1. Introduction

   • James F. Courtney
   • G. Lawrence Sanders

   Introduction Pages: 5 - 6

2. The Systems Approach to Design, and Inquiring Information Systems: Scandinavian Experiences and Proposed Research Program

   • Kristo Ivanov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 18

3. A Dialogue with C. West Churchman

   • Jaana Porra

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 27

4. Churchman's Hegelian Inquiring System and Perspectival Thinking

   • John D. Haynes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 39

5. Questions and Information: Contrasting Metaphors

   • Thomas W. Lauer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 48

6. An Assessment of the Singerian Inquiring Organizational Model: Cases from Academia and the Utility Industry

   • Sandra M. Richardson
   • James F. Courtney
   • David B. Paradice

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 62

7. Designing Scientific Knowledge Infrastructures: The Contribution of Epistemology

   • Alexander Hars

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 73

8. Choosing Between Competing Design Ideals in Information Systems Development

   • Heinz K. Klein
   • Rudy Hirschheim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 90

9. Implications from Decision Science for the Systems Development Life Cycle in Information Systems

   • Cathal M. Brugha

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 105

10. Synthesizing User Centered and Designer Centered IS Development Approaches Using General Systems Theory

    • Edward J. Garrity

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 121

11. Philosophically Based Limitations to Freedom of Speech in Virtual Communities

    • Miranda Mowbray

    OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 131