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2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

19. Inquiring Systems: Theoretical Foundations for Current and Future Information Systems

Authors : James L. Parrish Jr., Ph.D., James F. Courtney, Ph.D.

Published in: Information Systems Theory

Publisher: Springer New York

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Abstract

Inquiring systems have been a part of the information systems discipline for the past 40 years. In this chapter, we highlight the impact that the inquiring systems have had on the information systems in use in contemporary organizations as well as the potential for inquiring systems to form the theoretical foundations of the information systems of tomorrow.

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Metadata
Title
Inquiring Systems: Theoretical Foundations for Current and Future Information Systems
Authors
James L. Parrish Jr., Ph.D.
James F. Courtney, Ph.D.
Copyright Year
2012
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
Information Systems Theory

Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-9706-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4419-9707-4

Copyright Year: 2012

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9707-4_19

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