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SUMMARY:Using action research in information systems design to address cha
 nge: a South African health information systems case study - Nathan Crilly
  and Cecily Morrison
DTSTART:20061207T110000Z
DTEND:20061207T123000Z
UID:TALK5986@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Alan Blackwell
DESCRIPTION:Byrne\, E. (2005). Using action research in information system
 s design to address change: a South African health information systems cas
 e study. In Proc. Ann. Res. Conf. South African Inst. of computer scientis
 ts and information technologists on IT research in developing countries. p
 p. 131-141.\n\nOriginal abstract: This paper advocates for the use of Acti
 on Research (AR) approaches in the designing of Information Systems (IS). 
 Following a brief overview of the history of AR as a research methodology 
 and it's use in IS research a framework for describing the AR process is d
 eveloped. This framework is then used to describe the AR process involved 
 in the design and development of a paper based and orally communicated chi
 ld health IS. A common criticism of AR in IS design is the focus on the ou
 tput of the design and the lack of rigour in the description of AR project
 s. This paper addresses this gap by focusing on the process of the design 
 and development of the IS in the case study\, but also contributes to AR b
 y outlining a number of concerns which should be addressed by the IS resea
 rcher if AR is to viewed as rigourous. The concerns which need to be addre
 ssed are the need: to make explicit the epistemology of the researcher(s) 
 or practitioner(s) in any AR project\; to adopt a participatory AR and lon
 gitudinal approach to avoid the conflict of 'serving two masters'\; to dev
 elop networks of action\, and\; to develop and disseminate generalisations
  and learnings from the research.\n\nThis paper is available online from h
 ttp://tinyurl.com/t597m\n\nRubric for the reading group: Everyone attendin
 g is expected to read the paper in advance. Please bring a copy with you\,
  preferably annotated with interesting reflections. The format of discussi
 on will be a brief invited introduction/critique by two members of the gro
 up\, followed by general discussion and informal mixing.
LOCATION:Seminar Room FW11\, Computer Laboratory
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