A Personal Perspective on a Conceptual Foundation for Information Systems

作者：Watson Richard T^*

来源：Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 2014, 15(8): 514-535.

• Propositions
• Information
• Information Systems
• Goal
• Cooperation
• Consequences

In this paper, I propose a conceptual foundation for information systems based on three propositions: %26lt;br%26gt;P1: Information systems improve an entity%26apos;s ability to attain its goals %26lt;br%26gt;P2: Information systems improve the ability of entities to cooperate on shared goals %26lt;br%26gt;P3: Information systems transform entities in intended and unintended ways. %26lt;br%26gt;I apply an evolutionary-historical analysis, a variation of historical analysis, to the emergence of humans%26apos; major information processing capabilities to trace the development of information systems to establish the propositions. I identify some research questions directly arising from the three propositions and advance a case that these propositions are potentially a sufficient conceptual foundation for IS research.

• 出版日期2014-8