Information System Design [microform] : A Case Study in the Generation of Innovations / Andrew M. Calabrese and Stephen R. Acker
- Bib ID:
- 5491957
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Calabrese, Andrew M
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED295222
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987
- 29 p.
- Summary:
-
Arguing in the introduction that designing information systems must involve the integration of social/organizational as well as technical activities, and assuming that the contribution of social scientists studying innovation will be enhanced through increased participation in the design process, this paper presents a case study in the generation of innovation. The innovation under consideration is an electronic document delivery system (EDD) under development in the Office of Research at the Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), an international, nonprofit cooperative founded in the late sixties to serve libraries with automated cataloging services. For this study, data on OCLC was gathered intensively over a period of 18 months, beginning in 1979 and periodically in the years since that time. An argument is made in the paper for viewing information systems from a socio-technical perspective as early as possible in the design stage of innovation, since without consideration of the social, an idealized technical design concept may not move forward as a practical social system as it has been conceived. The literature of action research is reviewed for its relevant application to the generation of innovation, and several essential arguments are derived from the study. (Thirty-eight references are attached). (NH)
- Notes:
-
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (37th, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 21-25, 1987).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Acker, Stephen R, author
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1987
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Sanuk kap ngan wichai / Suthira Prasoetsan
- Case study research : what, why and how? / by Peter Swanborn
- Imagination in research : an economist's view / by George W. Ladd
- The tao of research : a path to validity / Dana K. Keller, Mary Lou Casadevall-Keller
- Qualitative-quantitative research methodology : exploring the interactive continuum / Isadore Newman and Carolyn R. Benz