Rethinking Design Theory in Information Systems
Design Theory has been written about extensively in InformationSystems (IS), but remains heavily problematic. Some researchers explicitly excludedesign theory as an outcome of Design Science Research (DSR), othersdisagree about the form and purpose of design theories, many consider designtheories to...
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| author | Venable, John |
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| description | Design Theory has been written about extensively in InformationSystems (IS), but remains heavily problematic. Some researchers explicitly excludedesign theory as an outcome of Design Science Research (DSR), othersdisagree about the form and purpose of design theories, many consider designtheories to be too complicated to construct, some journal editors and researchersgive low priority to design theory, and very few DSR publications propose designtheories.This paper reviews and critically examines the IS literature on design theories,the nature of technological design artefacts compared to phenomena in thenatural, biological, and social domains, and whether design theory is ‘prescriptive’or ‘explanatory’.Using a DSR approach, the paper makes recommendations concerning theform and use of design theory, in order to move toward a resolution of the disagreementsabout design theory and progress the development of clearer andmore useful formalisations of knowledge for practical use. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-492612023-02-13T08:01:36Z Rethinking Design Theory in Information Systems Venable, John Jan vom Brocke Riitta Hekkala Sudha Ram Matti Rossi Utility Theory Information - System Design Science Research Design Theory Design Theory has been written about extensively in InformationSystems (IS), but remains heavily problematic. Some researchers explicitly excludedesign theory as an outcome of Design Science Research (DSR), othersdisagree about the form and purpose of design theories, many consider designtheories to be too complicated to construct, some journal editors and researchersgive low priority to design theory, and very few DSR publications propose designtheories.This paper reviews and critically examines the IS literature on design theories,the nature of technological design artefacts compared to phenomena in thenatural, biological, and social domains, and whether design theory is ‘prescriptive’or ‘explanatory’.Using a DSR approach, the paper makes recommendations concerning theform and use of design theory, in order to move toward a resolution of the disagreementsabout design theory and progress the development of clearer andmore useful formalisations of knowledge for practical use. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49261 http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-642-38827-9_10.pdf Springer Berlin Heidelberg restricted |
| spellingShingle | Utility Theory Information - System Design Science Research Design Theory Venable, John Rethinking Design Theory in Information Systems |
| title | Rethinking Design Theory in Information Systems |
| title_full | Rethinking Design Theory in Information Systems |
| title_fullStr | Rethinking Design Theory in Information Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rethinking Design Theory in Information Systems |
| title_short | Rethinking Design Theory in Information Systems |
| title_sort | rethinking design theory in information systems |
| topic | Utility Theory Information - System Design Science Research Design Theory |
| url | http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-642-38827-9_10.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49261 |