Information systems development as inquiring systems: Lessons from philosophy, theory, and practice

Association for Information Systems - 26th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2005: Forever New Frontiers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 301-314

  Carugati, Andrea ^a  

^a IESEG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Information systems development; Inquiring systems; Knowledge creation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PHASE; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84869812730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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