Information systems management: The need for a post-modern approach

Remenyi, Dan; White, Terry; Sherwood-Smith, Michael

doi:10.1016/s0268-4012(97)00025-x

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“…They discuss the phenomenology movement which they describe as advocating 'the study of direct experience taken at face value; and one which sees behaviour as determined by the phenomena of experience rather than by external, objective and physically described reality'. Remenyi et al (1997) comment that 'human behaviour in particular is about much more than rationality. It is about feelings and about purposes and needs and values'.…”

Section: The Research Investigationmentioning

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Undergraduates’ Experiences of Using the World Wide Web as an Information Resource

Hall

Dalgleish

1999

Innovations in Education and Training International

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This paper describes a study we have made of undergraduates' experiences of using the World Wide Web as an adjunct information resource. The focus of the research was not on students using information provided by academic staff nor on any form of computer-aided learning, but rather, on the information sought and used by students which was freely available on the Web. In a series of interviews, 12 undergraduate students related their experiences of using the Web as a resource to support their studies. The qualitative analysis of these interviews identified a number of recurring themes. The emotions that were revealed by the students ranged from the delight of successfully finding valuable information to concerns about over-use in the future. Some of the other issues that are also discussed in this paper relate to the students' experiences of learning to use the Web, its perceived value, frustrations that arose, worries over the validity of information, the serendipity effect and the influence of lecturers.

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Section: The Research Investigationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Undergraduates’ Experiences of Using the World Wide Web as an Information Resource

Hall

Dalgleish

1999

Innovations in Education and Training International

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“…Indeed, our position is further justified by the observation that prior works have pointed to the relevance of postmodern ethics for ISD (Yuthas and Dillard 1999;Remenyi et al 1997) Also, in the context of ISD, because the postmodern approach to ethics is strongly rooted in a relative and subjective understanding-necessitating consideration of the moral entity's preferences and the context of an action-this approach forces an ever-continuing spiral of analyses that corrects the problems that would have been introduced by a merely objective analytical rendering of the universal ethical theories. One of the significant reasons for failure of IS is that the requirements are always changing (Remenyi et al 1997), rendering as inappropriate assumptions of objectivity and universality. Thus, to achieve fairness in ISD, we need to look beyond the assumptions of objectivity and universality, and what better lens to look through than that of postmodern ethics, which does away with these very assumptions.…”

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“…Postmodern ethicists reject the rational worldview propounded by the universal theories of ethics (Bauman 1989). The postmodernist argument draws from Nietzsche's notion that objective reality does not exist, but is often constructed by human beings (Nietzsche 1873(Nietzsche /1995 and, hence, there cannot be any notion of universal knowledge (Remenyi et al 1997). So, according to postmodernist ethics, what we think as objectively true or accept to be morally right stems from nothing but a subjective understanding that varies from person to person and from context to context (Mannheim 1936).…”

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Ethical Information Systems Development: A Baumanian Postmodernist Perspective

Chatterjee

Sarker²,

Fuller³

2009

JAIS

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Sutirtha Chatterjee Prairie View A&M UniversityThe paper offers a critique of traditional methodical approaches to Information Systems Development (ISD), arguing that a number of assumptions (for example, universality and rationality) underlying these approaches lead to incomplete ontological and epistemological considerations, and thereby contribute to IS failures in many cases. The paper proposes that ethical analysis undertaken in conjunction with traditional ISD approaches may be a way to address some of the limitations experienced during traditional ISD. Drawing upon ideas from postmodern ethics formulated by Zygmunt Bauman, the paper argues that increased focus on the moral responsibility of key ISD players (such as the team of analysts) may improve the ISD process. Finally, this paper suggests how, consistent with the postmodern stance, such moral responsibility can be implemented in the context of ISD. The paper concludes with the contributions and future implications of this research.implementation. Again, it would be reasonable to say that not all organizational workers are represented by a powerful union, which actively shapes the agenda/constraints related to an ISD project.Being sensitive to social and cultural contexts is fundamental to the idea of fairness (Lind et al. 1997). We believe that a process that is universal tends to overlook fundamental human concerns about dissonance of the designed systems with core values, artifacts, or organizational rituals (e.g., Hirschheim and Newman 1991), thus rendering it unfair. RationalityDue to the fact that human beings have bounded rationality (Simon 1956), the assumption of rationality underlying ISD is untenable, as seen in the TELECO case. First of all, there was poor estimation and scheduling, what Nelson (2007) refers to as a "classic mistake" in IT projects, reflective of the limited rationality of humans. In the words of a vice president:A lot of restructure and redesign was dependent on the major systems… coming to fruition. We have found that almost every single one of those are well behind schedule… everybody promises that yeah, I have got this, or we can do this, but when it comes down to delivering, you don't get what you expected.Moreover, the rational choice process was clearly not at work during IS vendor selection after the redesign phase, when TELESYS, a company owned by TELECO's parent company was "preferentially" awarded the outsourcing contracts for developing some of the critical systems, even though they had "treated TELECO as a low priority customer in the past." In light of the above, we contend that the assumption of rationality can be unfair, given that it sets up expectations among systems stakeholders that are often impossible to meet. won multiple teaching awards, has published a textbook on Information Systems Project Management, and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on a variety of topics, including global information systems and strategy, information systems project management, and collaborative technology.

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“…Technology has helped FM to automate the traditional processes [37,38] but it is still perceived as a utility tool rather than an enabler for strategic value [39]. Most of the FM functions are done manually [40], but using BIM would increase efficiency and accuracy [15] and the building model would be used as a single source for all the project information [41]. Nevertheless, there is an important issue that needs to be addressed regarding the creation of a model for existing buildings: every project is different and the requirements within each model vary [31] based on the building, its use, the management strategies and the users and all these aspects should be considered when a BIM for FM model is created.…”

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Building information model implementation for existing buildings for facilities management: a framework and two case studies

Carbonari

Stravoravdis

Gausden

2015

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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This paper presents the process of implementation of a building information model for managing an existing building, identifying a development framework and documenting the difficulties that occurred during the implementation of the initial stages. The use of building information modelling (BIM) for the design and construction phase of a building has been thoroughly looked into by researchers and practitioners and there is evidence to support that it is beneficial for reducing cost, time and improving communication. A single shared building information model results in a greater accuracy, clarity and consistency of the information available during the life cycle compared to traditional 2D/3D drawings. Yet the potential use of BIM for the operational and management phase (facilities management), besides maintenance schedules and equipment information and location, is still not clearly identified. The UK Government, institutional clients and major private owners are now demanding BIM for new construction and major refurbishment, but given that 70-75% of the UK building stock that will exist and be in use in 2050 has already been built, a significant part of the existing facilities will not have a building information model till the next major refurbishment. This creates a major gap in the built environment, when it comes to having BIM for existing buildings.This paper presents the initial findings of two case studies, where building information models were developed for two existing buildings using a new framework and concludes that minimal BIM skills are sufficient to construct a base building model that can be implemented over time by facilities managers.

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Information systems management: The need for a post-modern approach

Cited by 19 publications

References 20 publications

Undergraduates’ Experiences of Using the World Wide Web as an Information Resource

Undergraduates’ Experiences of Using the World Wide Web as an Information Resource

Ethical Information Systems Development: A Baumanian Postmodernist Perspective

Building information model implementation for existing buildings for facilities management: a framework and two case studies

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