Introduction: Taking complexity seriously in IS research

Purpose - To give an overview of the papers contained in this Special Issue.Design methodology approach - Looks at how each of the papers reflects the theme of the Special Issue, "Complexity and IT design and evolution".Findings - The collection of papers in this Special Issue addresses co...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Information technology & people (West Linn, Or.) Or.), 2006-01, Vol.19 (1), p.5-11
Hauptverfasser:	Jacucci, Edoardo, Hanseth, Ole, Lyytinen, Kalle
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Communications technology Complexity Complexity theory Design Design and development Information systems Information technology New technology Research methods Science and technology
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Zusammenfassung:	Purpose - To give an overview of the papers contained in this Special Issue.Design methodology approach - Looks at how each of the papers reflects the theme of the Special Issue, "Complexity and IT design and evolution".Findings - The collection of papers in this Special Issue addresses complexity, drawing on multi-faceted, multi-theoretical lines of inquiry.Originality value - Frameworks from complexity science, institutional theory, social science, philosophy, and recent thinking in science and technology studies (STS) are used as theoretical lenses to conceptualize and analyze complexity in IS and to offer ways to mitigate it.
ISSN:	0959-3845
DOI:	10.1108/09593840610649943