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<DIV>an interesting point about the knowledge pyramid and needing to do research
into wisdom. This last summer I posted a question on AISWorld
asking how this relates to IS as I had received a series of comments on
knowledge management and on a knowledge pyramid paper I had submitted that
basically wondered how these topics related to IS. Perhaps this is part of
the revolution, changing the IS field to the Knowledge Systems or Wisdom Systems
field. Not trying to stir the pot but it does seem like there definitely
is a small revolution brewing....murray jennex</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/3/2013 7:28:14 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
nik@okstate.edu writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>"I've
spent two decades arguing that the presumption that data,<BR>information,
knowledge and wisdom can be mapped onto a single<BR>dimension is dangerously
wrong."<BR><BR><BR>Good point Š which is also made in our paper. But one needs
to start<BR>someplace. And the knowledge pyramid is as good as any starting
point<BR>because everyone in IS is familiar with
it.<BR><BR>Cheers!<BR><BR>-nik<BR><BR>On 1/3/13 9:16 PM, "Roger Clarke"
<Roger.Clarke@xamax.com.au> wrote:<BR><BR>>At 2:38 +0000 4/1/13,
Dalal, Nik wrote:<BR>>>"Wisdom sits atop the knowledge pyramid
..."<BR>><BR>>I've spent two decades arguing that the presumption that
data,<BR>>information, knowledge and wisdom can be mapped onto a
single<BR>>dimension is dangerously wrong.<BR>><BR>>Details
here:<BR>>http://www.rogerclarke.com/SOS/ISFundas.html<BR>>http://www.rogerclarke.com/SOS/Know.html<BR>><BR>>Summary
of useful working defintions:<BR>><BR>>'Data' is any symbol, sign or
measure which is in a form which can be<BR>>directly captured by a person
or a machine.<BR>><BR>>'Real-world data' is data which represents or
purports to represent a<BR>>fact in the real world; whereas 'synthetic
data' is data which does<BR>>not.<BR>><BR>>'Information' is data that
has value. Informational value depends<BR>>upon context. Until it is placed
in an appropriate context, data is<BR>>not information, and once it ceases
to be in that context it ceases<BR>>to be
information.<BR>><BR>>'Knowledge' is the matrix of impressions within
which an individual<BR>>situates newly acquired
information.<BR>><BR>>'Wisdom' is on an entirely different plane from
data, from<BR>>information and from knowledge, because it has to do with
judgement<BR>>exercised by applying decision criteria to knowledge combined
with<BR>>new
information.<BR>><BR>>_______________________________________________________________________<BR>><BR>>At
2:38 +0000 4/1/13, Dalal, Nik wrote:<BR>>>Thanks Nik H. for the wisdom
in your posting and to all others for<BR>>>raising key questions and
issues relating to the broader and deeper<BR>>>impact of IS research. In
terms of foci of IS research that can have<BR>>>a significant impact in
the world, can we look at "wisdom", which<BR>>>is emerging as an
academic area of research? For the next AMCIS, Jan<BR>>>Kroeze and I
have a mini track on transdisciplinary wisdom for which<BR>>>we invite
your contributions. As I state in the abstract of a paper<BR>>>on this
topic, "Wisdom sits atop the knowledge pyramid in
the<BR>>>Information Systems (IS) literature. Yet there has been
little<BR>>>research on wisdom in the IS field despite the need to
transform<BR>>>knowledge to wisdom. Perhaps there is no other subject
central to<BR>>>human existence whose exploration holds so much promise
as wisdom to<BR>>>help address myriad crises affecting the worldS We
believe that the<BR>>>IS discipline with its interdisciplinary focus on
the relationships<BR>>>between information technologies and diverse
individual,<BR>>>organizational, and societal issues including knowledge
management<BR>>>and decision support systems is well positioned for
wisdom computing<BR>>>research." Contributions to wisdom research in IS
can be in terms of<BR>>>theories applied from various disciplines
(including IS itself) to<BR>>>build tools and techniques for individual,
organizational and<BR>>>societal uses. For example, a colleague and I
have recently begun a<BR>>>study to understand "dialogue" and how
technologies can facilitate<BR>>>meaningful dialogue (beyond
conversation, discussion, and<BR>>>decision-making) among diverse groups
of people on key questions in<BR>>>a domain. In fact, I know I'll
be interested to explore potentially<BR>>>collaborating with anyone
working on a wisdom topic in IS.<BR>><BR>>Thanks.<BR>><BR>>Nik
D.<BR>><BR>>Reference: Nikunj Dalal, "Wisdom Computing: Toward a
Framework for<BR>>Wisdom Research in Information Systems" (July 29, 2012).
AMCIS 2012<BR>>Proceedings. Paper
14.<BR>><http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2012/proceedings/PerspectivesIS/14>http://ai<BR>>sel.aisnet.org/amcis2012/proceedings/PerspectivesIS/14<BR>><BR>>Nik
Dalal, Ph.D.<BR>><BR>>Professor of Management Science and Information
Systems<BR>><BR>>Oklahoma State University<BR>><BR>>Stillwater, OK
74078<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><mailto:nik@okstate.edu>nik@okstate.edu<BR>><BR>>(405)
744- 8618<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>From: John Artz
<<mailto:jartz@gwu.edu>jartz@gwu.edu><BR>>Reply-To:
<<mailto:jartz@gwu.edu>jartz@gwu.edu><BR>>Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013
16:34:45 -0500<BR>>To: Ilia Bider
<<mailto:ilia@ibissoft.se>ilia@ibissoft.se><BR>>Cc:
<<mailto:aisworld@lists.aisnet.org>aisworld@lists.aisnet.org><BR>>Subject:
Re: [AISWorld] A small revolution in the IS field<BR>><BR>><BR>>Dear
Colleagues,<BR>><BR>>I would point out that physics was around for 2,000
years,<BR>>fromAristotle to Newton, before it began to produce really
impressive<BR>>results. If we are willing to wait for another 2,000 years
for the<BR>>research in Information Systems to eventually lead to
something, I am<BR>>confident that the field willproduce some really
impressive results<BR>>as well. However, if we do not wish to wait that
long we might ask<BR>>what we can do to speed things up a
bit.<BR>><BR>>We can just keep stumbling around and eventually enough
research will<BR>>accumulate for a pattern to appear which will make sense
out of what<BR>>we are doing. I have every confidence that this will
eventually<BR>>happen and I have every confidence that by the time it does,
we (and<BR>>several subsequent generations) will all be long past the point
of<BR>>caring.<BR>><BR>>I would like to offer a few fairly simple
questions, the answers to<BR>>which would greatly speed up progress in the
field.<BR>><BR>>What are the constituents of the field? That is, what is
the field<BR>>about? What are we studying?<BR>><BR>>For that matter,
what is an information system? (The text book<BR>>definition is almost
worthless for research purposes)<BR>><BR>>What would we like to know
about the constituents of the field?<BR>><BR>>How are we likely to find
out the things we would like to know?<BR>><BR>>These are largely
philosophical questions. And instead of asking if<BR>>philosophy is
relevant to IS, as is a current mantra, we should be<BR>>asking if the
field is going to make any reasonable progress in any<BR>>reasonable amount
of time if the philosophers of IS don't get busy<BR>>and try to answer
them.<BR>><BR>>Just a few
thought,<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>John<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>On
Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Ilia
Bider<BR>><<mailto:ilia@ibissoft.se>ilia@ibissoft.se>
wrote:<BR>><BR>>Hi Nick,<BR>><BR>>Thanks for posting your
reflections. It was fascinating to observer<BR>>the unfolding
discussions.<BR>>Realizing that one created a monster by one's own will is
the first<BR>>step on the way of cutting off its heads.<BR>><BR>>On
2012-12-30 20:32, Nik R Hassan wrote:<BR>><BR>>A small revolution in the
IS field<BR>><BR>>As we approach the end of yet another year in the
history of the IS<BR>>field, I'd like to say how glad I was to have
attended ICIS this<BR>>year. It may just be me, but I think I just
witnessed a small<BR>>revolution taking place (at least in North America)
in the field. I<BR>>heard IS scholars making unconventional remarks I have
not heard<BR>>before. I enclose some quotes, and what went through my mind
in<BR>>parenthesis [I am just reporting - please don't shoot the
messenger<BR>>:-) ].<BR>><BR>>[Varun*] "We can do very good research,
but that doesn't mean we are<BR>>producing good knowledge S can we create
'better' knowledge?S<BR>>exciting, innovative and addressing important
questions of our time"<BR>><BR>>(whaS [my jaw dropping] did Varun just
say what I thought he said??<BR>>He's admitting we're not producing good
knowledge?)<BR>><BR>>[Varun] "are we scripting the way we do
research....requiring us to<BR>>select a theory and apply it to our
phenomena, create a mid-level<BR>>model and then refine it ... add
mediators and moderators to it S<BR>>Does this script work for good
knowledge?"<BR>><BR>>(Wow S I kinda think everyone knew that was the
game, the standard<BR>>publishing script, and I was taught exactly that in
school, but to<BR>>hear a scholar say it in public and analyze it S
cool!)<BR>><BR>>[Bernard**] "I've been looking back at all the work that
I've doneS I<BR>>don't think I've done enough ... We really should be doing
research<BR>>to resolve significant global problems...<BR>><BR>>(if
Bernard feels he hasn't contributed much, how much have the rest<BR>>of us
done?)<BR>><BR>>[Bernard] ... at NUS, we've put together an
inter-disciplinary team<BR>>and received a big grant using social media to
reduce pests ... and<BR>>increase food production ... Let's not be too
fixated about whether<BR>>MISQ or ISR would publish such research ... let's
target our work at<BR>>Nature or Science .... to earn the respect of others
outside our<BR>>community<BR>><BR>>(that's easy for him to say, he's
already published tons in MISQ and<BR>>ISR. But isn't there something wrong
with the picture? Isn't research<BR>>that's frequently published in the top
journals of the field that's<BR>>supposed to make their way to journals
like Science and Nature? What<BR>>does that say about our "normal"
research?)<BR>><BR>>[Manju**] "After we have had the satisfaction
of publishing in MISQ<BR>>or ISR, and at least after making tenure and
Full, it is time to<BR>>start thinking about researching big ideas that
make a difference "<BR>><BR>>(Publishing 2-3 papers in MISQ and ISR, and
getting full professor is<BR>>going to take at least 10-20 years out of the
most productive years<BR>>of anyone's life, if they're fortunate enough to
get there. Shouldn't<BR>>those most productive years already be spent in
researching big<BR>>ideas? Shouldn't big ideas be some part of getting a
full<BR>>professorship in IS?)<BR>><BR>>[Steven Alter in a follow up
email]<BR>>Our ICIS panel "DSR S remind me again about whether it is a
new<BR>>research paradigm or a rationale of last resort S" chaired by
Allen<BR>>Lee, with Steven Alter, Helmut Krcmar, and Mike Chiasson S
remarks<BR>>similar to Varun S that DSR is increasingly governed by a
script that<BR>>makes papers easier to review but S becoming an obstacle to
genuine<BR>>innovation S script encourages DSR researchers to do
design-related<BR>>work in a way in which few if any designers actually
design things in<BR>>the real world, which is especially unfortunate for a
type of<BR>>research that is called design SCIENCE
research."<BR>><BR>>All of these remarks are making me rethink about the
notion of<BR>>"value" in our work (not to be confused with "usefulness"
or<BR>>"utility"). It's close to "relevance" but since relevance has so
much<BR>>baggage attached to it, perhaps we should be taking a closer look
at<BR>>what valuable research really means.<BR>><BR>>What kind of IS
research is valuable anyway?<BR>><BR>><BR>>Nik Rushdi
Hassan<BR>>Univ of Minnesota Duluth<BR>>Chair SIG
Philosophy<BR>><BR>>*Varun Grover and Kalle Lyytinen presented at the
SIG Philosophy<BR>>Workshop at ICIS on "IS Theory-State of the Art" -
available soon on<BR>>the SIG Philosophy homepage<BR>><BR>>**Bernard
Tan and Manju Ahuja presented at the Senior Scholars Panel<BR>>at ICIS 2012
chaired by Fred Niederman<BR>><BR>><BR>>--<BR>>Nik R. Hassan,
PhD<BR>>Assoc. Professor, Finance & MIS Dept.<BR>>Labovitz School of
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