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Targeting the Social: A Sociopragmatic Approach Towards Design and Use of Information Systems

Targeting the Social: A Sociopragmatic Approach Towards Design and Use of Information Systems
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Author(s): Boris Wyssusek (Technical University Berlin, Germany), Martin Schwartz (Technical University Berlin, Germany)and Bettina Kremberg (University Leipzig, Germany)
Copyright: 2002
Pages: 4
Source title: Issues & Trends of Information Technology Management in Contemporary Organizations
Source Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-930708-39-6.ch217
ISBN13: 9781930708396
EISBN13: 9781466641358

Abstract

Information Systems Research is being attributed of having no substantial philosophical foundation. A review of contemporary literature reveals not only positivism as the dominating paradigm of human inquiry, but also an increasing criticism and the rise of alternative paradigms. Referring to postmodern organization theory allows a different perspective on IS research, which is based on an epistemological foundation we call Sociopragmatic Constructivism. Presupposing that human inquiry relies on social contextualization, common practice and cultural history, several consequences for the design and use of IS as well as for IS research in general are resulting.

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