A common thread in recent discussions of organisational change is the importance of the role allocated to information technology in the realisation of such change. It is a feature of many of these discussions that IT is handled in a somewhat simplistic fashion, often with a pronounced theoretical leaning resulting in “the case of the disappearing technology”. Even empirical studies of new techn...

We are in this paper discussing conceptualisations of the relationship between IT and organisational issues. To move beyond an “IT enables/ constrains” position, we argue that it is necessary to take the specifics of an information system (IS) more serious. A theoretical framework called actor-network theory from social studies of science and technology is presented as promising in this regard....

The objective of this study is to investigate the impact human resource information systems on organizational success and moderating role citizenship behavior in banking sector Jordan. employed a quantitative-research method, using stratified random sampling technique, collect data from 141 employees working resources departments Jordanian banks. simple regression results showed significant pos...

In this introduction to the special issue, the authors explore a number of connections between recent thinking about change in the organization studies (OS) literature and debates about information and communication technology (ICT) and change in the information systems (IS) literature. The authors examine these debates and highlight their potential significance for understanding ICT and organi...

Today Information Systems (IS) integration constitutes one of the major success factors of mergers and acquisitions. This article draws on two case studies of firms having realized more than 10 mergers and acquisitions between 1990 and 2000. This paper shows the importance of carrying out a double approach to understand IS integration process. The first approach represents the necessity of usin...

The problems associated with the development of hospital information systems and their implementation in organizations have been the subject of much literary debate. The perspectives taken in regards to this phenomenon are often similar to the debate in IS design in general, in that the overseen social and organizational factors of IS implementation are mainly addressed. However, from our exper...

This paper explores theories underlying the design and development of organizational information systems (IS). It summarizes and compares two very different perspectives on IS design and development: design as the (individual) solution of organizational "problems" and design as the (joint) construction of sociocultural artifacts. The different paradigms of operation engendered by these perspect...

While much is known about the general process of user participation in information systems development, its effect on organizational change surrounding systems implementation has not been the subject of systematic, empirical investigation. With some notable exceptions, researchers have chosen to adopt variancerather than process-based approaches to the study of these phenomena and have, therefo...

This paper deals with “Knowledge Management Systems” (KMS) which are seen as a new kind of information systems supporting organizational information processing. KMS result from the application of advanced database and network technologies to support organizational learning and knowledge management approaches. A perspective-based view of organizational memory systems is used to define KMS and fo...