Abstract:Writing an introduction to the highly discussed and most misunderstood topic of theory in information systems (IS) research circles can be challenging. The IS field has been debating the nature and role of theories for some time with intense debates regarding whether or not a theoretical core is necessary (
“…This special issue supports an ongoing effort within the IS field to ensure that the field remains vibrant, diverse, academically and socially relevant and influential, with the help of novel native IS theories (Hassan, 2011; Hassan and Willcocks, 2021; Lowry et al, 2020; Markus and Saunders, 2007). The mission of this special issue is nicely captured by the words written by Hassan and Willcocks (2021, p. 36): “ The IS field has remained in its comfort zone of borrowed legitimization, derivative research, and half-hearted defense of its identity for too long. Serious efforts are required to take the field out of its doldrums into a new phase of development .” Such efforts are not for their own sake, or just to maintain the existence of the IS academic field, but because the world, the phenomena under review, together with accelerating technology, require them.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 72%
“…This special issue supports an ongoing effort within the IS field to ensure that the field remains vibrant, diverse, academically and socially relevant and influential, with the help of novel native IS theories (Hassan, 2011;Hassan and Willcocks, 2021;Lowry et al, 2020;Markus and Saunders, 2007). The mission of this special issue is nicely captured by the words written by Hassan and Willcocks (2021, p. 36): "The IS field has remained in its comfort zone of borrowed legitimization, derivative research, and half-hearted defense of its identity for too long.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 75%
“…This special issue supports an ongoing effort within the IS field to ensure that the field remains vibrant, diverse, academically and socially relevant and influential, with the help of novel native IS theories (Hassan, 2011;Hassan and Willcocks, 2021;Lowry et al, 2020;Markus and Saunders, 2007). Such efforts have taken different directions.…”
“…This special issue supports an ongoing effort within the IS field to ensure that the field remains vibrant, diverse, academically and socially relevant and influential, with the help of novel native IS theories (Hassan, 2011; Hassan and Willcocks, 2021; Lowry et al, 2020; Markus and Saunders, 2007). The mission of this special issue is nicely captured by the words written by Hassan and Willcocks (2021, p. 36): “ The IS field has remained in its comfort zone of borrowed legitimization, derivative research, and half-hearted defense of its identity for too long. Serious efforts are required to take the field out of its doldrums into a new phase of development .” Such efforts are not for their own sake, or just to maintain the existence of the IS academic field, but because the world, the phenomena under review, together with accelerating technology, require them.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 72%
“…This special issue supports an ongoing effort within the IS field to ensure that the field remains vibrant, diverse, academically and socially relevant and influential, with the help of novel native IS theories (Hassan, 2011;Hassan and Willcocks, 2021;Lowry et al, 2020;Markus and Saunders, 2007). The mission of this special issue is nicely captured by the words written by Hassan and Willcocks (2021, p. 36): "The IS field has remained in its comfort zone of borrowed legitimization, derivative research, and half-hearted defense of its identity for too long.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 75%
“…This special issue supports an ongoing effort within the IS field to ensure that the field remains vibrant, diverse, academically and socially relevant and influential, with the help of novel native IS theories (Hassan, 2011;Hassan and Willcocks, 2021;Lowry et al, 2020;Markus and Saunders, 2007). Such efforts have taken different directions.…”
“…All the processes relevant to the reconstruction of aesthetic business processes are presented, as well as the aspects of systems theory and Gestalt theory that are significant for the framework. To perceive the atmosphere of aesthetic business processes, the framework is theoretically constituted using several worldviews (Weltanschauung) (Hassan and Willcocks, 2021), in particular the system metaphor, general systems theory and Gestalt theory.Figure 1.Application of processes and products of IS Theorizing along with derived principles to reconstruct aesthetic business processes (framework).…”
Section: A Framework For Understanding the Aesthetic Qualities Of Bus...mentioning
Business processes, simply defined by Davenport as “structures for action”, organize the creation of value in a company. In addition to being carried out visibly, processes also have an inner dimension which remains hidden in the existing mechanistic metaphor of process management models. Aesthetic business processes draw from systems theory and Gestalt theory in order to uncover this inner dimension. The aim of this phenomenological investigation presented here is to describe the super-summative nature of business processes, in other words, to understand them holistically as a Gestalt. Mechanical Engineering students at a university of applied sciences analyzed business processes at different companies to discover patterns which they then visualized with the process participants at those companies. They used Christopher Alexander’s pattern language as a paradigm to make implicit knowledge buried in those business processes explicit. Using this technique, the structure of a pattern language for business process was developed, offering patterns for visualization as a tool for collective thinking and as a form for expressing the Gestalt of aesthetic business processes. The shared visualizations highlighted the nature of the business processes and made it possible to see, in a metaphorical way, their significant interactions.
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