The Informing Sciences at a Crossroads: The Role of the Client

Gill, T. Grandon; Bhattacherjee, Anol

doi:10.28945/454

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“…In the MIS disciplinary informing system, U.S. researchers have been found to favor informing internal clients (i.e., pure research and knowledge creation) to the exclusion of nearly all external clients (Gill & Bhattacherjee, 2007). This preference for internal client informing, however, generalizes to nearly all business research disciplines in the U.S. (Gill & Bhattacherjee, 2009;Pfeffer, 2007).…”

Section: Knowledge Creation Vs Informing In Us Business Researchmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…To date, our failures in achieving such relationships have been severe (e.g., Gill & Bhattacherjee, 2007;Pfeffer, 2007), a problem exacerbated by the substantial differences in knowledge structures employed by the two groups (Gill, 2008d). The argument we present is that professional doctorates, in business, can serve as a useful role in developing enduring informing relationships.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Our external clients-e.g., students, businesses, the local community, funding agenciesare, to a great extent, shared with the institutional informing system (i.e., the university), which provides resources to each discipline (e.g., salaries, facilities, travel funds) that are, to a great extent, dependent upon the discipline's service to the institutional clients (Gill & Bhattacherjee, 2007). This is illustrated in Figure 1.…”

Section: Knowledge Creation Vs Informing In Us Business Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Business Professional Doctorate as an Informing Channel: A Survey and Analysis

Gill

Hoppe

2009

IJDS

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Although growing in popularity in other countries, the business professional doctorate has yet to gain traction in the U.S. Such programs, intended to offer advanced disciplinary and research training to individuals who later plan to apply that training to employment in industry, are frequently seen to be inferior to their academically-focused Ph.D. program counterparts. Furthermore, if the sole purpose of a doctorate is to develop individuals focused on producing scholarly research articles, that assessment may well be correct. We argue, however, that such a narrowly focused view of the purpose of doctoral programs is self-defeating; by exclusively focusing on scholarly research and writings, we virtually guarantee that our research will never make it into practice. The paper begins by identifying a variety of types of doctoral programs that exist globally and placing these in a conceptual framework. We then present a detailed case study of the information systems (IS) doctoral programs offered in Osnabrueck, Germany-where as many as 90% of candidates choose careers in industry in preference to academia. Finally, we proposesupported using both conceptual arguments drawn from the study of complex informing and observed examples-that the greatest benefit of business professional doctorates may be the creation of enduring informing channels between practice and industry. Presented in this light, the business professional doctorate should be viewed as an essential part of the broader research ecology, rather than as a weak substitute for the disciplinary Ph.D.

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Section: Knowledge Creation Vs Informing In Us Business Researchmentioning

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Section: Knowledge Creation Vs Informing In Us Business Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Business Professional Doctorate as an Informing Channel: A Survey and Analysis

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Hoppe

2009

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“…From the informing science perspective, an information system consists of a set of interrelated tasks, technology, structure, and people (Gill & Bhattacherjee, 2007). Therefore, while technology stands at the core of the informing science framework, issues regarding "biological and psychological issues in how clients attend, perceive, and act on information provided" (Cohen, 2009, p. 6) must be resolved.…”

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confidence: 99%

Integrating the Visual Design Discipline with Information Systems Research and Practice

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Prybutok

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InformingSciJ

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This paper examines the relationship between visual design and information systems (IS) design and describes how IS theory and practice has viewed visual design (an aesthetic discipline) from a positivist perspective. First, we present a rationale for the current view of aesthetics from the positivistic IS discipline. After tracing the philosophical development of aesthetics and its associated disciplines, we then follow the more recent development of positivism and the scientific method. Based on assertions by both philosophers and IS researchers, we examine the differing perspectives of the aesthetic and positivist disciplines from an IS vantage point. We propose that visual aesthetic design be integrated with IS theory and describe the benefits that are potentially gained from this transdisciplinary approach.

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“…These interfaces need to be specially designed to fit mobile screens due to different usage modes, such as touch screens (Parsons, 2007). For mobile devices, each information format requires specific development in order to make it accessible, as well as to cope with the informing challenge (Cohen, 2009;Gill & Bhattacherjee, 2007, 2009) and deliver the information effectively.…”

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confidence: 99%

Evolving Consumption Patterns of Various Information Media via Handheld Mobile Devices

Gafni

Geri

2015

InSITE Conference

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This study examines diverse information media in order to identify those formats that are most suitable for consumption via handheld mobile devices, namely, smartphones and tablets. The preferences of the users are measured objectively by analyzing actual data of their relative use of handheld mobile devices and personal computing (PC) desktop devices, including laptops and notebooks, for consumption of information presented in various formats. Our findings are based on Google Analytics pageview data of five course Websites during a period of three semesters, by 11,557 undergraduate students. M-learning contexts were chosen, since in a learning environment the interests of information providers (i.e., the instructors) are in accord with those of the information consumers (i.e., the students), whereas in commercial settings there may be conflicts of interests. Our findings demonstrate that although about 90% of the pageviews were via PC devices, the rate of smartphone use for consuming learning content in diverse information media is gradually increasing as time goes by, whereas the rate of tablet use for these purposes is stagnant. The most promising direction for smartphone development, emanating from the findings, is online video content.

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The Informing Sciences at a Crossroads: The Role of the Client

Cited by 24 publications

References 30 publications

The Business Professional Doctorate as an Informing Channel: A Survey and Analysis

The Business Professional Doctorate as an Informing Channel: A Survey and Analysis

Integrating the Visual Design Discipline with Information Systems Research and Practice

Evolving Consumption Patterns of Various Information Media via Handheld Mobile Devices

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