Enabling collaborations in information systems practice

José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón

doi:SoM0806

Enabling collaborations in information systems practice

José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón

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Abstract

Information-systems (IS) has become a 'broad church' that includes academics and practitioners in several areas of theory and application. It is not only important to facilitate understanding and communication among individuals, but to be able to engage into forms of collaboration with others. This paper will highlight some important issues arisen in the practice of formulating IS projects which reflect what is also happening elsewhere in the social sciences. The paper will focus on suggesting ways of enabling collaborations to develop between those involved in exploring new projects and ideas, with a view that these could be facilitated if we assume continuous and systemic attitude of engagement with ‘other’ people. This attitude would require us to go beyond what we consider relevant for IS as a discipline.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Egham
Publisher	The School of Management, Royal Holloway University of London
ISBN (Print)	978-1-905846-21-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/SoM0806
Publication status	Published - 23 Oct 2008

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Name	School of Management Working Papers
Publisher	The School of Management, Royal Holloway University of London

Keywords

Information systems
collaboration
relevance
boundary spanning
diffusion of knowledge
systems thinking

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