ISBN:
0415433789
,
0203927931
,
9780415433785
,
9780203927939
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 245 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in organization and systems 1
Parallel Title:
Print version Information Systems : Critical Perspectives
DDC:
303.48/3301
Keywords:
Critical theory
;
Action research
;
Knowledge management Philosophy
;
Information technology Social aspects
;
Information society
;
Information resources management Moral and ethical aspects
Abstract:
The book gives an overview of critical research in information systems (CRIS), which will give a useful introduction to those students and researchers not familiar with the topic and assist in carrying the debate further on a variety of issues
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Theory; 1 Critical research in information systems; 2 Theoretical discourses: A comparison of the Foucauldian and Habermasian concepts of discourse in CRIS; 3 Ethics, morality and critical research in IS; 4 Emancipation across cultural boundaries: A fundamental problem of critical research in information systems; Part II: Philosophy; 5 Ontology: On positivism, realism, and their relevance for critical IS research; 6 Epistemology: On information, knowledge and truth
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Methodology: Is there a specific critical way to knowledge?8 Philosophical syncretism in IS research: Final remarks on ontology, epistemology and paradigms; Part III: Application; 9 Information systems as means of (dis)empowerment: The information society and decision support systems in local authorities in Egypt; 10 Responsible and heroic management of workplace privacy: A critical view of ICT management; 11 Trust as fetish: A critical theory perspective on research on trust in e-commerce; 12 The ideological use of privacy and security
Description / Table of Contents:
13 The metaphor of evolution in e-commerce: A critical evaluation14 Commercial colonisation: E-teaching and e-democracy; Part IV: Reflection(s); 15 Limitations of the critical approach; 16 The future of critical research in information systems; Appendix A: Discourse analysis of the Egyptian information society; Appendix B: List of validity claims used for coding the text during critical discourse analysis of e-commerce trust research; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-234) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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