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The field of information systems (IS) is divided into “design science,” which is more engineering oriented, and “natural science,” which is more management oriented. This paper believes that such a conflict is detrimental to the cause of research in IS, especially because both design and natural science have a wealth of knowledge to give to and to learn from each other, and a symbiotic relationship between the two research interests could tremendously increase the contribution of IS research as a whole. As an example, this paper uses theory from natural science to guide building and evaluating an artifact using design science. Specifically, I develop an information systems design theory to provide a prescriptive conceptual design of an organizational learning system using design science that addresses the shortcomings of on knowledge management systems and organizational learning systems identified in natural science research.
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Vinekar, V. (2018). An Information Systems Design Theory for Knowledge-Based Organizational Learning Systems. In: Bhateja, V., Nguyen, B., Nguyen, N., Satapathy, S., Le, DN. (eds) Information Systems Design and Intelligent Applications. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 672. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7512-4_48
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