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2023 | Management Information Systems Quarterly | Citations: 0
Authors: Burton-Jones, Andrew

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Topics: knowledge sharing artificial intelligence digital platform

Methods: difference in differences

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Information Management Challenges and the Adverse Consequences of Using Reverse Auctions

2020 | Information & Management | Citations: 2
Authors: Sambhara, Chaitanya

Abstract: Using reverse auctions (RAs) requires managing complex information. Yet, such ch ... Expand

Abstract: Using reverse auctions (RAs) requires managing complex information. Yet, such challenges are not well un derstood and are often even underestimated. To address this knowledge gap, I conducted a Delphi study and follow-up interviews to identify information management challenges and the adverse consequences. Drawing on the agency theory and the garbage can theory, I developed three dimensions of information management challenges, advanced a theoretical model, and formulated propositions to suggest the adverse consequences. My findings suggest that deficiency, violation, and anarchy of information can result in procedural failure, financial and competitive loss to suppliers, and damage to buyer–supplier relationships. Collapse

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Topics: information management interorganizational relationship business-to-business price management strategic management

Methods: qualitative interview theory development delphi study personal interview literature sample

Theories: garbage can theory agency theory lemon market theory
Creative Projects: A Less Routine Approach Toward Getting New Things Done
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2012 | Organization Science | Citations: 43
Authors: Obstfeld, David

Abstract: This paper presents a framework for action that accounts for both how organizati ... Expand

Abstract: This paper presents a framework for action that accounts for both how organizations get routine things done and how they pursue markedly new things through “creative projects.” Based on this framework, organizational routines and creative projects are viewed as two types of action trajectories differing with respect to their repetitiveness. An ethnographic case study of an automotive prototype-purchasing process and two initiatives to redesign that process is used to compare an organizational routine with creative projects occurring within the same organizational setting and to further explicate the framework. Case analysis reveals how projection and planning, as well as combinatorial action, knowledge articulation, and contingency management, unfold differentially in organizational routines and creative projects. This paper contributes to our understanding of different forms of organizational change and innovation. It also provides a framework to examine the role of nonroutine organizing at several levels of organizational analysis and its relationship to more routine forms of organizing. Collapse

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Topics: organizational change innovation management decision making

Methods: qualitative interview design artifact case study survey field study

Theories: garbage can theory action theory organizational theory
ICIS 2008 Panel Report: IS Has Outgrown the Need for Reference Discipline Theories, or Has It?
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2009 | Communications of the Association for Information Systems | Citations: 1
Authors: Niederman, Fred; Gregor, Shirley; Grover, Varun; Lyytinen, Kalle; Saunders, Carol

Abstract: We view the current belief in reference discipline theories and their value in M ... Expand

Abstract: We view the current belief in reference discipline theories and their value in MIS research as exhibiting dominance in our field. This article is based on the panel discussion at the 2008 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) held in Paris, France. It examines why this dominance has the potential to harm the future prospects of our intellectual endeavors. In counterpoint, we present the argument that the use of reference disciplines should continue. Aside from the fact that the belief in the value of reference discipline is continued, there are benefits derived from anchoring research initiatives in reference discipline theories which should be acknowledged. Under certain situations such use should be encouraged and broadened. Additionally, we will present arguments for viable alternatives to relying on reference disciplines in theory building. The alternatives are aimed at building and expanding indigenous IS theory. Collapse

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Topics: reference discipline IS discipline resistance to change information system use decision support system

Methods: theory development synthesis

Theories: technology acceptance model information systems theory transaction cost economics resource based view of the firm garbage can theory
Panel: Regulation and governance in commons-based peer (social) production

2009 | European Conference On Information Systems | Citations: 0
Authors: Sun, Violeta; Aanestad, Margunn; Skorve, Espen; Miscione, Gianluca

Abstract: In this paper we discuss the challenges of managing large-scale information infr ... Expand

Abstract: In this paper we discuss the challenges of managing large-scale information infrastructures. Various management models, such as the IT governance model, propose structured approaches for management of an organization’s infrastructure. This paper argues both theoretically and empirically that such an approach to information infrastructure governance has its limitations. The paper is based on empirical material from three change processes in information infrastructures in the context of health care. We present case vignettes that illustrate how these processes evolved along unexpected trajectories, subject to factors beyond the control of management. To conceptualize these phenomena we draw on literature that conceptualize change as emerging from the meeting between multiple parallel streams of activities. The interactions between the various streams open up windows of opportunities that affect the information infrastructure development. We argue that such conceptualizations more realistically depict how large-scale information infrastructures evolve, and hence how they can be (or not be) managed. Collapse

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Topics: information technology infrastructure IT governance strategic management health information system open source

Methods: case study interpretative method qualitative interview qualitative content analysis participant observation

Theories: garbage can theory organizational theory punctuated equilibrium theory
Neo-Carnegie: The Carnegie School's Past, Present, and Reconstructing for the Future
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2007 | Organization Science | Citations: 0
Authors: Gavetti, Giovanni; Levinthal, Daniel; Ocasio, William

Abstract: Cyert and March's (1963) A Behavioral Theory of the Firm and the broader Carnegi ... Expand

Abstract: Cyert and March's (1963) A Behavioral Theory of the Firm and the broader Carnegie School form critical theoretical underpinnings for modern organization studies. Despite its impact, however, we suggest that researchers who rely on the Carnegie School have progressively lost touch with its defining commitment to a decision-centered view of organizations. Decision making has given way to learning, routines, and an increased focus on change and adaptation; the organizational level of analysis, although frequently invoked, has been largely supplanted by either a more micro or a more macro focus. In this paper, we argue for restoring the School's original mission and perspective. Our proposal for how this overarching goal can be achieved encompasses three central points. First, we believe the School needs to resurrect a few select ideas that, despite their fundamental importance, have been neglected over time. Second, we believe there is a need for greater paradigmatic closure amongst the School's central theoretical pillars. Loose coupling among such pillars might keep key insights on organizational decision making from emerging. Finally, there is the need to incorporate major developments that have been generated post-Carnegie School, both within organization theory and in the behavioral and social sciences more broadly. In particular, we point to the shift to more open systems perspectives on organizations, the conceptions of organizations being embedded in larger social contexts, and recent developments in the study of individual cognition. Collapse

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Topics: decision making organization structure organizational productivity organizational change organizational control

Methods: theory development

Theories: theory of bounded rationality theory of distributed cognition garbage can theory organizational theory
Persistence and change in system development: a dialectical view

2003 | Journal of Information Technology | Citations: 27
Authors: Sabherwal, Rajiv; Newman, Michael

Abstract: This paper seeks to advance our understanding of the dynamics of persistence and ... Expand

Abstract: This paper seeks to advance our understanding of the dynamics of persistence and change in information systems development. Towards this goal, it draws upon dialectical theory, which enables viewing persistence and change during IS development relative to the thesis operating at that time. This approach recognizes that the nature of the system itself often changes during the development process. This also allows simultaneous attention to persistence and change, combining persistence with certain elements of the thesis along with change in some other elements. Empirically based on three cases, the paper provides insights into the content and process elements of theses, governing the characteristics of the system and the nature of the development process, respectively. It offers one possible explanation for the evolution of the IS development process and some insights into the strategies for improving this process through greater attention to the theses and the dialectic processes. Collapse

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Topics: systems development system development method IT project pseudonymity interorganizational system

Methods: qualitative interview case study personal interview synthesis

Theories: garbage can theory
Selecting Research Topics: Personal Experiences and Speculations For the Future
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2002 | Communications of the Association for Information Systems | Citations: 3
Authors: Alter, Steven; Dennis, Alan R.

Abstract: In the rapidly changing field of information systems, every researcher faces imp ... Expand

Abstract: In the rapidly changing field of information systems, every researcher faces important choices about what research topics to explore and how to pursue that research. This paper addresses these questions by summarizing a panel discussion at the 2001 Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) annual meeting. The first part of this paper provides a framework explaining factors that can be used in selecting research topics. The following parts explain how our own past choices of research topics reflect the factors in the framework. In the final section, applies the framework to speculate about promising research topics for the future. Collapse

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Topics: group support system brainstorming systems analysis electronic brainstorming decision making

Methods: post-hoc analysis theory development case study

Theories: contingency theory garbage can theory work systems theory
The Greta system: organizational politics introduced to the garbage can
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2001 | Decision Support Systems | Citations: 0
Authors: McGrath, G. Michael; More, Elizabeth

Abstract: A decision-making model, in the tradition of the ‘garbage can’ and its variants, ... Expand

Abstract: A decision-making model, in the tradition of the ‘garbage can’ and its variants, is introduced. The model also draws heavily on concepts drawn from research into the power-political model of organizational decision making. In particular, the critical dependencies at the core of the power-political model drive an organizational communications network. This network, in turn, is the principal determinant of the outcomes of political activity. The objective is to extend previous explications of the garbage can by putting some real substance into the problems, decision alternatives and actions facing problem solvers. Collapse

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Topics: decision making network effect enterprise architecture expert system organization structure

Methods: case study design artifact simulation

Theories: garbage can theory
The Nature of Organizational Decision Making and the Design of Decision Support Systems

1981 | Management Information Systems Quarterly | Citations: 26
Authors: Huber, George

Abstract: A bstract Today's Decision Support Systems (DSS) are almost invariably designe ... Expand

Abstract: A bstract Today's Decision Support Systems (DSS) are almost invariably designed to function in rational, or rationalized, decision making environments. Many organizational environments, such as political environments or garbage can environments, are more accurately portrayed, however, with models other than the Rational Model. Can DSS be useful in such environments? What are the boundary conditions for the application of DSS? These are the questions addressed in this article. Collapse

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Topics: decision support system decision making

Methods: conceptual modelling

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Editor's Comments: Tuum Est

Information Management Challenges and the Adverse Consequences of Using Reverse Auctions

Creative Projects: A Less Routine Approach Toward Getting New Things Done

ICIS 2008 Panel Report: IS Has Outgrown the Need for Reference Discipline Theories, or Has It?

Panel: Regulation and governance in commons-based peer (social) production

Neo-Carnegie: The Carnegie School's Past, Present, and Reconstructing for the Future

Persistence and change in system development: a dialectical view

Selecting Research Topics: Personal Experiences and Speculations For the Future

The Greta system: organizational politics introduced to the garbage can

The Nature of Organizational Decision Making and the Design of Decision Support Systems