A Critical Perspective on Action Research as a Method for Information Systems Research

Baskerville, Richard; Wood-Harper, A. T.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29269-4_7

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“…Action research is an appropriate research approach for such a research undertaking and when the research question addresses organizational processes and how practitioners take action and improve their actions (Baskerville & Wood-Harper, 1996;Baskerville & Wood-Harper, 1998;McKay & Marshall, 2001;Davison et al, 2004). Our research design was specifically based on the action research approach Collaborative Practice Research (CPR) (Mathiassen, 2002), which serves as a general framing of the research design and activities.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To address the concerns of explanation, change, and diversity pertaining to value in IS business cases, we adopt an action research methodology (Baskerville & Wood-Harper, 1996;Baskerville & Wood-Harper, 1998;McKay & Marshall, 2001;Davison et al, 2004). Action research affords investigation of 3 organizational processes with particular emphasis on how practitioners can and should take action.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Useful business cases: value creation in IS projects

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2017

European Journal of Information Systems

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“…This provides a practical research scope and boundaries of the research domain. The researchers work closely with the e-commerce stakeholders and practitioners located within the environment to obtain necessary insight to understand the anomalies being studied [16].…”

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Development Method for Shariah Compliant e-Commerce Payment Processing

Amboala¹,

Mokhtar²,

Muhammad³

et al. 2015

IJCTE

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Abstract-The article is a response to rapid uptake of online transactions that encompasses the secure transactions that comply with the Shariah principles. The algorithm in the articles proposed the inclusion of Intermediate Shariah Transaction Party (ISTP) as an intermediary for communications between merchant and customers before the transactions can be concluded. The design facilitates the efficient and effective e-commerce transaction process to alleviate three common shortcomings in e-commerce transactions namely riba', gharar and the validity and the legality of e-commerce transactions from Shariah point of view without compromising the security aspects of the transactions. The designs were refined and presented before by the Islamic scholars before the final design was agreed on. This invention will become a major breakthrough in Shariah compliance ecommerce transactions in order to serve 2.1 billion Muslims Ummah worldwide.

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“…According to Baskerville and Wood-Harper (1996) the purpose of 'action research' is to observe and create effective organizational change and they consider it ideal for studying new or changed systems development methodologies. The complex, multivariate settings of the e-marketplace made problem diagnosis efforts as well as intervention difficult and not straightforward.…”

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Evolving Self-Organizing Activities

Alaa

Fitzgerald

IT Innovation for Adaptability and Competitiveness

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Abstract:Traditional development methods are systematic, prescriptive and plan-driven, and can reduce creativity and the ability to respond in situations of rapid change. In the ere of the Internet and increased uncertainty it is argued that development teams need to be self-organizing, i.e. able to reflect and adapt freely to specific problem situation instead of following rigid methods. A way of operationalizing these concepts is presented and this paper elaborates a case study experience, a business-business (B-B) e-marketplace relating to the pharmaceutical sector, where self-organizing activities have been evolved in modeling upfront requirements for the portal. It is based on brainstorming sessions and the use of a modeling tool, the 'e-Business Issues Roadmap' that categorizes possible issues that such an e-business project might encounter and hence provides a representation or a global 'picture' of the problem situation. The outcome is the trigger of business innovative ideas that are unlikely to have been generated by traditional modeling techniques. By re-visiting this exercise the 'picture' becomes up-to-date and accordingly stakeholders will self-organize to address the necessities of the specific situation. The paper concludes with the introduction of the concept of the 'Practice' that is defined as 'a discourse during which requirements for software development activities and responses evolve'. It helps with the habits and dynamics required to instill self-organization within development teams rather than leaving it to evolve by chance.

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A Critical Perspective on Action Research as a Method for Information Systems Research

Cited by 86 publications

References 31 publications

Useful business cases: value creation in IS projects

Useful business cases: value creation in IS projects

Development Method for Shariah Compliant e-Commerce Payment Processing

Evolving Self-Organizing Activities

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