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MIS40910 – Skills for Business Enquiry – Rhetoric, Fallacies and Argument
1.Sutton, R. I. and Rafaeli, A. (1988) ‘Untangling the relationship between displayed emotions and organizational sales: The case of convenience stores’, The Academy of Management Journal, 31(3): 461-487. 1.Sutton1988-Untangling Emotions & Organisational Sales 2.Stearns, P. N. (2012) ‘The history of … Continue reading
MIS40670 – The Activity Checklist
The Activity Checklist – V. Kaptelinin, B. Nardi & C. Macaulay This paper presents a tool shaped by general theoretical approach of Activity Theory. Activity theory provides a broad theoretical framework for describing the structure, development, and context of human … Continue reading
MIS40910 – Skills for Business Enquiry – Research Paradigms
1.Levy, Yair and Ellis, Timothy J (2006) ‘A Systems Approach to Conduct an Effective Literature Review in Support of Information Systems Research’, Informing Science: International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline, 9: 181-212. 1.Levy2006-System Approach to Literature Review 2.Rosenzweig, P. (2007). … Continue reading
MIS40910 – Critique – Systems Approach to Literary Review & Misunderstanding Performance due to Halo Effect
A Systems Approach to Conduct an Effective Literature Review in Support of Information Systems Research – Yair Levy and Timothy J. Ellis 1.Levy2006-System Approach to Literature Review Misunderstanding the Nature of Company Performance: THE HALO EFFECT AND OTHER BUSINESS DELUSIONS … Continue reading
MIS40670 – Buxton’s Avalanche Case
From Bill Buxton’s Sketching User Experiences (Buxton, 2007). This case sets the issues for high-tech design. Design that works “in the wild”, that works for real people in real situations and facilitates achieving their human goals. Bill Buxton sets the … Continue reading
MIS40670 – Project View & Planning Poker
The class had an interesting discussion around Project view in which high tech development projects characterizes the work in terms of four key variables: Quality, Cost, Time and Scope. Allen initiated the discussion around how the project success is dependent … Continue reading
MIS40910 – Skills for Business Enquiry – Preliminary Research Question
Title: Which contextual, behavioural & social factors are responsible for making an innovation technically efficient or inefficient? Overview: While reading the Abrahamson’s article on ‘Managerial fads and fashions: The diffusion and rejection of innovations‘, a doubt came to our mind … Continue reading
MIS40910 – Skills for Business Enquiry – Research Questions
1. Abrahamson, E. (1991) ‘Managerial fads and fashions: The diffusion and rejection of innovations’, Academy of Management Review, 16(3): 586-612. 1.Abrahamson1991-Managerial Fads And Fashion 2(a). Pfeffer, J. and Sutton, R. I. (2006) ‘Evidence-based management’, Harvard Business Review, 84(1): 62–74. 2a.Pfeffer2006-Evidence … Continue reading
MIS40910 – Critique – Managerial fads & fashions, Evidence based management
This is a critique on the following articles on management strategies by Abrahamson and Pfeffer & Sutton, it was written as part of week 4 readings in Skills for Business Enquiry course 1. Abrahamson, E. (1991) ‘Managerial fads and fashions: … Continue reading
MIS40670 – Silver Bullet, Chaos Model, Scrum Methodology
The week three readings in Managing System Development course were articles on different software engineering methodologies. Brooks Jr. F. P. (1987) No Silver Bullet Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering, Computer, 20, 10-19 Brooks_NoSilverBullet_1987 An interesting analogy between Software Projects … Continue reading
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