The Nature and Role of Generative Systemic Metaphor within Information Systems Planning and Development

Atkinson, Christopher

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“…Siden er metaforer anvendt inden for en lang raekke emner i organisationsforskningen, f.eks. inden for organisatorisk kommunikation (Putnam & Boys, 2006), informationssystemer (Atkinson, 2003;Kendall & Kendall, 1993), projekter (Winter & Szczepanek, 2009), forandringsledelse (Marshak, 1993), social kapital (Andriessen & Gubbins, 2009), køn (Carli & Eagly, 2016;Kemp, 2016), og i saerlig grad ledelse (Se f.eks. Amernic, Craig, & Tourish, 2007;Linn, Sherman, & Gill, 2007;Perreault, 1996;Ruth, 2014;Schechter, Shaked, Ganon-Shilon, & Goldratt, 2016;Virtanen, 2017).…”

Section: Metaforer Som Redskab Til Ledelses-og Organisationsudvikling 1 Metaforer Som Metode I Organisations-og Ledelsesforskningunclassified

Militær ledelse: Kunst, håndværk eller videnskab?

Heltberg¹,

Madsen²

2020

SiS

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Er militær ledelse en kunst? Et håndværk? Eller en videnskab? Med afsæt i en analyse af begrebet militær ledelse viser artiklen, hvordan arbejdet med metaforer har en helt central organisatorisk funktion og kan udgøre et væsentligt redskab til udvikling af organisationer og professioner. Artiklen præsenterer dels en teoretisk udfoldelse af og refleksion over, hvad vi kan få blik for, hvis vi betragter metaforer som et perspektiv. Dels undersøger artiklen konkret, hvordan tre forskellige metaforiske forståelser af militær ledelse – som henholdsvis en kunst, et håndværk eller en videnskab – har afgørende betydning for, hvordan den militære organisation vurderer og udvikler sine militære ledere.

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Section: Metaforer Som Redskab Til Ledelses-og Organisationsudvikling 1 Metaforer Som Metode I Organisations-og Ledelsesforskningunclassified

Militær ledelse: Kunst, håndværk eller videnskab?

Heltberg¹,

Madsen²

2020

SiS

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“…An explicit use of metaphors is made in Soft Information Systems and Technologies Methodology (SISTeM), an extension to SSM (Atkinson, 2003). Like MMM, this uses a range of metaphors to frame and re‐frame problem situations and thus generate new insights and understanding.…”

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Multi‐metaphor method: organizational metaphors in information systems development

Oates

Fitzgerald

2007

Information Systems Journal

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Conventional methods have been criticised for their positivist philosophy and for either ignoring the organisational context of information systems development (ISD), or using only a simplistic, machine-based conceptual model of organisations. We have developed an approach to enable systems developers to use a richer view of organisations and a more interpretive approach. Multi-Metaphor Method (MMM) supports developers via a range of metaphors as cognitive structuring devices to understand an organisation, so that developers can learn to move between different ways of 'reading' the social context in which ISD occurs. We explain the rationale and theoretical underpinnings of MMM and then discuss our action research to investigate the viability and relevance of MMM during ISD practice. We show how the developers' use of organisational metaphors via MMM did not just enable rich conceptualisations of the client organisations but also influenced the ISD process and final product. We review the learning outcomes and discuss the implications for systems development practice of our research.

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Useful Products in Information Systems Theorizing: A Discursive Formation Perspective

Hassan,

Lowry,

Mathiassen

2023

Technology, Work and Globalization

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The Nature and Role of Generative Systemic Metaphor within Information Systems Planning and Development

Abstract: Generative metaphors have a capacity to underpin the discourses and methodologies

Cited by 3 publications

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Militær ledelse: Kunst, håndværk eller videnskab?

Militær ledelse: Kunst, håndværk eller videnskab?

Multi‐metaphor method: organizational metaphors in information systems development

Useful Products in Information Systems Theorizing: A Discursive Formation Perspective

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