Four Paradigms of Information Systems Development: An Empirical Methodology

Hypothesis There are various assumptions adopted during the development of Information System, each of which leads to a different system outcomes

Stepwise Methodology: zSelect firms from different quadrants shown by the authors zDevelop a questionnaire to survey different group of employees zConduct a Pilot study by randomly selecting a firm from each quadrant zCheck the reliability of the responses zConduct the statistical analysis of the data collected to check for the developed Hypothesis.

Selection of the firms Objectivism Conflict Order Subjectivism FunctionalismSocial Relativism Radical Structuralism Neohumanism

Development of Questionnaire zTechnology Structure zKind of Information Flow zControl of Users zControl of Systems Development z Access to Information z Error Handling z Training z Raison D'être

Pilot Study of the Survey zSelect a company from each of the four Quadrants zSelect Employees from all the levels within the company zCarry out the survey zCheck for any ambiguities in the survey instrument

Conduct the reliability test zUse Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient zAlso reliabilities of certain scales can be verified by using the correlation coefficients within different instrument items

Statistical Analysis zCalculate the mean and standard deviations for the various items zConduct the t and f tests in order to verify the validity of the hypothesis