Improvisation in Action: Making Sense of IS Development in Organizations
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Improvisation in Action : Making Sense of IS Development in Organizations. / Bansler, Jørgen P.; Havn, Erling C.
International Workshop on Action in Language, Organisations and Information Systems (ALOIS 2003). 2003. p. 51-63.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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TY - GEN
T1 - Improvisation in Action
T2 - Making Sense of IS Development in Organizations
AU - Bansler, Jørgen P.
AU - Havn, Erling C.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The paper discusses the role of extemporaneous action and bricolage in designing and implementing information systems in organizations. We report a longitudinal field study of design and implementation of a Web-based groupware application in a multinational corporation. We adopt a sensemaking perspective to analyze the dynamics of this process and show that improvisational action and bricolage (making do with the materials at hand) played a vital role in the development of the application. Finally, we suggest that this case study provides an occasion to reconsider how we conceptualize information systems development (ISD).
AB - The paper discusses the role of extemporaneous action and bricolage in designing and implementing information systems in organizations. We report a longitudinal field study of design and implementation of a Web-based groupware application in a multinational corporation. We adopt a sensemaking perspective to analyze the dynamics of this process and show that improvisational action and bricolage (making do with the materials at hand) played a vital role in the development of the application. Finally, we suggest that this case study provides an occasion to reconsider how we conceptualize information systems development (ISD).
M3 - Article in proceedings
SP - 51
EP - 63
BT - International Workshop on Action in Language, Organisations and Information Systems (ALOIS 2003)
ER -
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