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A paradigmatic approach to the discipline of information systems
Author(s) -
Van Gigch John P.,
Le Moigne Jean Louis
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830340203
Subject(s) - metatheory , epistemology , information system , computer science , cognitive science , discipline , sociology , engineering ethics , management science , psychology , social science , philosophy , engineering , electrical engineering
The Information Systems (IS) discipline lacks a paradigm to guide its work. A metasystemic approach is taken to explore a metatheory with potential to develop into a paradigm for the discipline. Sources of knowledge, the object of study, representative metaphors, activities, methodologies, and purposes of the schools of thought which constitute the discipline are reviewed and discussed in an effort to define the paradigm.