Evidently, based on studies which have been conducted over the years, there exist lots more complexity than technical in the development and implementation of information systems in organisations. The complex issues are socio-technical in nature, which require a refresh examination, from social context, if different results are to be achieved. Some of the complexities which are encountered incl...

Pre-investment evaluation of information system project proposals persists in being problematic and highly risky in practice. Numerous evaluation approaches and methodologies, offered in the literature, have not contributed to major improvements in practice. As the literature review shows, these methodologies have assumed an ideal of objective and scientific evaluation and taken the view of met...

Recently, IS researchers have borrowed theories from other academic fields in the hope of enriching their theorising about the use, adoption and diffusion of material systems by human actors. Situated Action, Structuration theory and Actor-Network Theory (ANT) are cases in point. Arguably, rather than borrowing theories ready-made from alien disciplines, we should investigate their meta-theoret...

The objective of this article was to evaluate the current utilization Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as a research method in energy sector. High impact scientific articles gathered from ScienceDirect database were analyzed, taking into account methodological particularities (in terms its nature, objective, issue approach, and technical procedures) means data collection analysis light ANT method. Fe...

Abstract The identity of the city Skopje was completely lost after earthquake in 1963. buildings from post – period were built Modernist architectural style and they play a major role creating new city. On other hand, terms energy efficiency, these have very poor thermal properties. In order to improve retrofit interventions been constantly implemented their authentic appearance has significant...

Despite impressive technical advances in tools and methodologies and the organizational insights provided by many years of academic and business research, the underperformance of Information Technology (IT) remains. In the past and even today, organizations experience difficulty in managing technology, changing from system to system, implementing new technology, maintaining compatibility with e...

E-government in South Africa has a particularly important historical and social context due to the legacy of apartheid. As a result, a ten year egovernment implementation horizon has been created from tested world wide practices. Thus far the plan is not being realised and a gap is appearing between what the policy says should be happening and what is actually happening. This gap is most likely...

This paper describes a research approach based on the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) to interpret and understand the Korea’s strategy for the development of the ubiquitous city (u-city). Analyzing empirical materials from u-city development, this study traces and unpacks the interaction occurring around the u-city innovation and also identifies patterns of innovation, concentrating on negotiation a...