1st Edition

Critical Management Perspectives on Information Systems

Edited By Carole Brooke Copyright 2009
    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    Critical Management Perspectives on Information Systems provides a coherent set of reference points to show students and researchers the organizational issues of information systems in theory, method and practice. Combining fresh and insightful contributions from lead researchers in the field, the book illustrates the diversity of approaches to critical research, presents practical examples and demonstrates the lessons learnt from applying a critical approach.

    Exploring the management and organizational issues of information systems from a range of critical theory viewpoints, Critical Management Perspectives on Information Systems sets out the key theoretical underpinnings of different critical approaches and considers the issues associated with designing critical methodologies for systems design and study.

    The book is suitable for final year undergraduate, research and postgraduate courses in information systems, management and organizational studies.

    Part I In Search of Critical IS Research

    1. The Punch and Judy of Critical IS Research
    2. Carole Brooke

    3. Critical Research and Ethics
    4. Bernd Carsten Stahl

    5. Practically Critical: Making the Critical Approach
    6. Andrew Basden

      Part II Critical IS Empirical Studies

    7. Participatory and Emancipatory Information Systems Development: Principles, Practices and Pitfalls
    8. Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic and Marius Janson

    9. ERP Adoption – What Do They Say About It?
    10. Dave Oliver and Celia Romm

    11. Distortions in the Media: A Critical Analysis of Learning Technology Macro Discourse
    12. Wendy Cukier and Sara Rodrigues

    13. Semiotics and Information Technology Strategy
    14. Laurie McAulay

    15. The Self-Ethnography as a `Critical’ Approach to Researching ICT Diffusion
    16. Michael J Chumer

    17. Information Systems and Power: A Foucauldian Perspective
    18. Bill Doolin

      Part III Review and Critique

    19. Enamouring, Provoking and Imagining: Three Lenses of Critical Information Systems Research?
    20. José-Rodrigo Córdoba and Carole Brooke

    21. Critical Social IS Research Today: A Reflection of Past Accomplishments and Current Challenges

    Heinz Klein

    Biography

    Carole Brooke