[AISWorld] FW: Most Influential Information Systems Papers - "pure science" value

[Prof. Samuel I. Lubbe]

Hi

Can we regard any of these as a grand theory?

Sam


Can you give me examples of "deep knowledge" created by IS discipline? I would like to include those references.
Samir

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 9:36 AM, TPLIANG <tpliang at faculty.nsysu.edu.tw>
wrote:

> I concur with Merrill's comments.
>
> Knowledge itself is beautiful asset​ of human beings. Knowledge
> includes those with short-term value (what, who and how to solve
> problems) and those that may not have immediate practical value (such as why and why not).
> There is a Chinese proverb "knowing is harder than doing." I believe
> what carries a discipline longer is its deep knowledge (in addition to
> its hands-on practice). These two types of knowledge should complement
> each other.
>
> --
>
> Ting-Peng Liang
> National Chair Professor
>
> 2016-07-19 23:39 GMT+08:00 Warkentin, Merrill <m.warkentin at msstate.edu>:
> Colleagues: Further to Kevin's response to Mike's medical analogy
> below (in the stream initiated by Samir), ...  Whereas physicians are
> practitioners (albeit with scientific training and perspective), I
> would argue that the true audience of much scientific research in
> medicine is other medical researchers who (in the best tradition of
> "basic science" or "pure science" rather than applied science or
> engineering) are truly building medical science knowledge piece by
> piece ("block by block").  The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake
> has value.  We never know which scientific discovery may someday have
> practical value, but even if a discovery does not have direct
> immediate value, it can add to our overall understanding of phenomena
> of interest.  Researchers in Physiology and Medicine, for example,
> have been awarded Nobel Prizes "for the discovery that proteins have
> intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the
> cell" and "for their discovery of G-prot
>
>  eins
>    and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells."
> Some early Nobel-awarded discoveries led to later breakthrough cures
> for diseases and others did not, but we should not reject scientific
> discoveries with no immediate practical value.  (Similarly, early
> scientific discoveries about magnetism, electricity, and optics were
> motivated by pure curiosity, but led to the technologies that we now
> use every day!  I'm glad no one told them to quit chasing their crazy
> experiments.)
>
>  The word "science" originated in Middle English to denote the pursuit
> of knowledge.  The English word "science" comes to us from Old French,
> from Latin scientia, from scire 'know'
>  (source: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=science )
>
>  So as "teacher-scholars," we surely want to teach, train, and educate
> our students to be capable future IT professionals by imparting
> practical knowledge.  However, I would also argue that we should seek
> deeper nuanced understanding of information systems, including how
> they work, how they are built and used, how IT interacts with and
> influences individuals, groups, organizations, and society, and (plug
> in your favorite sub-discipline here).  All scientific discoveries,
> rigorously obtained, have value because they facilitate knowledge and discovery.
>
>  Footnote: It is interesting to reflect on the early influence of SIM
> on our field, such as partially funding MISQ when they wrote
> "Executive Summaries" for each paper for CIOs to read! (remember the
> purple pages in our pubs back in the 80s and early 90s?), which has
> partially led to an ethos in our scientific discipline for always
> including "Implications for Practice" and similar requirements in our
> manuscripts that is often absent in other scientific disciplines.
>
>  So, though my cybersecurity research findings may have practical
> value for organizations seeking to ameliorate the threats to their
> information, I think the basic knowledge my co-authors and I pursue
> (such as results from MRI), even if it has no immediate practical value, is equally important.
> Let's all continue to seek knowledge!
>
>  Merrill Warkentin
>
>  Mississippi State University
>
> www.MISProfessor.us<http://www.MISProfessor.us>
>
>
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