Table of Contents
- 1. The information systems discipline in Australian universities:
a contextual framework
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- Introduction
- Features of the second phase
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- The ‘parent’ IS in Pacific-Asia study (IS-in-PA) design
- The phase one Australian study (IS-in-Oz) design
- Study questions in phase one of the IS-in-Oz study
- The literature
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- Past studies of the IS discipline
- Relevant theory
- Study approach
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- Overview
- The state case studies
- Mechanisms to increase representativeness
- Methodological action research
- Study overview
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- The IS discipline in Australian universities: a contextual
framework
- A retrospective of the IS discipline in Australia
- Characterising academic IS in Australia: developing and
evaluating a theoretical framework
- The IS discipline in Queensland, 2006
- The IS discipline in the Australian Capital Territory,
2006
- The IS discipline in New South Wales, 2006, and response
- IS in South Australia: a critical investigation
- The IS discipline in Tasmania, 2006
- The IS discipline in Victoria, 2006
- IS teaching and research in WA universities
- A longitudinal study of IS research in Australia
- The IS academic discipline in Australian universities: a
meta-analysis
- The Australasian Conference on Information Systems
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- ACIS archival analysis
- Conclusion
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- Communicating study results
- Limitations
- References
- Appendix 1.1: The information systems academic discipline in
Australian universities—a multi-state case-study protocol
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- Overview of the multiple case study
- The study team
- Purpose of the case-study protocol
- Type of case study
- Background to the current study
- Theoretical framework
- Approach to data gathering
- Ethical considerations
- Preparation for the interview
- Starting interviews
- Recommended data to be gathered from each interview
- Acknowledgements
- 2. A retrospective of the information systems discipline in
Australia
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- Introduction
- Origins and nature of the IS discipline
- The foundation years overseas
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- Europe
- North America
- The first 40–50 years in Australia
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- Until 1960
- From 1960 to 1973
- From 1974 to 1987
- Since 1988
- Drivers and scope
- Political dimensions
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- International orientation and impact
- Discipline size and staff location
- Relationships with the IS profession
- Relationships with industry
- Political weakness and resource constraints
- Intellectual dimensions
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- The research domain
- Research techniques
- Conclusions
- Select bibliography
- Appendix 2.1: Professors
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- The basis of the compilation
- List by institution
- List by person
- Appendix 2.2: Early Australian PhDs in IS
- Appendix 2.3: The early international impact of
Australian IS
- Acknowledgements
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- Acknowledgement of bias
- Acknowledgements of others
- Vale Cyril Brookes
- 3. Characterising academic information systems in
Australia
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- Introduction
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- IS as a discipline or field
- Approaches to the development of disciplines
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- Largely independent approaches to explain disciplinary
development
- Combined approaches to explain disciplinary development
- Motivation to understand the nature and development of a
discipline
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- Vignettes of disciplinary development
- An analysis of the literature to develop a framework
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- Methodology
- Results
- Discussion and findings
- Framework development
- Adaptability of framework to future change in IS
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- Review of the recent literature on pragmatism
- Testing the placement of pragmatism in the framework
- Applicability of the framework to IS in other world regions
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- Applying the framework to IS in North America: a comment from
Professor Bob Zmud, from the Price College of Business at the University
of Oklahoma, USA
- Applying the framework to IS in the United Kingdom: a comment
from Professors Frank Land, from the London School of Economics, and
Antony Bryant, from the School of Information Management at Leeds
Metropolitan University, UK
- Applying the framework to IS in Scandinavia: a comment from
Professor Karlheinz Kautz, from the Copenhagen Business School,
Denmark
- Collating international views on the framework
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- Select bibliography