From Milan to Mann Gulch: reflections on the intellectual contributions of Professor Claudio Ciborra

Lawrence, Cameron

doi:10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000567

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“…In this seminal paper, Weick analyzes a tragedy that occurred in 1949 in the rugged mountains of Montana, where 13 forest service smokejumpers died trying to battle a violent forest fire that burned fiercely in very difficult terrain. Weick uses this event to examine how the sensemaking processes of highly trained groups break down when the orderliness of the universe is called into question because both understanding and procedures for sensemaking collapse together (Lawrence, 2005). Although this perspective has influenced well-known IS researchers, as was the case with Ciborra (1999), we can argue that the potential of sensemaking theory has not yet been significantly explored in IS research.…”

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Adapting the Structurationist View of Technology for Studies at the Community/Societal Levels

Pozzebon

Diniz

Jayo

2009

Handbook of Research on Contemporary Theoretical Models in Information Systems

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The multilevel framework proposed in this chapter is particularly useful for research involving complex and multilevel interactions (i.e., interactions involving individuals, groups, organizations and networks at the community, regional or societal levels). The framework is influenced by three theoretical perspectives. The core foundation comes from the structurationist view of technology, a stream of research characterized by the application of structuration theory to information systems (IS) research and notably influenced by researchers like Orlikowski (2000) and Walsham (2002). In order to extend the framework to encompass research at the community/societal levels, concepts from social shaping of technology and from contextualism have been integrated. Beyond sharing a number of ontological and epistemological assumptions, these three streams of thinking have been combined because each of them offers particular concepts that are of great value for the kind of studies the authors wish to put forward: investigating the influence of information and communication technology (ICT) from a structurationist standpoint at levels that go beyond the organizational one.

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Section: Future Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%