Toward a broader vision for Information Systems

  • Authors:
  • Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr.;Robert O. Briggs

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ;San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

  • Venue:
  • ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

In December of 2009, several founders of the Information Systems (IS) academic discipline gathered for a panel discussion at the International Conference on Information Systems to present their visions for the future of the field, and their comments were summarized in the inaugural issue of TMIS [Davis et al., 2010; J. F. J. Nunamaker et al., 1991]. To assure a robust future, they argued, IS journals, conferences, reviewers, promotion committees, teachers, researchers, and curriculum developers must broaden the scope of IS. This article explores the need for a broader vision to drive future development of the IS discipline.