Abstract
A long hold explanation in IS-Research is that any change in the Information System (IS), through the introduction of new IT-artefacts, trigger a chain of events leading to institutionalized routines and synchronized social practices. This explanation no longer covers the dynamic outcomes in the work-place set in motion by different types of IT-artefacts. We adopt a critical realist philosophy that entails to illuminate how IT-artefacts trigger social mechanisms in the human enterprise. We review IS-literature on the IT-artefact phenomenon from 2001 and forward. We find that the mechanism of individualization is forcefully triggered by new generative IT-artefacts, while enterprise IT-artefacts trigger institutionalization and socialization. We critically asses the opportunities and challenges this present for managers and designers when managing an IS that holds both types of artefacts. We draw a conceptual model of the now dual-IS, with double-edged mechanisms, that correspondingly can empower ambidextrous organizational forms.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Title of host publication | PACIS 2018 Proceedings |
Editors | Motonari Tanabu, Dai Senoo |
Number of pages | 14 |
Place of Publication | Atlanta, GA |
Publisher | Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) |
Publication date | Jun 2018 |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | The 22nd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems. PACIS 2018 - Yokohama Royal Park Hotel, Yokohama, Japan Duration: 26 Jun 2018 → 30 Jun 2018 Conference number: 22 http://pacis2018.org/ |
Conference
Conference | The 22nd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems. PACIS 2018 |
---|---|
Number | 22 |
Location | Yokohama Royal Park Hotel |
Country/Territory | Japan |
City | Yokohama |
Period | 26/06/2018 → 30/06/2018 |
Sponsor | Association for Information Systems |
Internet address |
Keywords
- IT-artefacts
- Enterprise IT-artefacts
- Generative IT-artefacts
- Social mechanisms
- Critical realism
- Dual-IS