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Research methodologies, innovations, and philosophies in software systems engineering and information systems [electronic resource] / Manuel Mora ... [et al.], editors.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.Description: electronic texts (426 p.) : digital filesISBN:
  • 9781466601802 (ebook)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No title; Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 005.1 23
LOC classification:
  • QA76.758 .R467 2012e
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print.
Contents:
1. Philosophical framing and its impact on research / Eileen M. Trauth and Lee B. Erickson -- 2. Rigor and relevance in information systems research: a comprehensive IS research process model / Damodar Konda -- 3. Postmodernism, interpretivism, and formal ontologies / Jan H. Kroeze -- 4. Critical realism and IS research: some methodological implications / Philip J. Dobson -- 5. Practice vs. possession: epistemological implications on the nature of organizational knowledge and cognition / Lucio Biggiero -- 6. Software engineering research: the need to strengthen and broaden the classical scientific method / Gonzalo G�enova, Juan Llorens and Jorge Morato -- 7. Process theory: components and guidelines for development / Martha Garc�ia-Murillo and Ezgi Nur Gozen -- 8. On IT and SwE research methodologies and paradigms: a systemic landscape review / Manuel Mora ... [et al.] -- 9. Contemporary reporting practices regarding covariance-based SEM with a lens on EQS / Theresa M. Edgington and Peter M. Bentler -- 10. Variance-based structural equation modeling: guidelines for using partial least squares in information systems research / Jos�e L. Rold�an and Manuel J. S�anchez-Franco -- 11. Models for interpretive information systems research, Part 1: IS research, action research, grounded theory - a meta-study and examples / M.R. (Ruth) De Villiers -- 12. Models for interpretive information systems research, Part 2: design research, development research, design-science research, and design-based research - a meta-study and examples / M.R. (Ruth) De Villiers --
13. Using grounded theory coding mechanisms to analyze case study and focus group data in the context of software process research / Rory O'Connor -- 14. A practical approach to theory structuring and analysis: a way to structure research and perform sub-problem solving in a changing IS landscape / T. Schwartzel and M. M. Eloff -- 15. Integrating conceptual and empirical approaches for software engineering research / Annette Lerine Steenkamp and Theresa Kraft -- 16. Visualization and analysis of frames in collections of messages: content analysis and the measurement of meaning / Esther Vlieger and Loet Leydesdorff -- 17. System approach to MIS and DSS and its modeling within SD / Miroljub Kljajic ... [et al.] -- 18. Project contexts and the possibilities for mixing software development and systems approaches / D. Petkov ... [et al.] -- 19. Selecting strategies and approaches in systems engineering: applying the descriptive research method / Moti Frank -- 20. Engineering design as research / Timothy L.J. Ferris -- 21. Validation and design science research in information systems / Rafael A. Gonzalez and Henk G. Sol.
Abstract: "This book aims to advance scientific knowledge on research approaches used in systems engineering, software engineering, and information systems and to update,integrate, disperse and valuable knowledge on research approaches"-- Provided by publisher.
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1. Philosophical framing and its impact on research / Eileen M. Trauth and Lee B. Erickson -- 2. Rigor and relevance in information systems research: a comprehensive IS research process model / Damodar Konda -- 3. Postmodernism, interpretivism, and formal ontologies / Jan H. Kroeze -- 4. Critical realism and IS research: some methodological implications / Philip J. Dobson -- 5. Practice vs. possession: epistemological implications on the nature of organizational knowledge and cognition / Lucio Biggiero -- 6. Software engineering research: the need to strengthen and broaden the classical scientific method / Gonzalo G�enova, Juan Llorens and Jorge Morato -- 7. Process theory: components and guidelines for development / Martha Garc�ia-Murillo and Ezgi Nur Gozen -- 8. On IT and SwE research methodologies and paradigms: a systemic landscape review / Manuel Mora ... [et al.] -- 9. Contemporary reporting practices regarding covariance-based SEM with a lens on EQS / Theresa M. Edgington and Peter M. Bentler -- 10. Variance-based structural equation modeling: guidelines for using partial least squares in information systems research / Jos�e L. Rold�an and Manuel J. S�anchez-Franco -- 11. Models for interpretive information systems research, Part 1: IS research, action research, grounded theory - a meta-study and examples / M.R. (Ruth) De Villiers -- 12. Models for interpretive information systems research, Part 2: design research, development research, design-science research, and design-based research - a meta-study and examples / M.R. (Ruth) De Villiers --

13. Using grounded theory coding mechanisms to analyze case study and focus group data in the context of software process research / Rory O'Connor -- 14. A practical approach to theory structuring and analysis: a way to structure research and perform sub-problem solving in a changing IS landscape / T. Schwartzel and M. M. Eloff -- 15. Integrating conceptual and empirical approaches for software engineering research / Annette Lerine Steenkamp and Theresa Kraft -- 16. Visualization and analysis of frames in collections of messages: content analysis and the measurement of meaning / Esther Vlieger and Loet Leydesdorff -- 17. System approach to MIS and DSS and its modeling within SD / Miroljub Kljajic ... [et al.] -- 18. Project contexts and the possibilities for mixing software development and systems approaches / D. Petkov ... [et al.] -- 19. Selecting strategies and approaches in systems engineering: applying the descriptive research method / Moti Frank -- 20. Engineering design as research / Timothy L.J. Ferris -- 21. Validation and design science research in information systems / Rafael A. Gonzalez and Henk G. Sol.

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