Papers for next Friday discussion
T Wood-Harper, Research Methods: Case Studies
C Gunawardena and D H Brown(2007)Is Initiatives in the Vocational and Technical Education Sector of Developing Asian Countries: A Systems Approach to the Management of Project Intervention Processes, The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, Vol 30
P Kawalek and J Leonard (1996)Evolutionary software development to support organizational and business process change: a case study account, Journal of Information Technology, 11, 185-198
Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Monday, 3 December 2007
Tuesday assignment on Action Learning
Topic: Action Learning as Research Methods
Each group selects three papers on Action Learning.
Group A: Support
Group B: Against
Selected articles:
A:
1. Action Learning and Action Research(ALAR): Methodological Integration in an Inter-Organizational Setting
2. David Coghlan and Paul Coughlan (2007) Designing and Implementing Collaborative Improvement in the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise (EME) Action Learning and Action Research(ALAR) in CO-IMPROVE
B:
1. Park Yoong and Brent Gallupe, Action learning and groupware technologies: a case study in GSS facilitation research
2. David J. Pauleen, Bian Corbitt and Pak Yoong, Discovering and articulating what is not yet known :using action learning and grounded theory as a knowledge management strategy
3. Barbara Fuchs Learning from Toyota: how action learning can foster competitive advantage in new product development (NPD)
4. Marsick and O’Neil, 1999, The Many Faces of Action Learning
5. Ortrun Zuber-Skenitt,1993,Improving Learning and Teaching Through Action Learning and Action Research
Each group selects three papers on Action Learning.
Group A: Support
Group B: Against
Selected articles:
A:
1. Action Learning and Action Research(ALAR): Methodological Integration in an Inter-Organizational Setting
2. David Coghlan and Paul Coughlan (2007) Designing and Implementing Collaborative Improvement in the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise (EME) Action Learning and Action Research(ALAR) in CO-IMPROVE
B:
1. Park Yoong and Brent Gallupe, Action learning and groupware technologies: a case study in GSS facilitation research
2. David J. Pauleen, Bian Corbitt and Pak Yoong, Discovering and articulating what is not yet known :using action learning and grounded theory as a knowledge management strategy
3. Barbara Fuchs Learning from Toyota: how action learning can foster competitive advantage in new product development (NPD)
4. Marsick and O’Neil, 1999, The Many Faces of Action Learning
5. Ortrun Zuber-Skenitt,1993,Improving Learning and Teaching Through Action Learning and Action Research
Viva Questions
Trevor gave a list of questions asked in viva about research methods .
- Why do you choose this research method?
- Have you considered about alternative (methods)?
- Did you recheck (the method)?
- What are the limitations of this method?
- Any further work required? If so, what research method would you use?
- Can you 'distroy' your own work (argue against)?
- Why do you choose this research method?
- Have you considered about alternative (methods)?
- Did you recheck (the method)?
- What are the limitations of this method?
- Any further work required? If so, what research method would you use?
- Can you 'distroy' your own work (argue against)?
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Tuesday Workshop
Suggested readings:
The shaping of IT trajectories: evidence from the UK public sector
KS Horton, TA Wood-Harper - European Journal of Information Systems, 2006 - palgrave-journals.com
Assignments:
Communication Richness in Electronic Mail: Critical Social Theory and the Contextuality of Meaning
OK Ngwenyama, AS Lee - MIS Quarterly, 1997 - JSTOR
Power, politics, and MIS implementation -
ML Markus - Communications of the ACM, 1983 - portal.acm.org
The shaping of IT trajectories: evidence from the UK public sector
KS Horton, TA Wood-Harper - European Journal of Information Systems, 2006 - palgrave-journals.com
Assignments:
Communication Richness in Electronic Mail: Critical Social Theory and the Contextuality of Meaning
OK Ngwenyama, AS Lee - MIS Quarterly, 1997 - JSTOR
Power, politics, and MIS implementation -
ML Markus - Communications of the ACM, 1983 - portal.acm.org
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