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The Information Systems Academic Discipline in Australia

Authors :
G. Gable, Guy
Gregor, Shirley
Clarke, Roger
Ridley, Gail
Smyth, Robert
Publication Year :
2008
Publisher :
Canberra: ANU Press, 2008.

Abstract

This book represents the second phase of a multi-method, multi-study of the ‘Information Systems Academic Discipline in Australia’. Drawing on Whitley’s Theory of Scientific Change, the study analysed the degree of ‘professionalisation’ of the Information Systems Discipline, the overarching research question being ‘To what extent is Information Systems a distinct and mature discipline in Australia?’ The book chapters are structured around three main sections: a) the context of the study; b) the state case studies; and c) Australia-wide evidence and analysis. The book is crafted to be accessible to IS and non-IS types both within and outside of Australia. It represents a ‘check point’; a snapshot at a point in time. As the first in a hoped for series of such snap-shots, it includes a brief history of IS in Australia, bringing us up to the time of this report. The editorial team comprises Guy Gable, architect and leader; Bob Smyth, project manager; Shirley Gregor, sponsor, host and co-theoretician; Roger Clarke, discipline memory; and Gail Ridley, theoretician. In phase two, the editors undertook to examine each component study, with a view to arriving at an Australia-wide perspective.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OAPEN Library
Notes :
459288, , OCN: 651624556, , http://epress.anu.edu.au/titles/info_systems_aus_citation
Publication Type :
eBook
Accession number :
edsoap.20.500.12657.33719
Document Type :
book
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_459288