Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mason, Richard O.
• McKenney, James L.
• Copeland, Duncan G.

Titel

An Historical Method for MIS Research: Steps and Assumptions

Ist Teil von

• MIS quarterly, 1997-09, Vol.21 (3), p.307-320

Ort / Verlag

Minneapolis: The Society for Information Management and The Management Information Systems Research Center of the University of Minnesota, and The Association for Information Systems

Erscheinungsjahr

1997

Quelle

BSC - Ebsco (Business Source Ultimate)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Historical research offers perspectives on phenomena that are unavailable by any other methodological means. They reflect the cultural circumstances and ideological assumptions that underlie phenomena and the role played by key decision makers together with long-term economic, social, and political forces in creating them. Each of these benefits is accompanied by limitations such as, in most cases, a lack of mathematical tractability. The careful application of historical methods can overcome some of these limitations. A seven-step methodology is proposed: begin with focusing questions, specify the domain, gather evidence, critique the evidence, determine patterns, tell the story, and write the transcript.