Abstract Information systems development (ISD) is analysed in this paper as asystemic work
activity, using Activity Analysis and Development (ActAD) as the theoretical framework. ISD …

Introduction: The purpose of information systems is to facilitate work activities: here we
consider how Activity Theory can be applied in information systems development. Method …

INTRODUCTION The use of information technology is penetrating a still wider part of human
life, linking areas of human life and making different media and technologies converge and …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine contradictions (specifically tertiary and
quaternary contradictions) that can disrupt the flow of work in contemporary systems …

The field of information systems (IS) has grown dramatically over the past three decades.
Recent trends have transformed the IS landscape. These trends include: the evolution of …

Abstract The fields of Information Systems (IS) and Human Computer Interaction (HCI) are
both multidisciplinary in nature and each is searching for an identity as a legitimate …

It often seems that use of participative approaches in the development of information
systems (IS) has reached the status of a new orthodoxy: a 'magic bullet'technique that is …

Information systems (IS) are centrally important to the modern form of organization, but their
impacts are not yet well understood. IS development is, in general, grounded in a quasi …

The development of information technology (IT) has had a tremendous impact on
organisations in recent decades. New information systems (IS) have been introduced into …

This paper is concerned with a type of information systems research that is comparatively
poorly understood–the “systems development”(SD) or “engineering” approach. SD is seen …