OrgInfoModule2Conceptualization4

From SandeepPurao

Module 2, Conceptualization 4: The Multiplicity of Frames

Core Readings

1. Orlikowski, W. D. Gash. 1994. Technological Frames: Making Sense of Information Technology in Organizations. ACM Transactions on Information Systems. 12(2). April. On ACM
   • Develops the idea of 'frames' as perspectives that different stakeholders in an organization use to understand and reason abou information technology.
2. Orlikowski, W., C. Suzanne Iacono. 2001. Research Commentary: Desperately Seeking the "IT" in IT Research: A Call to Theorizing the IT Artifact. Information Systems Research 12(2). On ABI/INFORM
   • A seminal paper that suggests several views of IT artifacts spanning the spectrum from nominal to computational. A useful set of metaphors for understanding IT artifacts in several different ways.