The Oxford Handbook of Management Information Systems: Critical Perspectives and New Directions (Oxford Handbooks)

This Handbook provides critical, interdisciplinary contributions from leading international academics on the theory and methodology, practical applications, and broader context of Management Information Systems, as well as offering potential avenues for future research Cover Contents List of Contributors PART I: SETTING THE SCENE Introduction 1. Historical Reflections on the Practice of Information Management and Implications for the Field of MIS 2. Tracing the History of the Information Systems Field PART II: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES IN MIS Introduction 3. The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth: High-Quality Research in Information Systems 4. Systems Thinking and Soft Systems Methodology 5. Structuration Theory 6. Institutional Theory of Information Technology 7. ‘Everything is Dangerous’: Rethinking Michel Foucault and the Social Study of ICT 8. Critical Social Information Systems Research 9. Hermeneutics and Meaning-Making in Information Systems 10. Phenomenology, Screens, and Screenness: Returning to the World Itself 11. Post-structuralism, Social Shaping of Technology, and Actor-Network Theory: What Can They Bring to IS Research? PART III: RETHINKING THEORY IN MIS PRACTICE Introduction 12. Further Developments in Information Systems Strategizing: Unpacking the Concept 13. Rethinking Business–IT Alignment 14. IT-Dependent Strategic Initiatives and Sustained Competitive Advantage: A Review, Synthesis, and an Extension of the Literature 15. Changing the Story Surrounding Enterprise Systems to Improve our Understanding of What Makes ERP Work in Organizations 16. A Multi-theoretic Approach to IT Governance: The Need for Commitment as well as Alignment 17. Rethinking Information Systems Security 18. Mobile IT 19. A Review of the IT Outsourcing Literature: Insights for Practice PART IV: RETHINKING MIS PRACTICE IN A BROADER CONTEXT Introduction 20. Managing Knowledge Work 21. Rethinking Gender and MIS for the Twenty-First Century 22. Green Digits: Towards an Ecology of IT Thinking 23. Ethics and ICT 24. IT, Globalization, and Human Development: A Personal View 25. Discourses on Innovation and Development in Information Systems in Developing Countries Research 26. From Instrumentality to Emergence in Information Systems Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Management Information Systems (MIS) play a crucial role in an organization's operations, accounting, decision-making, project management, and competitive advantage. The Oxford Handbook of Management Information Systems takes a critical and interdisciplinary view of the increasing complexity of these systems within organizations, and the strategic, managerial, and ethical issues associated with the effective use of these technologies. The book is organized into four parts: - Part I: Background - Part II: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives in MIS - Part III: Rethinking Theory in MIS Practice - Part IV: Rethinking MIS Practice in a Broader Context The Handbook provides expansive coverage of the discipline and a methodological and philosophical framework for discussion of key topics, before exploring the issues associated with MIS in practice and considering the broader context and future agenda of research in light of such concerns as sustainability, ethics, and globalization. Bringing together international scholars to focus on the theory and practice of MIS, this handbook provides a comprehensive resource for academics and research students in the fields of MIS, IS, Organizational Behaviour, and Management in general. Management Information Systems (MIS) play a crucial role in an organization's operations, accounting, decision-making, project management, and competitive advantage. The Oxford Handbook of Management Information Systems takes a critical and interdisciplinary view of the increasing complexity of these systems within organizations, and the strategic, managerial, and ethical issues associated with the effective use of these technologies. The book is organized into four - Part Background - Part Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives in MIS - Part Rethinking Theory in MIS Practice - Part Rethinking MIS Practice in a Broader Context The Handbook provides an introductory background to the discipline and a methodological and philosophical framework for discussion of key topics, before exploring the issues associated with MIS in practice and considering the broader context and future agenda of research in light of such concerns as sustainability, ethics, and globalization. Bringing together international scholars to focus on the theory and practice of MIS, this handbook provides a comprehensive resource for academics and research students in the fields of MIS, IS, Organizational Behaviour, and Management in general.