From the report: "Dramatic
changes in context have occurred over the last 25 years for those of us working
in the information systems (IS) field, with ICTs becoming pervasive in many
areas of human activity and in all countries of the world. It is ironic that
the success of ICTs has led to concerns that the distinct research contribution
of the IS field could become lost and that the field itself may decline. The
literature over the last decade or so has offered different and sometimes
opposing suggestions as to how the field should respond to these concerns. In
this paper, I discuss these debates and I use the discussion as a basis for
putting forward a skeleton future agenda for the IS field as a whole. This
agenda emphasises the need for a focus on ethical goals, increased use of
critical approaches, welcoming other disciplines with open arms, widening our
field of study to many non-traditional settings and rejecting a dominant
methodological paradigm." Read more
