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Handbook of critical information systems research: Theory and application
No full text'This indispensable book provides an excellent overview of the variety of perspectives that characterize critical research in the information systems field.' © Debra Howcroft and Eileen M. Trauth, 2005. All rights reserved
Handbook of critical information systems research: Theory and application
No full text'This indispensable book provides an excellent overview of the variety of perspectives that characterize critical research in the information systems field.' © Debra Howcroft and Eileen M. Trauth, 2005. All rights reserved
Handbook of critical information systems research: Theory and application
No full text'This indispensable book provides an excellent overview of the variety of perspectives that characterize critical research in the information systems field.' © Debra Howcroft and Eileen M. Trauth, 2005. All rights reserved
The social shaping of packaged software selection
No full textAs organisations increasingly engage in the selection, purchase, and adoption of packaged software products, how these activities are carried out in practice becomes increasingly relevant for researchers and practitioners. Our focus in this paper is to propose a framework for understanding the packaged software selection process. The functionalist literature on this area of study suggests a number of generic recommendations, which are based on rational assumptions about the process and view the decision making that takes place as producing the "best technology solution.'" To explore this, we conducted a longitudinal, in-depth study of packaged software selection in a small organisation. For interpretation of the case, we draw upon the Social Construction of Technology, a theoretical framework arguing that technology is socially constituted and regarding the process of development as contradictory and uncertain. We offer a number of contributions. First, we further our understanding of packaged software selection with the critique that we offer of the functionalist literature, drawing insights from the emerging critical/constructivist literature and expanding our domain of interest to encompass the wider environment. Second, we weave this together with our experiences in the field, drawing on social constructivism for theoretical support, to develop a framework of packaged software selection that shows how various actors shape the process. © 2010, by the Association for Information Systems
Debra Bruce, 25th Annual Literary Festival
No full textDebra Bruce is the author of three books of poetry, Pure Daughter, Sudden Hunger, and most recently, What Wind Will Do. Her poems have appeared in such journals as The American Poetry Review, The North American Review, Poetry, and The Virginia Quarterly Review, and she has received grants in writing from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois Arts Council. She is Associate Professor of English at Northeastern Illinois University
Are social constructivist approaches critical? : the case of IS failure
No full textThe critical tradition in information systems research, according to Howcroft (Manchester Business School, U. of Manchester, UK) and Trauth (School of Information Sciences and Technology, US), is characterized by the themes of emancipation from power relations, critique of tradition, rejection of the primacy of economic efficiency (non-performative intent), critique of technological determination, and methodological reflexitivity. Intending to highlight the major strands of the critical tradition, they present 10 essays addressing conceptual and theoretical issues and eight demonstrating the application of theory. Topics include the ethics of information systems, critical discourse analysis of information systems, management fashions and information systems, Marxist critique of at-home tele-work, rationalities and emotions in information systems innovation, evaluating e-governance projects in India, mediated work in global business systems, and tele-health in the United Kingdom
Debra Monroe, 22nd Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textDebra Monroe is the author of three books of fiction: The Source of Trouble which won the Flannery O\u27Connor Award for Short Fiction in 1990; a second story collection published in 1995, A Wild, Cold State, which appeared on best books lists in Vanity Fair and Elle magazine, and a novel, Newfangled, which was nominated for the National Book Award. Evelin Sullivan of the San Francisco Chronicle praised the novel as being written with the seemingly effortless grace that is the hallmark of true mastery. Monroe is an associate professor in the MFA program at Southwest Texas State University
Update on the Pathology of Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
No full textGestational Trophoblastic Disease can be a challenging area for pathologic evaluation. An update with a focus on pathologic challenges is presented.Peer reviewe
Lesions and Neoplasms of the Scrotum and its Contents: A Review
No full textA review of the scope of scrotal and testicular lesions and neoplasms that may present are presented to assist in developing a differential diagnosis if a patient with such a lesion is encountered. A familiarity will assist with recognition, as well as when consultation is needed
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