The past and future of information systems

The academic discipline of information systems is the newest field
within the broad field of management or economic sciences. This field
developed almost from its very beginnings as an international
community of scholars. Niels Bjørn-Andersen has played vital roles in
nurturing the international discipline of information systems. I count
him on the short list of the 25 most important founders of the field. It is
appropriate to honour his contributions on this occasion.
I have been fortunate to have been a part of many of the
developments that helped the formation of an international community
of information systems scholars. Niels participated in most of these
developments. I will focus on some important events where I observed
Niels personally or was aware of his activities. A list of some important
events will position Niel’s work within the context of events in
information systems in organizations.

1 Introduction: adventuring into the past and the future
2 Prototypes are not pilots (and vice versa): reflecting on a 25 year old
idea
3 Piloting socio-technical innovations
4 Forming a contingent, multi-disciplinary and ethical approach to IS
development
5 Analysis and design of information systems: a knowledge quality
perspective
6 Why stuff happens: explaining the unintended consequences of
using IT
7 ERP manuscripts of accounting and information systems
8 Technology and the design of work revisited
9 Are ‘human factors’ human re-visited
10 ‘Human-centred’ computing: a new perspective?
11 The study of information technology in developing countries
12 Growth-nodes in a knowledge-based Europe:
a research roadmap
13 Knowledge-as-relation: an IT outlook on
the future of academic institutions

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