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Information Systems

Volume 18, Issue 8, December 1993, Pages 609-619
Information Systems

Information systems: Theoretical development and research approaches

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Abstract

This article reviews the theoretical development in the field of information systems. Although the field has evolved and gained importance in many graduate curricula, there do not exist any well-accepted common theoretical bases for information systems education. This paper discusses the reasons for the absence of a standard and well established framework for information systems. The paper goes on to provide alternate approaches to viewing information systems and conducting information systems reasearch. Such a broad, yet integrated, framework will allow the field of information systems to evolve and continually enrich itself.

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