Systems: concepts, methodologies, and applications
Systems: concepts, methodologies, and applications
Information systems failures—a survey and classification of the empirical literature
Oxford Surveys in Information Technology
Soft systems methodology in action
Soft systems methodology in action
Information systems strategy and implementation: a case study of a building society
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS) - Special issue on social science perspectives on IS
Information Systems Development: A Systematic Approach
Information Systems Development: A Systematic Approach
Information Systems Provision: The Contribution of Soft Systems Methodology
Information Systems Provision: The Contribution of Soft Systems Methodology
Information, Systems and Information Systems: Making Sense of the Field
Information, Systems and Information Systems: Making Sense of the Field
European Journal of Information Systems
Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations
Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations
Information systems evaluation: navigating through the problem domain
Information and Management
Critical reflections on information systems
Dimensions of power and IS implementation
Information and Management
Information Systems Strategic Management: An Integrated Approach (Routledge Series in Information Systems)
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Current developments in information systems IS evaluation emphasise stakeholder participation in order to ensure adequate and beneficial IS investments. It is now common to consider evaluation as a subjective process of interpretations, in which people's appreciations are taken into account to guide evaluations. However, the context of power relations in which evaluation takes place, as well as their ethical implications, has not been given full attention. In this article, ideas of critical systems thinking and Michel Foucault's work on power and ethics are used to define a critical systems view of power to support IS evaluation. The article proposes a system of inquiry into power with two main areas: 1 Deployment of evaluation via power relations and 2 Dealing with ethics. The first element addresses how evaluation becomes possible. The second one goes in-depth into how evaluation can proceed as being informed by ethical reflection. The article suggests that inquiry into these relationships should contribute to extend current views on power in IS evaluation practice, and to reflect on the ethics of those involved in the process.