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MIS 696a/797a Final Project. Final Report December 15, 1999. Introduction. MIS Defined: A management information system is the complement of people, machines, and procedures that develops the right information and communicates it to the right managers at the right time. MIS Theory.
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MIS 696a/797aFinal Project Final Report December 15, 1999
Introduction • MIS Defined: A management information system is the complement of people, machines, and procedures that develops the right information and communicates it to the right managers at the right time.
MIS Theory Three main schools of thought: • Technological Imperative: “Impact of technology.” • Organizational Imperative: “Rational actors choose technologies.” • Emergent: Intersection of technologies and people creates complex interactions.
Timeline Survey Field (Complete) Brainstorm Conceptual Model (Complete) Gather Information/Feedback From MIS Faculty Refine Information Identify Reference Disciplines to Feature Review Key Articles Revise Conceptual Model; Outline Presentation and Paper Rank Researchers Based on Model Submit and Present Final Paper • Sep 30 • Oct 1 • Oct 13 • Oct 20 • Nov 10 • Nov 20 • Dec 1 • Dec 8 • Dec 15
Group Support Systems Knowledge Mgmt, AI, Information Retrieval Databases Economics, DSS, OR E-Commerce HCI, Visualization, Communication, Psychology International Social Issues, Ethics Telecommunications, Security Systems Analysis and Design Paul Gondy, Duffy Limin, Yousub Wayne, Taeha Marsha, Kim Karen, Lin Lin Taeha, Chienting Dennis, Marsha Yousub, Limin Kim, Chienting Research Areas - Focus Field Team
Model Overview Conceptual Diagrams December 15, 1999
Model Emerging Relevance Established Rigor Behavioral Technical
Model (cont.) • Behavioral - Technical • Focus on the behavioral or technical aspects of MIS. • Rigor - Relevance • Research methodology and methods used to gain knowledge. • Emerging • Changes in the direction of research over time.
Focus: GSS X Relevance Rigor Behavioral Technical Top View • Look at one researcher or group in a field
X A Focus: DB Focus: HCI Z Focus: GSS Focus: AI Y Top View, Look Through All • Possibilities: • Follow 1 Group/Person Across Different Fields • Compare the Concentration of Research Over Fields • Collapse All Fields for a General Overview Relevance Rigor Behavioral Technical
Research Overview Researchers/Papers December 15, 1999
Order of PresentationEstablished Emerging • International • HCI, Visualization, Communication & Psychology • Social Issues & Ethics • Systems Analysis & Design • Group Support Systems (GSS) • Telecommunications & Security • Databases • Economics, Decision Support Systems & Operations Research • Knowledge Management, Artificial Intelligence & Information Retrieval • E-commerce
ResearchersInternational • Seymour Goodman, University of Arizona • International developments in the information technologies (IT), IT and national security, technology diffusion • Eli Noam, Columbia University • International work on telecom/television, content of media, common carrier implications and IP telephony over cable versus traditional telephony infrastructure. • Larry Press, California State Univ., Dominguez Hills • Global diffusion of the internet, networking in developing nations, computer support of cooperative work.
Featured ResearcherInternational Seymour Goodman, Professor Eller College of Business and Public Administration The University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona EDUCATION: Ph.D., California Institute of Technology AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE: International developments in the information technologies (IT), technology diffusion, IT and national security, and related public policy issues, statistical and continuum physics and combinatorial algorithms
Behavioral Technical 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 Relevance Rigor 3 2 1 International Seymour Goodman Eli Noam Larry Press
ResearchersHuman-Computer Interaction/Psychology/ Visualization/Communication • Donald Norman, Apple Computer • Internet and academia • Jakob Nielsen • Usability of the web and designing of web sites • Peter Denning, George Mason University • Workflow management, high performance computing, security • David Liddle, Interval Research Corp., Stanford • Human-computer interaction and the computing industry • Terry Allen Winograd, Stanford • Human-computer interaction.
Featured ResearcherHCI/Psychology/Visualization Donald Norman President, UNext Learning Systems UNext.com Deerfield, IL USA EDUCATION: Ph.D., Mathematical Psychology, University of Pennsylvania AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE: Recognition psychology, the sensitivity and range of sensing and hearing, the power of human perception, and the design of human-centered technology. Currently working on distance learning.
Behavioral Technical 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 Relevance Rigor 3 2 1 Human-Computer Interaction/Psychology/ Visualization/Communication Donald Norman Jakob Nielsen Peter Denning David Liddle Terry Winograd
ResearchersSocial Issues and Ethics • Mary Culnan, Georgetown • Privacy Issues • Richard Mason, SMU • MIS History, Ethics • Rob Kling, Indiana University - Bloomington • Social Issues • Sara Kiesler, Carnegie Mellon University • Collective Communication Issues
Featured ResearcherSocial Issues and Ethics Mary J. Culnan, Professor The McDonough School of Business Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 20057-1008 EDUCATION: Ph.D.,Management, Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE: Social and public policy impacts of information technology and information privacy. Currently addressing consumer attitudes toward privacy and electronic marketing.
Behavioral Technical 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 Relevance Rigor 3 2 1 Social Issues/Ethics Rob Kling Mary Culnan Richard Mason Sara Kiesler
ResearchersSA&D / Software Engineering • Grady Booch, Rational Software Corporation • Pioneered the development of object-oriented analysis • Peter Checkland, Lancaster University • Nature of information systems • Watts Humphrey, SEI • Promotes Capability Maturity Model • Roger Pressman, R.S. Pressman and Associates • Helps companies establish effective SE practices • Edward Yourdon, Cutter Consortium • Developed the structured analysis methods of the 70s
Featured ResearcherSA&D / Software Engineering Watts Humphrey, Fellow and Research Scientist Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA EDUCATION: MBA, University of Chicago AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE: Evangelist of CMU / SEI capability maturity model (CMM)
Behavioral Technical 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 Relevance Rigor 3 2 1 SA&D / Software Engineering Roger Pressman Peter Checkland Grady Booch Edward Yourdon Watts Humphrey
ResearchersGSS • Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr. , University of Arizona • computer supported collaboration and decision support to improve productivity and communication • Brent Gallupe, Queens University, Ontario • Electronic brainstorming, history of information systems • Jerry DeSanctis, Duke University • organizational computing, computer-supported cooperative work and management of information systems • Sara Kiesler, Carnegie Mellon University • group dynamics and communication • Judy Olsen, University of Michigan • Collaboration technology and human-computer interaction
Featured ResearcherGSS Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr., Regents Professor Eller College of Business and Public Administration The University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona EDUCATION: Ph.D. in SE and OR from Case Institute of Technology AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE: Computer supported collaboration and decision support to improve productivity and communication.
Behavioral Technical 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 Relevance Rigor 3 2 1 GSS Jay Nunamaker, Jr. Brent Gallupe Judy Olsen Jerry DeSanctis Sara Kiesler
ResearchersTelecommunications/Security • Roch Guerin, University of Pennsylvania • Intersection of networking and quality-of-service • Aurel Lazar, Columbia University • Networking games and pricing, architectures, network management and control • Thomas Magnanti, MIT • Communication systems, production planning & scheduling • Steve McCanne, University of California, Berkeley • Multimedia networking, multicast communication protocols • David Wetherall, University of Washington • Mobile protocol development
Featured ResearcherTelecommunications Roch Guerin Department of Electrical Engineering University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 EDUCATION: Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology, in 1986 AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE: Networking and Quality-of-Service, in particular the intersection of the two.
Behavioral Technical 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 Relevance Rigor 3 2 1 Telecommunications/Security Roch Guerin Aurel Lazar David Wetherall Steve McCanne Thomas Magnanti
ResearchersDatabase • E. F. Codd, IBM Research Laboratory • Relational Database Model • Peter Pin-Shan Chen, LSU • Database Design • Won Kim, Cyber Database Solutions, Inc., • Distributed Database System with Mathematical Approach • Salvatore T. March, University of Minnesota • Collective Communication Issues • Sudha Ram, University of Arizona • Heterogeneous Distributed Database Systems with Technical Approach
Featured ResearcherDatabase Sudha Ram, Professor Eller College of Business and Public Administration The University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona EDUCATION: Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE: Semantic Modeling Semantic Interoperability Knowledge Management
Behavioral Technical 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 Relevance Rigor 3 2 1 Database Sudha Ram Won Kim Peter Pin-Shan Chen E. F. Codd Salvatore March
ResearchersEconomics/Decision Science (DSS)/OR • Eric Brynjolfsson, MIT • IT and the structures of markets and firms, impact of IT investments on productivity and business value. • Morris Cohen, University of Pennsylvania • Three dimensional concurrent engineering for the design of products, processes and supply chains. • Hau Lee, Stanford University • Supply chain mgmt., manufacturing/distribution strategy • James Marsden, University of Connecticut • Management of information, DSS, legal issues. • Haim Mendelson, Stanford University • IT and time-based competition in financial markets
Featured ResearcherEconomics/Decision Science (DSS)/OR Eric Brynjolfsson, Professor Sloan School Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA EDUCATION: Ph.D., Managerial Economics, MIT AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE: How IT transform the structures of markets and firms. The impact of IT investments on productivity and business value. How the Internet affects commerce and information goods.
Behavioral Technical 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 Relevance Rigor 3 2 1 Economics/Decision Science (DSS) Eric Brynjolfsson Hau Lee Morris Cohen Haim Mendelson James Marsden
ResearchersInformation Retrieval, Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management • Herbert A. Simon, Carnegie Mellon University • AI, psychology, economics • Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina • Information seeking, digital libraries human-computer interaction,, information design, information policy • Gerard Salton (1927-1995), Cornell University • Natural-language processing, information retrieval • Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona • Digital libraries, knowledge management, multi-lingual and distributed information retrieval • Thomas Davenport, University of Texas at Austin • Knowledge management
Featured ResearcherInformation Retrieval, Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management Herbert A. Simon Computer Science and Psychology Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA EDUCATION: Ph.D. in political science at the University of Chicago AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE: From computer science to psychology, administration, and economics. The thread of continuity is his interest in human decision-making and problem-solving processes, and the implications of these processes for social institutions. He makes extensive use of the computer as a tool for both stimulating human thinking and augmenting it with artificial intelligence.
Behavioral Technical 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 Relevance Rigor 3 2 1 Information Retrieval, Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management Gary Marchionini Thomas Davenport Hsinchun Chen Gerard Salton Herbert Simon
ResearchersE-Commerce • Linda Applegate, Harvard University • Influence of info technology on markets and organizations • Alok Gupta, University of Connecticut • Internet user’s demand characteristics; on-line auctions • Ravi Kalakota, Georgia State University • Next generation of business models for E-commerce • Andrew Whinston, University of Texas at Austin • E-commerce impact on business processes • Vladimir Zwass, Fairleigh Dickinson University • Editor-in-Chief International Journal of E-Commerce
Featured ResearcherE-Commerce Andrew B. Whinston, Professor Center for Research in Electronic Commerce College & Graduate School of Business University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas EDUCATION: Ph.D., Management, Carnegie Mellon University AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE: E-commerce impact on business protocols and processes, organizational structure & corporate networks; electronic publishing; electronic education
Behavioral Technical 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 Relevance Rigor 3 2 1 E-Commerce Ravi Kalakota Linda Applegate Andrew Whinston Vladimir Zwass Alok Gupta
Key Controversies • Academic legitimacy. • Legitimacy of MIS as an academic discipline is not established. • Methods and methodologies. • Natural science v. social science background of researchers: • Survey methodology. • Case study research. • Multiple methodologies and methods. • System-building approach.
Behavioral Technical 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 Relevance Rigor 3 2 1 Conclusion 8 13 14 10 2 11 7 7 13 9
Conclusion • Field is well balanced • Rigor/Relevance Axis is centered and slightly skewed toward relevance, indicating a good balance between Rigor and Relevance. • Behavioral/Technical Axis is bi-modal, indicating that the discipline is split between the behavioral and the technical. • Existing/Emerging Axis is evenly distributed across the fields showing a balanced portfolio of subjects.