Manchester Metropolitan University
Business School
This paper describes a case study in client-analyst interaction during the requirements gathering phase. The focus of this work is a discussion of interactional tactics used byanalysts and clients to facilitate shared understanding and... more
Abstract While the case for information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development is largely accepted, it should be remembered that ICTs carry embedded in them sets of cultural assumptions. Efforts to close the digital divide... more
(SCSTFA) Information Technology (IT) Group, a group of growers who came together to enable themselves and their business with IT. Some major issues of adoption are discussed, drawing upon the experiences of the group in assessing and... more
Abstract Using grounded theory method for analysis for a holistic multiple-case study design in the Peruvian rural Andes, this interpretive research explores the way information and communication technology intervention might be... more
Abstract This paper examines the experience of dynamic knowledge transfer in supply chain integration during a project undertaken by the Bejing consulting arm of a multinational computer company. Various challenges during knowledge... more
This interpretive case study discusses the implications of the information and communication technology (ICT) intervention in a remote village located in the northern Peruvian Andes. An integrated perspective, bringing together the ICT... more
Abstract As part of a larger research project conducted Australia-wide in 1999, farmers were asked what they thought of following environmental best practice guidelines as an open-ended question. This paper reports on the preliminary... more
Abstract This study explores the ways UAE women are using, benefiting from, and are affected by information technology (IT). IT has an important role for individuals, businesses, and societies. However, a great deal of published research... more
There is substantial evidence, both in research literature and in anecdotal form, to support the contention that communication suits of systems analysis have a significant impact on successful and complete problem definition of... more
Abstract: This paper discusses what we see as the critical role of individuals and their information seeking behaviour when using information and communication technology (ICT). In a study of several villages in northern Peru, we found... more
Abstract This paper describes the experiences of a group of subtropical fruit growers on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland when considering the adoption of IT in various aspects of their businesses. The project is described from its... more
Abstract This interpretative grounded theory study describes and analyses major organisational learning and knowledge work issues in a Scandinavian inter-organisational information system project which spanned four user organisations, two... more