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Department of IT Management

Michel Avital
Niels Bjørn-Andersen
Mads Bødker
Torkil Clemmensen
Ioanna Constantiou
Jonas Hedman
Tina Jensen
Attila Marton
Jacob Nørbjerg
Mari-Klara Stein
Matthias Trier
Ravi Vatrapu
 

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This introductory course highlights central topics in information systems research. It is designed to familiarize doctorate students with the main research streams and contributing scholars of IS research, to introduce the common research approaches, and to provide a 'safe environment for stepping into lifelong research endeavor. In addition to reviewing a rich subset of the IS research literature, the course seeks to prepare the foundations that will assist the participants in developing and writing their thesis.

The course surveys a wide literature base to provide students with a grasp of the main issues in the IS discipline while developing deeper understanding of its development and conceptual turns. The course emphasizes breadth and is geared toward the socio-technical aspects of information technologies in organizational context. Specifically, participants will have an opportunity to examine main strands of IS research and their interrelationships in the overall context of the discipline and management studies.

The course is designed as a sequence of 12 three-hour meetings, each covering a central topic in information systems research. The meetings are designed in a research seminar format that includes guided discussions, mini workshops, and teacher and student class presentations. In addition to a critical and/or appreciative review of existing work, the seminar emphasizes constructive discussions aiming toward helping students to design state of the art research that builds on and extends the related current body of knowledge. The meetings are held on a monthly basis allowing sufficient time for in depth reading and reflection.

Considering the underlying objective, this course is designed with a heavy reading load. The readings, class preparation as well as class participation are essential. In preparation for each seminar, students will review and synthesize the assigned articles, and subsequently should prepare and distribute a “conversation starter” that integrates the readings and the pertained personal insights.

Please note: This is open enrollment course.

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* All sessions are Fridays 13:00 - 16:00, unless noted otherwise

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Identify and discuss the main research streams in IS research
• Identify the key scholars in IS research and discuss their contribution to the body of knowledge
• Identify and discuss key disciplinary controversies and debates
• Discuss the development of the IS research discipline and its community of scholars
• Apply IS research theory to own thesis project
• Position own thesis project in the context of the IS body of knowledge

A Pass/Fail grade will be based on participation and timely submission of the conversation starter in at least 12 seminars during three years

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Copenhagen Business School
Howitsvej 60,
Room: 5.23

Blazenka Blazevac-Kvistbo, bbk.research@CBS.dk

Please note: This is open enrollment course