IFIP Working Group 8.2 Information Systems and Organizations

YEAR THEME LOCATION PAPERS 2009 Innovation & Creativity in SMEs Portugal The Service Economy Canada Virtuality & Virtualization USA Social Inclusion Ireland Ubiquitous Info Environments USA IS Research: Relevant Theory & Informed Practice UK Perspectives & Challenges in Context of Globalization (with WG 9.4) Greece Global & Organizational Discourse about IT Spain ISD: Realigning Research & Practice USA Research & Practice: Social & Organization Perspective Denmark IT in Organizational Processes USA Current Issues & Future Changes (with WG 8.6) Finland IS & Qualitative Research USA Method Engineering (with WG 8.1) USA Changes in Organization Work UK Transforming Organizations with IT USA ISD: Human, Organizational & Social Dimensions The Netherlands ISD: Impact of Computer-Support Technologies USA Research: Contemporary Approaches & Emergent Traditions Denmark 25 Total: 441

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

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

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Country # of papers% USA UK Denmark Germany Sweden Norway The Netherlands Australia Finland Canada 72.1 Note: counts from only 339 papers

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

# of Cites 299WalshamActor-Network Theory and IS Research: Current Status and Future Prospects Kaplan, Kvasny, Sawyer, & Trauth New Words and Old Books: Challenging Conventional Discourses about Domain and Theory in IS Research GalliersChoosing Appropriate Information Systems Research Approaches: A Revised Taxonomy MathiessenCollaborative Practice Work LauA Review on the Use of Action Research in IS Studies BolandInformation System Use as a Hermeneutic Process Parr, Shanks, & Darke Identification of Necessary Factors for Successful Implementation of ERP Systems MaloneThe Future of Work Lee & LiebenauInformation Systems and Qualitative Research ApplegateManaging in an Information Age: Transforming the Organization for the 1990s 1994

 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)

 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

 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

 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?