-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Contents of Volume 13, Issue 5 (May) The History of the IS Field (Continued) Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 10:43:51 +1000 From: Gregor, Shirley Shirley.Gregor@anu.edu.au To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

Contents of Volume 13, Issue 5 (May)

Special Issue on The History of the IS Field (Continued)

Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) Official Publication of the Association for Information Systems

Published: Monthly Electronically ISSN: 1536-9323 Published by the Association for Information Systems, Atlanta, USA http://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/

Editor-in-Chief: Professor Shirley Gregor, the Australian National University, Australia

PAPER ONE A Look Toward the Future: Decision Support Systems Research is Alive and Well By Bryan Hosack, Dianne Hall, David Paradice, and James F. Courtney

Abstract This commentary examines the historical importance of decision support to the information systems (IS) field from the viewpoint of four researchers whose work spans the several decades of decision support systems (DSS) research. Given this unique "generational" vantage point, we present the changes in and impact of DSS research as well as future considerations for decision support in the IS field. We argue that the DSS area has remained vital as technology has evolved and our understanding of decision-making processes has deepened. DSS work over the last several years has contributed both breadth and depth to decision-making research; the challenge now is to make sense of it all by placing it in an understandable context and by applying our analysis to the relevant issues looming in the future. One major outcome of this commentary is the identification of future trends in DSS research and what the users of these new DSS outlets can learn from the past. Trends include the increasing impact of social and mobile computing on DSS research, as well as knowledge management DSS and negotiation support systems that shift the focus to delivering more customer-centric and marketplace support.

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PAPER TWO The Past, Present, and Future of "IS Success" By Stacie Petter, William DeLone, and Ephraim R. McLean

Abstract Since the introduction of information systems more than 60 years ago, organizations want to ensure that their systems are effective or "successful". Much has changed in the evaluation of information systems success during this period. The role of information systems in organizations has changed dramatically, as have the key stakeholders and the expected benefits of the investments in IS. During this period, IS research has evolved to keep pace with the changing expectations regarding the success of information systems, yet practice tends to lag behind. In this commentary, we discuss five eras of information systems evolution and explain how the perceptions and measures of successful information systems have changed across these eras. By looking at the past and present, we are able to comment on how our understanding of success has evolved over time in research and practice. We discuss the inadequacy of IS success evaluation in practice. Finally, we offer four themes as calls for future action related to the research of information systems success.

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PAPER THREE Digitizing Government Interactions with Constituents: An Historical Review of E-Government Research in Information Systems By France Belanger and Lemuria Carter

Abstract As information and communication technologies began to support new forms of interaction between governments and their constituents, the concept of e-government emerged as a new domain for Information Systems (IS) researchers. The past decade has seen a variety of e-government themes researched and presented by scholars in IS, public administration, and political science. In order to reflect on the history of the IS discipline, this article provides an historical assessment of electronic government research. In particular, we review highly cited e-government articles and e-government articles published in the AIS Senior Scholars' basket of journals to assess existing publication outlets, theoretical foundations, methodological approaches, sampling, and topic areas. The analysis of the literature reveals significant insights about the metamorphosis of e-government research over time, the assessment of which serves as a basis for recommendations for future research on this global phenomenon.

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