Theory of Business Informatics
Lecture 4. 10. 2022
Tutor: Michal Krčál
The
lecture session will start with an introduction to the theory development process. Grounded Theory as an approach that could be used for theory development purposes will also be explained during this week.
Topics:
- Theory development process
Study Material
Mandatory Study Material
The following two web articles will help you understand how a theory could be developed.
Optional Study Material
If you want to hear more about different reasoning styles, you can watch how to argue with the help of induction and abduction. Although this is a philosophy-focused video, it can be easily transformed into research approaches and of course, theory development.
Urquhart, C., Lehmann, H., Myers, M.D., 2010. Putting the ‘theory’ back into grounded theory: guidelines for grounded theory studies in information systems. Information Systems Journal 20, 357–381. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2009.00328.x
Wolfswinkel, J.F., Furtmueller, E., Wilderom, C.P.M., 2013. Using grounded theory as a method for rigorously reviewing literature. Eur J Inf Syst 22, 45–55. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejis.2011.51
Fernandez, W.D., Lehmann, H., 2005. Achieving Rigour and Relevance in Information Systems Studies: Using grounded theory to investigate organizational cases. Grounded Theory Rev. 5, 79–107.
Papers for presentation
Wayne Gregory, R., Kaganer, E., Henfridsson, O., Ruch, T.J., 2018. It Consumerization and the Transformation of It Governance. MIS Q. 42, 1225-+. https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2018/13703
Wiedemann, A., Wiesche, M., Gewald, H., Krcmar, H., 2020. Understanding how DevOps aligns development and operations: a tripartite model of intra-IT alignment. European Journal of Information Systems 29, 458–473. https://doi.org/10.1080/0960085X.2020.1782277