Schedule and location

Monday September 22 - Tuesday September 23.

Aalto University School of Business, Ekonominaukio 1, Espoo

22.9. 12-17 Class 3448, Marsio

23.9. 9-16 Class U257 (Win), Otakaari 1 

Registration

Registration is open until September 15.

Speakers

Professor Robert M. Davison, Dept of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong

Organizer

Professor Matti Rossi, Aalto University School of Business

Overview

Facilitator: Prof Robert M Davison, Dept of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, isrobert@cityu.edu.hk

Robert Davison is a Professor of Information Systems at the City University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on the use and misuse of information systems, especially with respect to problem solving, guanxi formation and knowledge management. He is particularly known for his scholarship in the domain of action research. Robert is the Editor-in-Chief of the Information Systems Journal, the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries and the Journal of Information Systems Practice. He is also Chair of IFIP’s Technical Committee 9 (ICT and Society). As a researcher and as an editor, he seeks to promote both an inclusive and an indigenous perspective to research. Home Page: http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/staff/isrobert

22/9/25 Monday. PM session

1)      Introduction to the workshop and its structure.

2)      The essence of problematisation as a basis for motivating research projects, with examples of problems and the associated projects. This will include time for the participants to contribute their own ideas about how they might motivate their own research, with feedback from the facilitator and general discssion.

3)      A tutorial in the operation and application of Action Research. This will include material on methods, theory, and contributions to both scholarly and practical knowledge

23/9/25 Tuesday AM session

4)      An illustration of how AR works in practice using published cases.

5)      Discussion with the participants about these cases, and the issues that arise

23/9/25 PM session

6)      Participant presentation of their own planned project areas: 20-30 mins per person (depending on how many participants there are), followed by analysis and discussion within the group, identification of potential problems and possible solutions.

7)      Final wrap-up by the facilitator, with highlights of the workshop, key learning points, resources for future work, and publication opportunities: we can commission a special issue of the Information Systems Practice Journal to receive high quality submissions from the participants in the workshop.

Preparation:

Participants will need to read 2-3 published articles in advance. They also need to be prepared to present their own Action Research ideas/projects.

Readings

Credit points