(IS)4: is information systems interesting in itself?

  • Authors:

  • Mark J. Perry

  • Affiliations:

  • DISC, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, U.K.

  • Venue:
  • European Journal of Information Systems
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

The article comments on, and critiques, a view of IS as an independent discipline. It argues that, rather than being a subject that is distinct and distinguishable from existing research disciplines, it cannot be seen as uniquely different, and to attempt to do so would be theoretically and practically unsafe. A number of suggestions as to how IS research might be conducted and assessed in light of this claim are made.