1. IFIP Working Group 8.2 Information Systems and Organizations

2. YEAR THEME LOCATION PAPERS 2009 Innovation & Creativity in SMEs Portugal 19 2008 The Service Economy Canada 23 2007 Virtuality & Virtualization USA 21 2006 Social Inclusion Ireland 25 2005 Ubiquitous Info Environments USA 27 2004 IS Research: Relevant Theory & Informed Practice UK 33 2003 Perspectives & Challenges in Context of Globalization (with WG 9.4) Greece 26 2002 Global & Organizational Discourse about IT Spain 21 2001 ISD: Realigning Research & Practice USA 28 2000 Research & Practice: Social & Organization Perspective Denmark 24 1999 IT in Organizational Processes USA 15 1998 Current Issues & Future Changes (with WG 8.6) Finland 28 1997 IS & Qualitative Research USA 27 1996 Method Engineering (with WG 8.1) USA 18 1995 Changes in Organization Work UK 20 1994 Transforming Organizations with IT USA 20 1993 ISD: Human, Organizational & Social Dimensions The Netherlands 24 1992 ISD: Impact of Computer-Support Technologies USA 17 1990 Research: Contemporary Approaches & Emergent Traditions Denmark 25 Total: 441

3. KeywordTimes used Technology47 ICTs (Information and Communication Technology)34 Communication27 ISD (Information Systems Development)18 ANT (Actor-Network Theory)17 ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)15 Action Research12 Structuration Theory Case Study 11 CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering)10 Digital Divide SMEs (Small & Medium Enterprises) Qualitative Research 9

4. Author# of Papers Richard Baskerville 15 Steve Sawyer 12 Eileen M. Trauth 12 Duane P. Truex III 12 Bonnie Kaplan 11 Geoff Walsham 10 Michael D. Myers 9 Mike Chiasson 8 Matthew Jones 8 Edgar A. Whitley 7 Ole Hanseth 7

5. 68% 32%

6. Country # of papers% USA 11233.0 UK 7221.2 Denmark 195.6 Germany 175.0 Sweden 154.4 Norway 113.2 The Netherlands 113.2 Australia 113.2 Finland 102.9 Canada 72.1 Note: counts from only 339 papers

7.  London School of Economics  Georgia State University  Copenhagen Business School  Aalborg University  The Pennsylvania State University  Brunel University  University of Oslo  University of Manchester

8. # of Cites 299WalshamActor-Network Theory and IS Research: Current Status and Future Prospects 1997 221Kaplan, Kvasny, Sawyer, & Trauth New Words and Old Books: Challenging Conventional Discourses about Domain and Theory in IS Research 2002 189GalliersChoosing Appropriate Information Systems Research Approaches: A Revised Taxonomy 1990 177MathiessenCollaborative Practice Work2000 154LauA Review on the Use of Action Research in IS Studies1997 147BolandInformation System Use as a Hermeneutic Process1990 144Parr, Shanks, & Darke Identification of Necessary Factors for Successful Implementation of ERP Systems 1999 127MaloneThe Future of Work2005 115Lee & LiebenauInformation Systems and Qualitative Research1997 115ApplegateManaging in an Information Age: Transforming the Organization for the 1990s 1994

9.  Data obtained from 1990 onwards  Some of the earlier conferences were ground- breaking e.g. Manchester 1984  Many senior scholars are members of 8.2 (e.g. Kalle Lyytinen, Rudy Hirschheim, Allen Lee, Lynne Markus) and have been influenced by 8.2 (e.g. Gordon Davis)

10.  The “academic business model” includes one peer reviewed conference per year and one informal OASIS workshop per year  Active members include very senior scholars while welcoming new members = continual infusion of new ideas and new blood  8.2 “tradition” is valued and is taken seriously  Almost all conferences in USA or Europe  But “debate” not as vigorous as in the old days

11.  Key focus = the development and use of information technologies in organizational contexts  Willingness to engage with new technologies, new ideas, wider IS community  In favor of engaging with social theories (ANT, ST etc) to help explain and understand IS  Willingness to debate and disagree with the “accepted wisdom”  Suspicious of hype  Emotional attachment to the book

12.  IFIP WG 8.2 one of the most active, largest and successful IFIP working groups  Has influenced many IS scholars and the IS field as a whole  Publication model?  A need to be truly global?  Relationship with AIS?