Research methods in information systems

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 376 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-7206
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-7206(85)90013-8

✦ Synopsis

A colloquium on Research Methods in Information Systems was held by Working Group 8.2 of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) from September l-3, 1984 in Manchester, U.K. Working Group 8.2 is concerned with the relationships and interactions between information systems, information technology, organizations and society. Its members are dedicated to stimulating and maintaining a debate on the interrelationships between information systems, organizations and society. One of their aims is to influence IFIP members, information scientists, teachers, trade unions, and the users of information systems to think carefully about the organizational and societal consequences of the systems they are developing and using. This colloquium focussed on Research Methodology. The kinds of research associated up to now with information science were looked at critically and the need for new approaches was discussed. A concern that traditional research methods cannot adequately investigate social needs and problems led to this colloquium.

We present below a summary of the papers given at the colloquium.