Sustainability in IS: The Case for an Open Systems Approach
| Autor: | Christine Welch, Peter Bednar |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Portsmouth, Markus Nüttgens, Andreas Gadatsch, Karlheinz Kautz, Ingrid Schirmer, Nadine Blinn, TC 8, WG 8.6, Nuttgens, M., Gadatsch, A., Kautz, K., Schirmer, I., Blinn, N. |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Engineering
contextual dependency Reflection (computer programming) Knowledge management Contextual Analysis [SHS.INFO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) Business Information Systems Contextual Dependency [INFO]Computer Science [cs] Marketing open systems approach media_common Scope (project management) business.industry Field (Bourdieu) Business and Management Computing Common sense socio-technical design complex information systems Complex Information Systems contextual analysis Management information systems Context analysis Sustainability Socio-Technical Design Open Systems Approach business |
| Zdroj: | Governance and Sustainability in Information Systems. Managing the Transfer and Diffusion of IT ISBN: 9783642241475 Governance and Sustainability in Information Systems IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology Governance and Sustainability in Information Systems: Managing the Transfer and Diffusion of IT (Working conference) Governance and Sustainability in Information Systems: Managing the Transfer and Diffusion of IT (Working conference), Sep 2011, Hamburg, Germany. pp.325-329, ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-24148-2_26⟩ Scopus-Elsevier University of Portsmouth Bednar, P & Welch, C 2011, Sustainability in IS: the case for an open systems approach . in M Nuttgens, A Gadatsch, K Kautz, I Schirmer & N Blinn (eds), Governance and sustainability in information systems: managing the transfer and diffusion of IT . 366 edn, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, no. 366, Springer, Boston, pp. 325-329 . |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-642-24148-2_26 |
| Popis: | Part 6: Research in Progress and Practice; International audience; Common sense tells us that cost cutting leads to saving, and spending should therefore be minimized. However, a little reflection tells us that this sometimes leads to false economies. In an organizational context, these can lead on to a downward spiral of organizational ‘suicide’. Examples of false economies may include: saving on maintenance; saving on research and development expenditure; saving on margins (waste or just-in-time management); and saving on ‘how’ we do things, as opposed to ‘what’ we do. Common sense cost cutting makes ‘how’ invisible, and only recognizes ‘what’. It is vital that we also remember to consider ‘why’ activities are undertaken. Professional competence implies not only skill/knowledge in a particular field, but also desire to apply that knowledge in accordance with certain values, and engagement with the context of application so that learning through reflection may take place. Professional work therefore includes scope for extra-role behaviour, such as suggesting innovative methods or identifying and developing new opportunities (Bednar and Welch, 2010). We suggest that a naïve pursuit of ‘efficiency’ is likely to constrict and curtail possibilities for extra-role behaviour, with disastrous consequences for the development and growth of the business. Creation of systems experienced as sustainable therefore requires us to focus attention on perceived usefulness, rather than efficiency. |
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