Recognizing that knowledge processes are social processes, and assuming that the theories considered within are commensurable, this paper proposes Giddens’ structuration theory as a basis for comparing knowledge management theories to identify common themes within the discipline. The discovery of common themes is a step toward the identification of any dominant orthodoxy within the knowledge ma...

As multi-culture virtual teams become more prevalent in organizations, it becomes increasingly imperative to understand knowledge sharing dynamics. This paper uses Adaptive Structuration Theory extended to address proactive structuration as a foundation from which a model is developed to include aspects of knowledge sharing. Propositions are established, and evidence is provided based on a proj...

ion recursion structuration Avoiding intellectual confusion(s) Focusing on scientific problems and technical choices Rigorous terminology — not just definitions: a model

This paper presents extensions to Alpha, a language based upon the formalism of affine recurrence equations (AREs). These extensions address the need for parametric and structured systems of such AREs. Similar to, but more general as the map operator of classical functional languages, the Alpha structuration techniques provide a dense and powerful description of complex systems referencing each...

This paper reports on a project which was undertaken with a network of Neighbourhood Houses (community-based organisations) in the Western Region of Melbourne, Australia. The region is an area of high social-economic need, and at the same time, contains a major growth corridor. A decline in investments in communitylevel ICT systems is producing technical and informational gaps impacting the wor...

RÉSUMÉ. Une mémoire de projet est une représentation de l’expérience acquise pendant la réalisation de projets (Dieng et al., 1998). Elle peut être obtenue à travers une capitalisation au fil de l’eau de l’activité de l’entreprise, notamment de la logique de conception (design rationale). La plupart des méthodes définies à ce propos ne permettent pas une structuration en temps réel de la logiqu...

Research on the social and organizational aspects of information systems often lacks an adequate theoretical and methodological basis. In this paper, we propose that structuration theory provides a broad conception of social action and human society which can be used as the basis for empiricallyorientated theory and research. A critique is given of some published work, which makes use of the th...

PSYCHIATRIC activity that CLASSIFICATION IS A PROFOUNDLY IMPORTANT directs subsequent treatment decisions, assumptions about etiology, and prognostic considerations. While the ideal classification scheme would be clear, concise, comprehensively inclusive of, and hospitable to, the entities under consideration, in practice, all classification systems reflect tradeoffs and embody flawed structure...