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Inquiring Systems: Theoretical Foundations for Current and Future Information Systems

Part of the Integrated Series in Information Systems book series (ISIS,volume 29)

Abstract

Inquiring systems have been a part of the information systems discipline for the past 40 years. In this chapter, we highlight the impact that the inquiring systems have had on the information systems in use in contemporary organizations as well as the potential for inquiring systems to form the theoretical foundations of the information systems of tomorrow.

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  • Inquiring systems
  • Design
  • Information systems design theory

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Abbreviations

ADDSS:

Advance directives decision support system

DSS:

Decision support system

EOL:

End of life

GDSS:

Group decision support system

MPDP:

Multiple-perspective, dialectical process

NHC:

National hurricane center

WWW:

World wide web

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Parrish, J.L., Courtney, J.F. (2012). Inquiring Systems: Theoretical Foundations for Current and Future Information Systems. In: Dwivedi, Y., Wade, M., Schneberger, S. (eds) Information Systems Theory. Integrated Series in Information Systems, vol 29. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9707-4_19

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