ICIS 2008 Panel Report: IS Has Outgrown the Need for Reference Discipline Theories, or Has It?

We view the current belief in reference discipline theories and their value in MIS research as exhibiting dominance in our field. This article is based on the panel discussion at the 2008 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) held in Paris, France. It examines why this dominance has the potential to harm the future prospects of our intellectual endeavors. In counterpoint, we present the argument that the use of reference disciplines should continue. Aside from the fact that the belief in the value of reference discipline is continued, there are benefits derived from anchoring research initiatives in reference discipline theories which should be acknowledged. Under certain situations such use should be encouraged and broadened. Additionally, we will present arguments for viable alternatives to relying on reference disciplines in theory building. The alternatives are aimed at building and expanding indigenous IS theory

IS Has Outgrown the Need for Reference Discipline Theories, Or Has It?

We view the current state of reference discipline theory dominance in the MIS field as constituting a hegemony. This panel discussion will examine why this has potential harm. In counterpoint, we will present the argument that reference discipline theory use should continue. Aside from the fact that reference discipline theory is used, there are benefits derived from it which should be acknowledged and, perhaps such use should be encouraged and broadened. Additionally, we will present perspectives regarding alternatives to reference discipline theory aimed at building and expanding indigenous IS theory

Democratización y diversidad en la educación superior

Fil: Saunders, Shirley. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina.Fil: Huanchicay, Silvia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina.Fil: Flores, Verónica. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina.Este trabajo refiere a la democratización del sistema de educación superior y se centra en el análisis de la problemática referida al acceso e inclusión al sistema de educación superior en Argentina. Para avanzar hacia este objetivo, se realizó una revisión de las perspectivas teóricas ofrecidas por dos autores, Burton Clark y Stephen Ball, tomándolas como marcos conceptuales para caracterizar el sistema educativo y realizar un análisis crítico sobre las condiciones de democratización de la educación universitaria en Argentina. Se reunieron y describieron las principales acciones implementadas en las últimas décadas, orientadas a favorecer el ingreso, permanencia y egreso de los individuos pertenecientes a distintos grupos sociales, impulsando la inclusión y reconocimiento de la diversidad, enumerando algunos programas aplicados específicamente en el ámbito de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Se obtuvieron algunas conclusiones sobre el grado de efectividad alcanzado, mostrando que aún persisten los problemas en torno a la retención, el rendimiento académico y la graduación de los estudiantes, dando cuenta de que es necesario continuar en el camino hacia la democratización de la educación en ArgentinaFil: Saunders, Shirley. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina.Fil: Huanchicay, Silvia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina.Fil: Flores, Verónica. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina.Educación General (incluye capacitación, pedagogía y didáctica

Information Systems Research: Making an Impact in a Publish-or-Perish World

This paper reports on the panel discussion that took place at the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) in Guimarães, Portugal, on 9 June, 2017. The discussion focused on three central questions: 1) “What does research impact mean for you?”, 2) “What is your approach to making an impact with your research?”, and 3) “What advice would you give to PhD students and early-career scholars?”. While the five panelists (Samir Chatterjee, Alan R. Dennis, Shirley Gregor, Magnus Mähring, and Peter Mertens) partly differed in their views on what impactful research is and how to conduct it, they seemed to largely agree that assessing impact requires a multidimensional view, that impactful IS research requires a clear link to real-world problems (“grand challenges”), and that young scholars need to avoid the trap of confusing research gaps with research relevance. With the panel discussion and this report, we hope to initiate a discussion on the essential topic of research impact in the IS discipline and to contribute to the development of a more uniform, yet more diverse, understanding and appreciation of different approaches to making an impact with IS research

Trabajo de consultoría en los sistemas administrativos de una organización real

El presente trabajo muestra una de las estrategias de enseñanza que se utilizan en la materia Sistemas y Procedimientos Administrativos (SYPA), del séptimo cuatrimestre de la carrera Licenciatura en Administración. El trabajo consiste básicamente en poner a los alumnos en situación de consultoría profesional, para lo cual deben buscar una organización real del medio en la cual puedan verse los tres niveles básicos (superior, medio y operativo). La consultoría inicia con un estudio preliminar para generar una propuesta de trabajo a fin de relevar, analizar, diagnosticar y generar propuestas de cambio sobre los sistemas administrativos de la organización elegida, específicamente, sobre el sistema de organización, decisión, proceso y procedimiento e información. Los resultados del trabajo son altamente valorados por los alumnos ya que expresan que es la primera vez que deben trabajar en una organización y desarrollar una práctica profesional real pero también manifiestan la sobrecara de trabajo que esto genera en su cursado.https://rdu.unc.edu.ar/handle/11086/29108Fil: Saunders, Shirley. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina.Fil: David, María Laura. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina.Fil: Flores, Verónica Andrea. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina.Educación General (incluye capacitación, pedagogía y didáctica

Roles and Responsibilities of a Senior Editor

In this editorial forum, we individually discuss (1) the roles and responsibilities of a senior editor (SE) as informed by our experiences, (2) key challenges to fulfilling the role of senior editor, and (3) philosophies/characteristics/ values/practices that are associated with the most effective SEs. A consensus emerges that it is the responsibility of SEs to determine the final disposition of papers submitted to their journal in light of various tradeoffs. In making these decisions, the SE must be cognizant of authors’ careers and the field’s intellectual development. We recognize the constructive element of the SE role and the importance of their offering guidance to the authors. While there was disagreement as to whether the “invisible college” or formal policies should be enacted to limit undesirable practices, suggestions emerged about how SEs could be better recognized for their contributions and SE-related policies could be enacted to improve the review process

Advancing Pharmacist Collaborative Care within Academic Health Systems.

INTRODUCTION:The scope of pharmacy practice has evolved over the last few decades to focus on the optimization of medication therapy. Despite this positive impact, the lack of reimbursement remains a significant barrier to the implementation of innovative pharmacist practice models. SUMMARY:We describe the successful development, implementation and outcomes of three types of pharmacist collaborative care models: (1) a pharmacist with physician oversight, (2) pharmacist-interprofessional teams and (3) physician-pharmacist teams. The outcome measurement of these pharmacist care models varied from the design phase to patient volume measurement and to comprehensive quality dashboards. All of these practice models have been successfully funded by affiliated health systems or grants. CONCLUSIONS:The expansion of pharmacist services delivered by clinical faculty has several benefits to affiliated health systems: (1) significant improvements in patient care quality, (2) access to experts in specialty areas, and (3) the dissemination of outcomes with national and international recognition, increasing the visibility of the health system

Radio continuum observations of Class I protostellar disks in Taurus: constraining the greybody tail at centimetre wavelengths

We present deep 1.8 cm (16 GHz) radio continuum imaging of seven young stellar objects in the Taurus molecular cloud. These objects have previously been extensively studied in the sub-mm to NIR range and their SEDs modelled to provide reliable physical and geometrical parametres.We use this new data to constrain the properties of the long-wavelength tail of the greybody spectrum, which is expected to be dominated by emission from large dust grains in the protostellar disk. We find spectra consistent with the opacity indices expected for such a population, with an average opacity index of beta = 0.26+/-0.22 indicating grain growth within the disks. We use spectra fitted jointly to radio and sub-mm data to separate the contributions from thermal dust and radio emission at 1.8 cm and derive disk masses directly from the cm-wave dust contribution. We find that disk masses derived from these flux densities under assumptions consistent with the literature are systematically higher than those calculated from sub-mm data, and meet the criteria for giant planet formation in a number of cases.Comment: submitted MNRA

AMI-LA radio continuum observations of Spitzer c2d small clouds and cores: Perseus region

We present deep radio continuum observations of the cores identified as deeply embedded young stellar objects in the Perseus molecular cloud by the Spitzer c2d programme at a wavelength of 1.8 cm with the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Large Array (AMI-LA). We detect 72% of Class 0 objects from this sample and 31% of Class I objects. No starless cores are detected. We use the flux densities measured from these data to improve constraints on the correlations between radio luminosity and bolometric luminosity, infrared luminosity and, where measured, outflow force. We discuss the differing behaviour of these objects as a function of protostellar class and investigate the differences in radio emission as a function of core mass. Two of four possible very low luminosity objects (VeLLOs) are detected at 1.8 cm.Comment: 18 pages, 9 figures, accepted MNRA

Hit the ground running: wearable sensors to measure foot plantar pressure

Flexible pressure sensors can be used to predict possible injuries and inform the wearer about their foot posture and landing positions during both walking and running. This work focuses on designing and producing capacitive pressure sensors and integrating them into a smart insole. The suitability of sensors was assessed using a mechanical test rig to measure the change of capacitance under different loads. The effects of introducing micropores into the dielectric layer using two fabrication methods were analysed. The results obtained imply that the use of micropores has the potential to increase the sensitivity and improve the response time of the sensors