activities in information technology and systems based on input from IS practitioners
•                                         An action research book specifically focused on IS research: will be used by researchers and graduate students who seek to do IS research that is academically rigorous and relevant to those who seek to implement and use it
  

Current Information Systems research is largely based on theoretical questions developed by IS researchers with little input from IS practitioners. This book reverses this situation. It increases the use of action research in conducting research activities in information technology and systems. Written by scholars widely recognized as authors of seminal ideas in action research, the book is organized into three parts. The first part focuses on the methodological issues that arise when action research methods are conducted. The second provides examples of action research in practice. The third summarizes the philosophical foundations of action research and its application as a methodology in Information Systems research and research programs. It includes information from Europe, Australasia, and the Americas that represent different traditions and perspectives in action research.