Information systems as an academic discipline: Looking back, looking forward, and ensuring the future

Gordon B. Davis

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-34732-5_2

Information systems as an academic discipline: Looking back, looking forward, and ensuring the future

Gordon B. Davis

Information and Decision Sciences

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The purpose of this paper was to organize and present some of my thoughts, based on my experiences in developing the new IS academic discipline, with the objective of helping others to think about these issues. I often am asked why it happened the way it did. I provided the basis for my response. I am also asked what will happen in the future. I am an optimist, so my views are biased toward a favorable outcome. I explained the basis for my concerns and the basis for my optimism. I concluded with some prescriptions for things that need to be done to secure the future of the academic field.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Past and Future of Information Systems
Subtitle of host publication	1976-2006 and Beyond: IFIP 19th World Computer Congress, TC-8, Information System Stream, August 21-23, 2006, Santiago, Chile
Editors	David Avison, Steve Elliot, John Krogstie, Jan Priesheje
Pages	11-25
Number of pages	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34732-5_2
State	Published - 2006

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Name	IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
Volume	214
ISSN (Print)	1571-5736

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Davis, G. B. (2006). Information systems as an academic discipline: Looking back, looking forward, and ensuring the future. In D. Avison, S. Elliot, J. Krogstie, & J. Priesheje (Eds.), The Past and Future of Information Systems: 1976-2006 and Beyond: IFIP 19th World Computer Congress, TC-8, Information System Stream, August 21-23, 2006, Santiago, Chile (pp. 11-25). (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing; Vol. 214). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34732-5_2

Information systems as an academic discipline: Looking back, looking forward, and ensuring the future. / Davis, Gordon B.
The Past and Future of Information Systems: 1976-2006 and Beyond: IFIP 19th World Computer Congress, TC-8, Information System Stream, August 21-23, 2006, Santiago, Chile. ed. / David Avison; Steve Elliot; John Krogstie; Jan Priesheje. 2006. p. 11-25 (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing; Vol. 214).

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Davis, GB 2006, Information systems as an academic discipline: Looking back, looking forward, and ensuring the future. in D Avison, S Elliot, J Krogstie & J Priesheje (eds), The Past and Future of Information Systems: 1976-2006 and Beyond: IFIP 19th World Computer Congress, TC-8, Information System Stream, August 21-23, 2006, Santiago, Chile. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol. 214, pp. 11-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34732-5_2

Davis GB. Information systems as an academic discipline: Looking back, looking forward, and ensuring the future. In Avison D, Elliot S, Krogstie J, Priesheje J, editors, The Past and Future of Information Systems: 1976-2006 and Beyond: IFIP 19th World Computer Congress, TC-8, Information System Stream, August 21-23, 2006, Santiago, Chile. 2006. p. 11-25. (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing). doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-34732-5_2

Davis, Gordon B. / Information systems as an academic discipline : Looking back, looking forward, and ensuring the future. The Past and Future of Information Systems: 1976-2006 and Beyond: IFIP 19th World Computer Congress, TC-8, Information System Stream, August 21-23, 2006, Santiago, Chile. editor / David Avison ; Steve Elliot ; John Krogstie ; Jan Priesheje. 2006. pp. 11-25 (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing).

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