Improvisation in Action: Making Sense of IS Development in Organizations
Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
The paper discusses the role of extemporaneous action and bricolage in designing and implementing information systems in organizations. We report a longitudinal field study of design and implementation of a Web-based groupware application in a multinational corporation. We adopt a sensemaking perspective to analyze the dynamics of this process and show that improvisational action and bricolage (making do with the materials at hand) played a vital role in the development of the application. Finally, we suggest that this case study provides an occasion to reconsider how we conceptualize information systems development (ISD).
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Titel | International Workshop on Action in Language, Organisations and Information Systems (ALOIS 2003) |
Publikationsdato | 2003 |
Sider | 51-63 |
Status | Udgivet - 2003 |
Eksternt udgivet | Ja |
ID: 81388397