... and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Action research Sensemaking Socio-technical theory Organizational learning Collaboration...

..., cultural and economic barriers exist between the stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach The authors followed an action research approach to design and implement a mobile health hypertension education application to help India's most vulnerable populations. The authors used interpretive analysis...

.... The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach The workshops identifying the key issues in an international capital group that consolidates facility management companies, as well as a related research review, have fueled a two-cycled Canonical Action Research (CAR) study...

...-implementation phase. Design/methodology/approach A four-year canonical action research project was conducted within a network of more than 300 agricultural cooperatives. Research was carried out both during the IT implementation and after deployment. Key information was gathered through unstructured...

... effect through an action case in which a DT (DT nexus) was applied in creating an IDA (multi-outsourcing decision-making tool). Design/methodology/approach – The case methodology applied here is described as an action case. An action case is a hybrid research approach that combines action research...

.../methodology/approach A field‐based, two‐phase canonical action research study was conducted at two different sites. Data were obtained from observations and interviews of all team members. Media synchronicity theory was utilized to hypothesize the interplay of media capabilities, task communication processes...

... and reward systems in producing unintended consequences are analysed while the implications of the case for both research and practice are considered. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Action research Empowerment Organizational change Corporate culture BPR National cultures Employee...

...David Avison; Richard Baskerville; Michael Myers Action research (AR), which emphasises collaboration between researchers and practitioners, is a qualitative research method that has much potential for the information systems (IS) field. AR studies of IS phenomena are now beginning to be published...

...Robert Davison Group support systems (GSS), designed primarily for meeting support, are being increasingly used for learning activities. In this paper action research is applied to explore how a GSS can enrich the training of police officers. A series of five sessions conducted over the course...

...Mike Chiasson; Albert S. Dexter In one particular action research (AR) methodology, information systems prototyping (ISP), the goals are to involve the researcher in a facilitative and collaborative role with stakeholders in the development of an information system that satisfies their collective...

...Judy McKay; Peter Marshall Action research (AR) is not without its critics, and those who reject some of the paradigmatic assumptions embodied in AR maintain that AR is little more than consultancy, that it is impossible to establish causal relationships, that it is difficult to generalize from AR...

...Enid Mumford Discusses the role and problems of the socio‐technical action researcher at different stages of a project. It is based on the author’s personal experience when using action research as a method for assisting the successful democratic design and implementation of information systems...

...Karin Olesen; Michael D. Myers Discusses the use of information technology to facilitate communication and collaboration. In this action research project a groupware product called Lotus Notes^TM was implemented to facilitate communication and collaboration amongst the senior management...

...Francis Lau Based on recent reviews regarding its use in information systems (IS) studies, this paper argues that action research is still not well recognized by IS researchers and mainstream IS journals especially in North America. To make the situation worse, existing criteria used to assess...

... distribution; and 4 the personal, economic and social characteristics of various adopter categories (innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards). Action research Communications technology Diffusion Electronics Meat The aim of this paper is to contribute...

... such as object modelling technique (OMT) (Rumbaugh et al., 1991) and OO analysis (Martin and Odell, 1992). © MCB UP Limited 1998 Action research Contingency planning Information systems Mediation Soft systems Systems development We also take the view that any IS methodology...

... requirements for the desirable IS: Action research Information technology Soft systems methodology Knowledge industry Currently international broadcasting exists through short‐wave and satellite broadcasting media, with the Internet rapidly joining in. There have been suggestions...

... point of view,typically disregarding the impact of other functions such as group access, and contribution to information concerning the organization. Attempts to bridge this gap with an action research into the effects of the introduction of an asynchronous groupware system to support business process...