Dear colleagues, <br>Below please find the link to the IS Theory Survey conducted by the SIG
Philosophy leading up to the SIG Philosophy ICIS Workshop at Orlando,
Dec 16-17, 2012. Thank you for participating in the survey and sharing your thoughts. The survey received 131 responses mostly from Europe and North America.<br><br><a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7gQpJA3t5yCdDNWY2pCaWZRSUE">IS Theory Survey</a><br>
<br>Final details for the workshop is provided below. Please take note of the update to the title of Prof Shirley Gregor's presentation and location information since the last announcement.<br><br>Sincerely,<br>Nik Rushdi Hassan<br>
SIGPhil Chair<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font><b>CONCURRENT – ICIS 2012 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP PHILOSOPHY
AND EPISTEMOLOGY OF IS (SIGPHIL) WORKSHOP ON IS THEORY: STATE OF THE ART</b></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><b>Orlando World Center Marriott, Orlando, Florida -
December 16-17, 2012</b></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font> </font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font>In conjunction with the 2012 International Conference of
Information Systems (ICIS), the AIS Special Interest Group on the Philosophy
and Epistemology of Information Systems (AIS-SIGPHIL) will hold its second concurrent-ICIS
SIGPHIL Research Workshop during two evenings of the ICIS conference in Orlando,
Florida. Although labeled as a workshop, this event provides an opportunity to
attend the ICIS conference and at the same time spend quality time with thought
leaders of the IS community in an informal and friendly environment.</font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font> </font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><b>WORKSHOP PRESENTERS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE (in
alphabetical order)</b></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font>Shirley Gregor, Australian National University, Australia</font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font>Varun Grover, Clemson University, USA</font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font>Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University, USA</font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font>Detmar Straub, Georgia State University, USA</font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font>Ron Weber, Monash University, Australia</font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font> </font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><b>PROGRAM </b></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font>The debate surrounding the theoretical foundations of the IS
field has been around since its inception. Ever since Dearden <span>(</span><a href="#_ENREF_5" title="Dearden, 1972 #2726"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">1972,"MIS is a Mirage"</span></a><span>)</span>
questioned the very concept of MIS itself and Keen <span>(</span><a href="#_ENREF_9" title="Keen, 1980 #2485"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">1980</span></a><span>)</span> called for building a
cumulative tradition, numerous articles, journal special issues, panels and
discussions surrounding similar epistemological issues have manifested itself
in various forms ranging from the issue of diversity <span>(</span><a href="#_ENREF_3" title="Benbasat, 1996 #2598"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Benbasat and Weber 1996</span></a><span>)</span>, relevance <span>(</span><a href="#_ENREF_1" title="Applegate, 1999 #2564"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Applegate 1999</span></a><span>; </span><a href="#_ENREF_6" title="Gray, 2001 #3641"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Gray 2001</span></a><span>)</span>, IS as a reference discipline <span>(</span><a href="#_ENREF_2" title="Baskerville, 2002 #2588"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Baskerville and Myers 2002</span></a><span>; </span><a href="#_ENREF_8" title="Grover, 2006 #4142"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Grover et al. 2006</span></a><span>; </span><a href="#_ENREF_13" title="Wade, 2006 #4120"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Wade et al. 2006</span></a><span>)</span>,
identity and "core" of IS <span>(</span><a href="#_ENREF_4" title="Benbasat, 2003 #2600"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Benbasat and Zmud 2003</span></a><span>; </span><a href="#_ENREF_7" title="Gray, 2003 #2812"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Gray 2003</span></a><span>; </span><a href="#_ENREF_10" title="Lyytinen, 2004 #3407"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Lyytinen and King 2004</span></a><span>; </span><a href="#_ENREF_14" title="Weber, 2006 #4210"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Weber 2006</span></a><span>; </span><a href="#_ENREF_15" title="Weber, 2012 #5163"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Weber 2012</span></a><span>)</span>,
and more recently whether or not the IS field actually has "native
theories" <span>(</span><a href="#_ENREF_12" title="Straub, 2012 #5245"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Straub 2012</span></a><span>)</span>. Is this issue overstated and
merely the result of framing the question? Or is it a fundamental concern that
requires a conceptual analysis <span>(</span><a href="#_ENREF_11" title="Markus, 2007 #4374"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Markus and Saunders 2007, "Looking for a Few Good Concepts...And
Theories...For the Information Systems Field"</span></a><span>)</span>? This year's concurrent SIG Philosophy ICIS
workshop examines this issue, in particular, what "native theories"
mean to the IS field, from the point of view of several senior scholars of the
IS field involved in the debate. Going beyond defending the merits of their
viewpoints, the speakers and panelists will focus on how future research could
help build theories that will enhance the IS field.</font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><br></font>
<font><b>Sun, Dec 16, 2012, Room: Crystal A, Orlando World Center Marriott</b></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span>6:00-7:30pm ICIS
reception</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span>7:30-8:15pm
Presentation/Discussion led by Prof. Detmar Straub on “Native IS theories.”</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span>8:15-9:30pm Panel
discussion with panelists Prof. Ron Weber, Kalle Lyytinen and Varun Grover
responding to Prof Straub's presentation and focusing on building IS theories.</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span>9:30-10:00pm Open
Discussion</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><b> </b></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><b>Mon, Dec 17, 2012, Room Salon 10, Orlando World Center
Marriott</b></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span>6:00-7:00pm Dinner
at Solaris Restaurant, Lobby Level, Orlando World Center Marriott</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span>7:00-8:00pm
Presentation/Discussion lead by Prof. Bruce Janz, Chair of the Department of
Philosophy and Director, UCF Center for Humanities & Digital Research,
University of Central Florida on "Theories and Questions in the Context of
Disciplines."</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span>8:00-9:00pm
Presentation by Prof. Shirley Gregor "The Fusion of Design Science and
Social Science Research for Robust Indigenous Information Systems Theory"
followed by discussant Benjamin Mueller</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span>9:00-10:00pm
Workshop paper reviews</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span lang="EN-GB">Reawakening
the Mixed-Methods Debate by Emma Coleman, discussant Michael Cuellar</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span>Transdisciplinarity
in IS: The Next Frontier in Computing Disciplines by Jan Kroeze, discussant
Dirk Hovorka</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font>Managing knowledge of risk in organizations: An action
research approach by Shirley Ou Yang, discussant Nik R. Hassan</font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><span>10:00pm Workshop
wrap-up</span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font> </font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font><b>References</b></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_1"><span>Applegate, L.M. 1999. "Rigor and Relevance in MIS Research-Careers on
the Line," <i>MIS Quarterly</i> (23:1),
pp. 17-18.</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_2"><span>Baskerville, R.L., and Myers, M.D. 2002. "Information
Systems as a Reference Discipline," <i>MIS
Quarterly</i> (26:1), pp. 1-14.</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_3"><span>Benbasat, I., and Weber, R. 1996. "Rethinking
Diversity in Information Systems Research," <i>Information Systems Research</i> (7:4), pp. 389-399.</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_4"><span>Benbasat, I., and Zmud, R. 2003. "The Identity
Crisis within the IS Discipline: Defining and Communicating the Discipline's
Core Properties," <i>MIS Quarterly</i>
(27:2), pp. 183-194.</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_5"><span>Dearden, J. 1972. "MIS Is a Mirage," <i>Harvard Business Review</i> (50:1), pp.
90-99.</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_6"><span>Gray, P. 2001. "Introduction to the Special
Volume on Relevance," <i>Communications
of the AIS</i> (6:1).</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_7"><span>Gray, P. 2003. "Introduction to the Debate on the
Core of the Information Systems Field," <i>Communications of the AIS</i> (12:42).</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_8"><span>Grover, V., Ayyagari, R., Gokhale, R., Lim, J., and
Coffey, J. 2006. "A Citation Analysis of the Evolution and State of
Information Systems within a Constellation of Reference Disciplines," <i>Journal of the AIS</i> (7:5), pp. 270-325.</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_9"><span>Keen, P.G.W. 1980. "MIS Research: Reference
Disciplines and a Cumulative Tradition," <i>International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS),</i> E. McLean
(ed.), Philadelphia, PA: ACM Press, pp. 9-18.</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_10"><span>Lyytinen, K., and King, J.L.
2004. "Nothing at the Center? Academic Legitimacy in the Information
Systems Field," <i>Journal of the AIS</i>
(5:6), pp. 220-246.</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_11"><span>Markus, M.L., and Saunders,
C.S. 2007. "Editorial Comments: Looking for a Few Good Concepts...And
Theories...For the Information Systems Field," <i>MIS Quarterly</i> (31:1), pp. iii-vi.</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_12"><span>Straub, D. 2012.
"Editorial: Does MIS Native Theories," <i>MIS Quarterly</i> (36:2), pp. iii-xii.</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_13"><span>Wade, M., Biehl, M., and Kim,
H. 2006. "Information Systems Is Not a Reference Discipline (and What We
Can Do About It)," <i>Journal of the
AIS</i> (7:5), pp. 247-269.</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_14"><span>Weber, R. 2006. "Reach and
Grasp in the Debate over the IS Core: An Empty Hand?," <i>Journal of the AIS</i> (7:10), pp. 703-713.</span></a><span></span></font></p><font>
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font><a name="_ENREF_15"><span>Weber, R. 2012.
"Evaluating and Developing Theories in the Information Systems
Discipline," <i>Journal of the AIS</i>
(13:1), pp. 1-30.</span></a></font><span style></span></p>
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<br><br>-- <br>Nik R. Hassan, PhD<br>Assoc. Professor, Finance & MIS Dept.<br>Labovitz School of Business and Economics<br>University of Minnesota Duluth<br>1318 Kirby Drive, LSBE 335Q<br>Duluth MN 55812<br>Office Phone: (218) 726-7453<br>
Fax: (218) 726-7516<br>Home Page: <a href="http://www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan" target="_blank">www.d.umn.edu/~nhassan</a><br>Email: <a href="mailto:nhassan@d.umn.edu" target="_blank">nhassan@d.umn.edu</a><br><br>