IN5210Seminar213.09.2017

InformationSystems

Generalcommentsonthesummaries

• Everyonehasdoneagoodjob(allpassed)!• Descriptive/analyticalsummaries• Empirical/theoreticalfocus

Acoupleofpracticalcomments

• Pleasedeliver• PDF• addyournametothefilename

Plenum:questionsandcomments

Clarificationof(conceptsin)thecase• Whatismeantbycurativeandpreventivehealth?

• Notquitesurewhattheymeanaboutcentralized

• Istruggledtounderstandiftherewereanypartsofthesystematthelocallevelthatwerecomputerized,oronlyatahigherlevel?

• Theresearchersare(Iassume)familiarwithhowtheinfrastructureandregimeindevelopingcountriesare;howcouldtheyexpectthegovernment,practitioners,hospitalprogramdirectorsetc.toagreewithsucharadicalchangeinthefirstplace?

Thefuturedevelopmentofthecase• SevenyearslaterwouldtheinstitutionallogicsthatexistedinTajikistanduring2010have

changedmuch?

• WouldtheCentralStatisticsAuthoritystillnotbeopentoaminimumdatasetapproach?

• WhatwastheAsianDevelopmentBankreactiononthefinalresult?

• Couldn’ttheAsianDevelopmentBankpersuadeTajikistan’sgovernmenttomakesomecompromises?

• HowarethecurrentHMISinTajikistan?Isthereanyprogress?

• Thearticleisafewyearsoldnow,whatisthesituationnow?

• Isthispossibletosolvewiththecurrentpoliticalsystem?

• Iwonderiftheseedstheycreatedhaveevolvedintosomethingtoday.

Theuseofinstitutional theory• Whenthisarticlewasmentioninlecture,"differentmindsets"wasfrequentlymentioned.This

isnotmentionedinthearticle,butthebaselineinthearticlereflectsthisinmanyways.Worthmentioning?

• Whyisthemainfocusoninstitutionalization-Whytheresearchersusedinstitutionaltheoryinfirstplace?

• Whataretheeffectsofinstitutionsontechnologyorviceversa?

• Whatparthasdeinstitutionalizationinthiscase?

• Arecontradictoryinstitutionallogicstheonlyreasonfordeinstitutionalization?

• Howwouldsuchastudydifferifitfocusedonadevelopedcountryinstead?

• Didthey(really!)expecttobeabletochangesomethinginacountrysofarawayfromtheirowncultureandpoliticalsystem?

• Isthereanywayacountrysoheavilyinfluencedbyamindsetcanchange,inwhichcasehow?

Researchapproachandmethods• Didyouanypreliminaryresearchbeforestartingthisprojectlikeresearchingthesocio- politicalsceneofTajikistan?

Whyisthemainfocusoninstitutionalization-Whytheresearchersusedinstitutionaltheoryinfirstplace?

• WouldtheyhavechosenTajikistanasacase,iftheyhadknownofthetroubleofgettingpermissiontochangeanything?

• Duringtheresearchweretheauthorsdependentontheassumptionmorethanthefacts?

• TheexamplepresentedaboutTajikistancasestudycomparingtotheexperienceinsouthAfricacoulditbeconsideredasanevidencetousehistoricalfactswhenchoosingcertainapproach?

• Howhonestweretheparticipantsduringintheinterview?Weretheyaloneorwithanauthority?

• Howmuchdidtheauthor’spointofview,influencetheirthinkinganddecision-making?“Incontrasttothisexistingsystem,theHISPphilosophy—underwhichallauthorshavebeenworkingforyearsinothercountries”Wheretheytoo“narrowminded”?

• Whydotheyfocusmoreonthetheory,thanthecasestudy?

• Wouldanotherresearchapproachhavegivenanotherresult?

• BecauseofthelackofsupportfromtheMOH,thecasestudywasmoreatheoreticalstudythanapracticalstudy.

• Whatexactlycanresearcherdotochangeexistingsolutions/institutionsiftheyarenotwillingtochange?

Implications• Howdoesthiscasecomparewithsimilarimplementationsinothercountries?Arethelessons learnedsomethingthat

couldhavebeenanticipatedbyothers?

• TowhatextentarethefindingsfromTajikistangeneralizabletootherdevelopingcountries?

• Howisthisrelevanttodayasthearticlewaswritten7yearsago?(Imeanthisasaninvitingquestiontowardsdiscussion)

• ThearticlecallsformoreresearchintoinstitutionallogicsfortheISfield,butwouldadditionalinsighthelpedinthiscase?Inmyviewtheproblemsfacedherearesomethingwehavestruggledwithforagesandseemtobeapartofhumannature,almost.

• Thearticledescribesabottom-upapproachofimplementinganHMIS,howeverinsuchacentralizedsystem,wouldn'ttop-downapproachbemoresuitable- whichwouldrequireamoreradicalpoliticalpush(thearticlebrieflydiscussesthis,andaneedofcriticalmassofsupporters.

• DoesanewISparadigmalwayscallfordeinstitutionalizationorfallofthepreexistinglogics?

Thegroups

1. Salman,Julien,Jostein,Erisa,Animut2. Linda,Amrit,Birk,Hanna,Tobias3. Mona,Martin,Nirujah,KristinMarie,Dersim4. Axel,Johanne,Linett,Mirko,Zainab5. Marius,KarlThomas,Radhika,Nicolai,Bakhtawar6. Charlotte,Sara,Mathias,Kjetil,Johan

Groupexercise1(15minutes)

• Updatethegroupportfolio• Sumupthearguments,evidenceandconclusionsofthepaper

Groupexercise2(15minutes)

• Weaknessesand/orstrengthsofthearguments• Whathaveyoulearnedfromthepaper?Howwouldyouuseitinamasterthesis?

Assignments

1. Assignment:1. Readpaper(s)2. Submitasummary(1/2page)and3questions/commentsnolaterthan

Monday11/923:59todevilry).

Assignments

• September19(nextweek):• Bharadwaj,A.,Sawy,O.A.Pavlou,P.A.andVenkatraman,N.(2013)."Digitalbusinessstrategy:Towardanextgenerationofinsights"

• September26• Mumford,E.(2006)."Thestoryofsocio-technicaldesign:reflectionsonitssuccesses,failuresandpotential“• Tiwana,A.(2014)."PlatformEcosystems:AligningArchitecture,Governance,andStrategy",MorganKaufmann:USA.Chapter1,pp3-21

Readingstrategies

Typical articleoutline

• Title• Abstract• Introduction• Theory• Methods(andcasedescription)• Findings/Analysis• Discussion• Conclusion