-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] IJSKD 3(4) abstracts Datum: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:12:07 +0000 Von: Elayne Coakes coakese@westminster.ac.uk An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network aisworld@lists.aisnet.org, sociotech@jiscmail.ac.uk sociotech@jiscmail.ac.uk
Further to my reminder email, below please find the latest version of the International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development journal so that you see some of the most recent submissions. The contents of the latest issue of:
*International Journal of **Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD)* Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 3, Issue 4, October-December 2011 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1941-6253**EISSN:**1941-6261 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA www.igi-global.com/ijskd http://www.igi-global.com/ijskd Editor-in-Chief: Elayne Coakes, University of Westminster, UK *PAPER ONE* Boundary Critique and Stakeholder Collaboration in Open Source Software Migration: A Case Study Osden Jokonya, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Stan Hardman, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa This paper investigates the contribution of stakeholder collaboration during an open source software migration using a case study. The case study is based on the Presidential National Commission, a South African government department that migrated from proprietary software to open source software in 2007. The organization was one of the few that migrated to open source software as part of a South African government initiative. The case study consisted of semi-structured interviews with the participants involved in the migration. The interviews centered on the contribution of stakeholder collaboration during the software migration using a boundary critique. The results suggest that stakeholder collaboration can contribute to open source software migration. From a managerial perspective, business leaders must understand the value of stakeholder collaboration in open source software migration. Boundary critique can be an important tool for achieving broader collaboration of stakeholders. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. _http://www.igi-global.com/article/boundary-critique-stakeholder-collaboratio... To view a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. _http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=60546_ *PAPER TWO* Telemedicine and Development: Situating Information Technologies in the Amazon Gianluca Miscione, University of Twente, The Netherlands This study is based on an ethnographic study of a telemedicine system implemented in Northeastern Peru. This system connects a hospital in the Upper Amazon with health care facilities scattered throughout that area of the jungle. Patients' transport through the physical nodes of the public health care system relied on rivers and wooden boats, but voice and data can now flow directly through channels apart from the existing health care organization. The time required to reach a doctor might previously have been the travel distance for different medicines served as a justification for people not to follow new ways to recovery. After the implementation of telemedicine, the effectiveness of medical talks depends on the ability to understand each other. Locally there is no single health care practice that is believed to be the right one: patients follow different paths for recovery through traditional and biomedical treatments. Thus, the diverse social environment affects both directly and indirectly the use of the telemedicine system, which evolves accordingly with how public healthcare service is perceived and used. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. _http://www.igi-global.com/article/telemedicine-development-situating-informa... To view a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. _http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=60547_ *PAPER THREE* When Knowledge Management Drives a Strategic Transformation Project: The Case of a Brazilian Air Force Organisation Alexandre Velloso Guimarães, Brazilian Air Force, Brazil This article introduces and explores the case of a Brazilian Air Force Organisation, the Aeronautical Economy and Finance Secretariat, which based on different findings provided by knowledge management (KM) research, started a broad strategic transformation process to address KM specific issues while improving organisational performance. The case description is complemented by theory regarding strategic management applied to public organisations to underpin the perception that, for such organisations, not driven by market variables, KM may exert a positive influence as a trigger to strategic changes rather than other performance related aspects. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. _http://www.igi-global.com/article/when-knowledge-management-drives-strategic... To view a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. _http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=60548_ *EVENT REPORT* The Dark Side of Technology: Some Sociotechnical Reflections Elayne Coakes, University of Westminster, UK Antony Bryant, Leeds Metropoltan University, UK Frank Land, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Andy Phippen, University of Plymouth, UK In 2010 Jeff Baker proposed a panel for the 2010 ICIS Conference in St. Louis on the topic " Technologies that Transform Business and Research: Lessons from the Past as we look into the Future? (Baker et al., 2011), He invited Frank Land to be a member of the panel. Frank sought to explore some topics that were receiving a great deal of attention from the media and in particular the computer press as well amongst IS practitioners, management and academia. The topic was the apparently rapidly growing threat coming from the misuse or criminal use of information and communications technology (ICT) as well as the use of the technology in warfare (Cyberwarfare). The issues were discussed under a variety of labels but usually included terms such as security, privacy, risk and piracy. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. _http://www.igi-global.com/article/dark-side-technology/60549_ To view a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. _http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=60549_ **************************************************** For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the *International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development**(IJSKD)* in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "*InfoSci-Journals*" database: _http://www.igi-global.com/EResources/InfoSciJournals.aspx_. *****************************************************
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