Understanding computers and cognition
Understanding computers and cognition
Critical issues in information systems research
Critical issues in information systems research
Structured rapid prototyping: an evolutionary approach to software development
Structured rapid prototyping: an evolutionary approach to software development
Designing information technology in the postmodern age: from method to metaphor
Designing information technology in the postmodern age: from method to metaphor
Information systems and qualitative research
Proceedings of the IFIP TC8 WG 8.2 international conference on Information systems and qualitative research
Proceedings of the IFIP TC8 WG 8.2 international conference on Information systems and qualitative research
Beyond the It Productivity Paradox
Beyond the It Productivity Paradox
Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations
Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations
Ontology goes postmodern in ICT
SAICSIT '10 Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Research Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists
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The mission statement embodies certain beliefs about the management culture of the organisation which can be examined and placed within underlying theoretical contexts. This paper examines postmodernism in this respect which, in addition to forming a critique of modernist approaches, posits alternative views about philosophy, organisation and subsequently IS/IT theory. The study applies an ethnographic case research methodology where data was collected from sixty interviewees employed within a multinational financial services group. In this way, the organisational mission statement was used as a vehicle for analysing the contribution of postmodern approaches to the management of the IS/IT function. The influential Ashridge Model was adopted to map the findings of the study which suggest three propositions for postmodernism in providing i cultural context, ii a textual or 'deconstructive' analysis and iii an ethnographic empathy for further IS/IT research.