Trends in Patient Generated Data – An Initial Review

In recent years, patient-centered care has gained significant momentum in healthcare and the patient is more involved as an active participant in data generation. In this state of the art review we identify trends in patient generated data (PGD) and areas in need of further research by reviewing papers published in the health tracks of five high-ranked IS conferences. Our results suggest that research is mostly empirically grounded and primarily focuses on sickness rather than wellness issues. There is an emphasis on chronic diseases and self-management, dealing with user motivation, and a focus mostly on mobile apps. Though technology plays an important part, there is scarce problematization of and theorization on PGD. Further studies are needed that investigate the effects of PGD on patients and healthcare providers, include a wider range of issues and incorporate wearable devices more comprehensively

Talking to the students : Repertoires of a syllabus

• Purpose: The aim of this paper is to identify the repertoires that the teachers draw from when writing a course syllabus. • Design/Methodology: To achieve this a syllabus of a course is scrutinised by using discourse analysis, namely interpretative repertoires. • Results: Two distinct repertoires are identified which the teacher draw from. By employing these repertoires the opposing demands from the students and regulatory bodies as well as the traditional role of the teacher, the teachers maintain their position. By using language the teachers are able to maintain the traditional roles of teacher and student, thus reinforce the existing system. • Limitations: The study uses only one syllabus as its data, thus limiting the potential generalizability of the findings. • Research/Practical Implications: Results show how the teachers use rather paradoxical repertoires to maintain their position and reinforce the existing system. • Originality/Value: The results show that even on a syllabus the teachers have to maintain their position when confronted with demands from students and regulatory bodies, and employ paradoxical repertoires to do so

Talking to the students : Repertoires of a syllabus

• Purpose: The aim of this paper is to identify the repertoires that the teachers draw from when writing a course syllabus. • Design/Methodology: To achieve this a syllabus of a course is scrutinised by using discourse analysis, namely interpretative repertoires. • Results: Two distinct repertoires are identified which the teacher draw from. By employing these repertoires the opposing demands from the students and regulatory bodies as well as the traditional role of the teacher, the teachers maintain their position. By using language the teachers are able to maintain the traditional roles of teacher and student, thus reinforce the existing system. • Limitations: The study uses only one syllabus as its data, thus limiting the potential generalizability of the findings. • Research/Practical Implications: Results show how the teachers use rather paradoxical repertoires to maintain their position and reinforce the existing system. • Originality/Value: The results show that even on a syllabus the teachers have to maintain their position when confronted with demands from students and regulatory bodies, and employ paradoxical repertoires to do so

Constructing an open source ERP sales pitch - In search for interpretative repertoires

Open source enterprise resource planning (OS-ERP) systems have been gaining recognition in the last few years. However while the research has focused on the implementation phase of OS-ERP systems, there is scant research done on the adoption process of such systems. This paper looks at an early paper on an OS-ERP system, targeting both practitioners and researchers, to identify the repertoires used to argue for the adoption of the said system. To achieve this aim the paper is evaluated by using a strain of discourse analysis - interpretative repertoires. Three distinct repertoires are identified that are used to argue for the unique value gained by adopting the OS-ERP in question, by both highlighting positive aspects of the system, as well as alluding the pitfalls of other systems. These repertoires are also mapped to the existing literature on diffusion of innovations and resource based view to highlight how the existing ideas are reformulated in the identified repertoires

The effect of fiscal federalism to absorb asymmetric shocks in economic and monetary union

Ekonomik ve Parasal Birlik (EPB), kendine has bir politik yapıya sahiptir: para politikası merkezileştirilirken, mali politiakalar üye devletlerin kontrolünde bırakılmıştır. Avrupa Komisyon'u, EPB'nin kurulumuyla birlikte sistemin daha esnek ve daha entegre bir hale geleceği görüşünü, böylece bir optimal para alanına benzeyeceğini; üye devletlerin istikrarlı mali polikalar izlemeleri durumunda da bu sistemin asimetrik şoklarla başedebileceğini savunmuştur. Ancak var olan diğer parasal birlikler, mali federalizm literatürünün de önerdiği gibi, merkezileşmiş para politakalarını, mali politakaları da merkezileştirerek destekleme yolunu seçmiştir. Bu tez - mali federalizm literatürünün önerdiği doğrultuda - merkezileştirilmiş mali bir sistemin, EPB'de asimetrik şokları asimile etmedeki etkisini araştırmaktadır. Bu amaca yönelik bir matematiksel model kurularak, olası bir Birlik çapında işsizlik sigortası kurulmuştur. Modelin tahminleri böyle bir mekanizmayla, krizden olumsuz etkilenen ülkelerde krizin %19'una varan oranlarda korunma sağlandığı yönündedir. Anahtar kelimeler: Ekonomik ve Parasal Birlik, Optimum Para Alanı, Mali Federalizm, Asimetrik Şoklar ABSTRACT Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has a unique set up of centralised monetary policy with individual fiscal policies of member states. European Commission argues that the creation of EMU would stimulate the system to have more flexibility and integration, thus resembling an optimum currency area (OCA), and when coupled with sound public finances this would be enough to offset asymmetric shocks. However, other monetary unions have centralised fiscal policies to complement their monetary policy, in line with the fiscal federalism literature, which argues that the macro policies should be governed by the central/federal government. This thesis aims to assess the effectiveness of a centralised fiscal scheme, as recommended by the fiscal federalism literature, for EMU for asymmetric shock absorption. To achieve this purpose, a mathematical model is set up to provide union-wide unemployment insurance. The model estimates shock coverage values amounting up to 19% of the shock in individual countries affected negatively. Keywords: EMU, OCA, Fiscal Federalism, Asymmetric Shock

Constructing an open source ERP sales pitch - In search for interpretative repertoires

Open source enterprise resource planning (OS-ERP) systems have been gaining recognition in the last few years. However while the research has focused on the implementation phase of OS-ERP systems, there is scant research done on the adoption process of such systems. This paper looks at an early paper on an OS-ERP system, targeting both practitioners and researchers, to identify the repertoires used to argue for the adoption of the said system. To achieve this aim the paper is evaluated by using a strain of discourse analysis - interpretative repertoires. Three distinct repertoires are identified that are used to argue for the unique value gained by adopting the OS-ERP in question, by both highlighting positive aspects of the system, as well as alluding the pitfalls of other systems. These repertoires are also mapped to the existing literature on diffusion of innovations and resource based view to highlight how the existing ideas are reformulated in the identified repertoires

Repertoires of publishing : A talk with PhD students

In the last decades, public universities and research institutions are faced with more scrutiny than before, with the self-regulation and governance of the researchers gaining more prevalence. Coupled with the accountability arguments and the use of rankings as quality measures, the university environment exerts different pressures upon scholars. This study explores how the PhD students cope with such pressures, by analysing how they justify their publishing choices. Their accounts are analysed by employing a strain of discourse analysis, namely interpretative repertoires, and analyse how through the use of these repertoires, the institutional pressures are managed and the discourses are opposed and reproduced

EMU : An evaluation of the asmmetric shock problem

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has a unique set up: while the monetary policy is centralised at the Union-level, the fiscal policies are left to the member states within the limitations of the Stability and Growth Pact. The Commission argues that within time EMU would constitute an optimum currency area, and further centralisation of fiscal policies, thus, is not needed. Fiscal federalism literature, on the other hand argues that stabilisation functions should be centralised, since no individual would be able to deal with an asymmetric shock without harming another member. Therefore the fiscal policy centralisation should accompany the monetary centralisation. This study tries to assess whether the EMU has become more symmetric over time. By proposing a centralised insurance against asymmetric shock, and linking the trend of the stabilisation provided by the insurance scheme to the ability of EMU to absorb asymmetric shocks, the results of the study suggests that EMU has become more symmetric over time

RESHAPING THE STAKEHOLDER MODEL: INSIGHTS FROM NEGOTIATED ORDER THEORY

The need to complement the existing stakeholder theory with more dynamic perspectives has been acknowledged for some time. This article uses the insight from negotiated order theory to provide a more actor oriented and dynamic illustration of the stakeholder understanding by adapting the classic Freeman model, strengthening its pedagogical value. Adopting a hermeneutic approach, the model is built by drawing from the extant literature and applied in a case to highlight how particularities of the case can be presented differently. By providing some factors that influence the dynamic process and how the actors affected the negotiations, the model presents the dynamism in stakeholder management and the temporality of the situation, as well as how the roles the individuals play within stakeholder management should be kept in focus while conducting a stakeholder analysis

Learning by negotiation – Implementing a journal management system

This study investigates how an international academic journal invests in an information system. Following the criticism that learning in an organisation is not conflict free the study sketches the decision making around the information system as a series of negotiations. The case shows that during these negotiations, the information system played the role of a boundary object that resulted in the editorial team understanding the system in different ways than previously. These negotiations paved the way for learning in the organisation, with the information system highlighting differences among the participants involved with the journal