Information Systems Discipline: quali argomenti possono interessare questa disciplina?

Riporto una lista di tutti i termini usati negli abstract relativi al termine MIS pubblicati su MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, e Journal of Management Information Systems, nel periodo dal 1985 al 2006.

IT and Organization

• Information System planning
• IT for competitive advantage
• Coordination (within and among organizations)
• Centralized/decentralized IS structure
• Business process reengineering
• Role of top management (CEO/CIO)
• Industry
• EDI and interorganizational systems
• Virtual teams (leadership in VT)
• The value of IT investments
• Critical issues in IS management
• IT outsourcing
• Executive Information systems
• ERP and IS implementation
• Culture (national and organizational)
• Real options and option pricing
• IT adoption
• Networks (eiectronic and social)
• Supply chain management
• Information systems success
• IT project failure (management)
• Knowledge management and knowledge transfer

Information Systems development

• Decision support systems
• Prototyping (SDLC alternatives)
• Problem solving
• Expert systems
• Languages (programming and query)
• Database design and data modeling
• Intelligent systems (artificial intelligence)
• Information System planning
• Systems development methodologies
• Risk management

IT and individuals

• Measurement instruments
• Individuai technology acceptance
• HR issues in IS field
• Satisfaction (user and job)
• Computer self-efficacy
• IT adoption
• End user computing
• Training
• Information centers
• Web site design
• Service quality (SERVQUAL instrument)
• Trust in IT-enabled relationships

IT and markets

• E-marketplaces and their characteristics
• Economics of IT
• Trading systems
• Online Consumer
• Customer service
• EDI and interorganizational systems
• Trust in IT-enabled relationships
• Real options and option pricing
• The value of IT investments
• IT outsourcing
• IT adoption
• Networks (electronic and social)
• Auctions and other dynamic pricing mechanisms

IT and Groups

• Virtual teams (leadership in VT)
• Group support systems
• Electronic meeting systems
• Group decision support systems
• Trust in IT-enabled relationships
• Collaboration
• Computer self-efficacy
• Learning and education
• Creativity
• Electronic brainstorming

Fonte: UNCOVERING THE INTELLECTUAL CORE OF THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS DISCIPLINE un'indagine effettuata da: Anna Sidorova - Nicholas Evangelopoulos - Thiagarajan Ramakrishnan (College of Business Administration - University of North Texas) e Joseph S. Valacich (College of Business Administration - Washington State University) Confrontarsi su queste tematiche e implementare qualcuno di questi sistemi nelle organizzazioni significa semplicemente innovare. Innovazione che passa da una maggiore competenza delle persone alle aziende. L'innovazione prima di diventare "hardware", incoporata nelle cose e/o nei sistemi e' una innovazione "soft" che passa dai cervelli.