This book uses action research to conduct research activities in information technology and systems. It covers the methodological issues that arise when action research methods are conducted, provides examples of action research in practice, and summarizes the philosophical foundations of action research and its application as a methodology in Information Systems research and research programs.
Author(s): Ned Kock
Series: Integrated Series in Information Systems
Edition: 1
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 450
CONTENTS......Page 24
Contributing Authors......Page 6
Foreword......Page 18
Preface......Page 20
Part I. Methodological Issues......Page 27
1. Action Research: Its Nature and Validity......Page 28
2. The Structure of Power in Action Research Projects......Page 43
3. Action Is an Artifact: What Action Research and Design Science Offer to Each Other......Page 66
4. Action Research and Design in Information Systems: Two Faces of a Single Coin......Page 84
5. The Three Threats of Organizational Action Research: Their Nature and Related Antidotes......Page 120
6. Driven by Two Masters, Serving Both: The Interplay of Problem Solving and Research in Information Systems Action Research Projects......Page 153
Part II. IS Action Research in Practice......Page 181
7. Story Telling in Action Research Projects: Malta, Bangladesh, Lebanon and Slovenia......Page 182
8. Action Research in New Product Development......Page 213
9. Action Research in a Virtual Setting: Cautions from a Failed Project......Page 237
10. Healthcare: Fertile Ground for Action Research......Page 260
11. Generating Data for Research on Emerging Technologies: An Action Learning Approach......Page 273
12. A Test of the Communication Flow Optimization Model Through an Action Research Study at a Defense Contractor......Page 294
Part III. Current Debate on IS Action Research......Page 328
13. Educing Theory from Practice......Page 329
14. A Critical Assessment of Information Systems Action Research......Page 343
15. IS Action Research and Its Criteria......Page 370
16. Action Research and Consulting: Hellish Partnership or Heavenly Marriage?......Page 391
17. A Plea for Action Research in Accounting Information Systems......Page 409
18. Insider as Action Researcher......Page 419
C......Page 434
I......Page 435
P......Page 436
T......Page 437
W......Page 438
