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課程名稱 |
管理資訊系統研究方法
Mis Research Methodology |
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開課學期 |
106-1 |
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授課對象 |
管理學院 資訊管理學研究所 |
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授課教師 |
吳玲玲 |
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課號 |
IM8017 |
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課程識別碼 |
725 D2500 |
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學分 |
3.0 |
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全/半年 |
半年 |
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必/選修 |
選修 |
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上課時間 |
星期三2,3,4(9:10~12:10) |
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上課地點 |
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備註 |
本課程中文授課,使用英文教科書。教室:管二研六
限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生) 且 限博士班
總人數上限：30人 |
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Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1061IM8017_ |
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課程概述 |
This course is designed to provide doctoral students a broad introduction of research issues and research methods in the field of Information Systems. The purpose of this course is to help students to appreciate rigorousness of quality research, and to polish the following capabilities: (1) finding valuable research questions (2) integrating relevant literature (3) developing logic argumentations for theory building (4) proposing convincing hypotheses (5) understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the diverse research methods and conducting appropriate methods for testing the proposed hypotheses (6) presenting abstract concepts. After taking this course, students should acquire the capabilities of planning a research project that accounts for IT-related issues of their choice. |
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課程目標 |
The course objectives will be achieved via the following means. First, the field of IS and the concepts of theory building will be introduced in the first couple of weeks. Second, students choose research topics out of, but not limited to, the three topics prepared by the instructor, prepare a list of reference readings for their chosen research topic, and read the papers as well as other related readings searched by the students. Third, students will write up summaries for the papers of their chosen topic, and lead discussion on the topics during the class. Fourth, students generate valuable research questions and comprehend relevant theories through the activities of searching papers, writing up summaries, and leading discussions. Fifth, important IS research methods will be introduced in the class, and the students should figure out which method is appropriate for his/her research questions. Finally, the students will write up and present his/her research proposal in front of the class. |
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課程要求 |
*Summaries and leading discussions: 30 %
*Participations in class discussions: 10%
*Presentations of research proposal: 30 % (15% each)
*Research proposal: 30% (including outline, draft and final)
Homeworks include 5 summaries, one for the readings assigned on 9/27, and four for research papers on the topic of students’ choice, as listed for sessions 5-8. Each student chooses one of the listed topics (or topic of their choice), and write up summaries for at least one of the papers assigned for each topic. The summary should consist of the following elements: 1) problems addressed by the article, 2) theoretical motivation for the article, 3) research questions, 4) theory logic, 5) causal model and hypotheses for the article, 6) research design, 7) findings, 8) plausible alternative interpretations of the findings, 9) theoretical contribution, 10) what I learned: research design that I might reuse, 11) What I learned: theory that I might reuse, l2) key reference I should pursue, 13) an interesting new hypothesis and interesting & opportunities for future research.
The sessions of discussions and writing summaries are designed to help students: (1) formulating a research question, (2) developing a research model, (3) developing hypotheses.
After reading and discussing the research papers, the students should be able to answer the following questions for the research topic of their choice: What are the key IS research questions for each of the topic? What are the main theories that are used to account for the questions? What are the theoretical strengths of these theories? What are the weaknesses of these theories? Describe a hypothesis that could be used to overcome the weakness that you identify.
Research proposal:
The students are required to write up a research proposal for the research topic of their choice. The research proposal should consist of (1) research question (2) research motivation (3) relevant literature review (not limited to the papers assigned for each topic) (4) theoretical foundation (5) hypotheses (6) research method (7) potential results/findings (8) theoretical and managerial contributions (9) limitations (10) future research opportunities.
The students are required to hand in the outline, the draft and the final version of the research proposal on the due day.
The final version of the research proposal should be 15 pages at minimum in content (title pages, references, appendix, tables, figures not included). APA style is required.
Participations:
Each student will lead the discussion of the research topic of their choice during the class, based on the summary that they prepare as well as other assigned research papers. Students are highly encouraged to add related references for each topic. Other students who do not lead the discussion should also actively participate in the discussion and are required to prepare at least 3 questions for each topic before coming to the class.
Presentations:
The students are required to present their research proposal twice, the outline and the final version. Each student will have 45 minutes for their presentation, 25 minutes for the presentation per se, and 20 minutes for questions, comments, opinions, discussions and answers.
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Schedule of the classes: *required reading for everyone
Session 1: Introduction of the class
9/13
Session 2: Introduction to the field of Information Systems
9/20
Required readings
1. Orlikowski, W. J., & Iacono, C. S. (2001). Research commentary: Desperately seeking the “IT” in IT research – A call to theorizing the IT artifact. Information System Research, Vol. 12, No. 2, 121-134.
2. Sidorova, A., Evangelopoulos, N., Valacich, J., and Ramakrishnan, T. (2008). Uncovering the Intellectual Core of the Information Systems Discipline. MIS Quarterly, 32(3), 467-482.
3. Grover, V., and Lyytinen, K. (2015). New state of play in Information Systems research: The push to the edges. MIS Quarterly, 39(2), 271-296.
Optional readings
1. Cecez-Kecmanovic, D., Galliers, R. D., Hengridsson, O., Newell, S., and Vidgen, R. (2014). The sociomateriality of Information Systems: current status, future directions. MIS Quarterly, 38(3), 809-830
2. Baskerville, R. L., & Myers, M. D. (2002). Information systems as a reference discipline. MIS Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 1, 1-14.
3. Benbasat, I, & Zmud, R. W. (2003). The identity crisis within the IS discipline: Defining and communicating the discipline’s core properties. MIS Quarterly, 27(2), 183-194.
4. Vessey, I., Ramesh, V., & Glass, R. L. (2002). Research in information systems: An empirical study of diversity in the discipline and its journals. Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol. 19, No. 2, 129-174.
Session 3: Toward theory building (problem, hypothesis, constructs and variables)
9/27
Required readings
1. Sutton, R. I., & B. M. Staw. (1995). What theory is not? Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol.40, No. 3, 371-384.
2. Weick, K.E. (1995). What theory is not, theorizing is, Administrative Science Quarterly, 40(3), 385-390.
3. Corley, K.G., and Gioia, D.A. (2011). Building Theory about theory building: what constitutes a theoretical contribution, Academy of management review, 36(1), 12-32.
Optional readings
1. Gregor, S. (2006). The nature of theory in information systems. MIS Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 3, 611-642.
2. Truex, Duane, Holmström, Jonny, & Keil, Mark (2006). Theorizing in information systems research: A reflexive analysis of the adaptation of theory in information systems research. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 7(12), 797-821.
Readings for homework
1. Wasko, M.M. and Faraj S. (2005). Why should I share? Examining social capital and knowledge contribution in electronic networks of practice, MIS Quarterly, 29 (1), 35- 51.
2. Olivera, F., Goodman, P. S., and Swee-Lin Tan, S. (2008). Contribution behaviors in distributed environments, MIS Quarterly, 32(1), 23-42.
3. Theories used in the field of IS
http://is.theorizeit.org/wiki/Main_Page
Session 4: 中秋節 放假一天
10/04
Session 5: Discussions of research topics
10/11
Prospective research topics:
Electronic word-of-mouth and online shopping behavior
IT-enabled innovation (to be confirmed)
1. Boland, R., Lyytinen, K., and Yoo, Y. (2007). Wakes of innovation in project networks: The case of digital 3-D representations in Architecture, Engineering, and construction, Organization Science, 18(4), 631-647.
2. Tiwana, A., and McLean, E. R. (2005). Expertise integration and creativity in information systems development. Journal of Management Information Systems, 22(1), 13-43.
3. Kane, G. C., and Alavi, M. (2007). Information technology and organizational learning: An investigation of exploitation and exploration processes, Organization Science, 18(5), 786-812.
Social networks in Information System (to be confirmed)
1. Kossinets, G., and Watts, D. J. (2006). Empirical analysis of an evolving social network. Science, 311(5757), 88-90.
2. Oinas-Kukkonen, J., Lyytinene, K., and Yoo, Y. (2010). Social networks and Information systems: Ongoing and future research streams. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 11, 61-68.
3. Ahuja, G. (2000). Collaboration networks, structural holes, and innovation: a longitudinal study. Administrative Science Quarterly 45(3): 425-455.
4. Paruchuri, S. (2010). Intraorganizational Networks, Interorganizational Networks, and the Impact of Central Inventors: A Longitudinal Study of Pharmaceutical Firms. Organization Science, 21(1): 63-80.
Session 6: Discussions of research topics
10/17 上課教室改為管二研九
Session 7: Discussions of research topics
10/24 上課教室改為管二研九
Session 8: Discussions of research topics
11/01
Session 9: Discussion of research topics
11/08
Session 10: Presentation I
11/15
*****Outline of research proposal due
Present sections 1-5 in your research proposal, as described in the section V.
Session 11: Research Ethics
11/22
1. Knock, N. and Davison, R., (2003). Dealing with Plagiarism in the Information Systems Research Community: A Look at Factors that Drive Plagiarism and Ways to address them,” MIS Quarterly, 27(4), 511-532.
2. Lemonick, M. D. and Goldstein, A. (2002) **
At your own risk, Time, April, 22, 30-39.
3. Behavioral code of researchers
AIS code of research conduct (2014)
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/aisnet.org/resource/resmgr/Admin_Bulletin/Admin_Bulletin_-_AIS_Code_of.pdf
Plagiarism (online tutorial)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/learningmodules/plagiarism/
Session 12: Quantitative research 1: validation in IS research
11/29
1. Straub, D. W. (1989) Validating instruments in MIS research, MIS Quarterly, 13(2), 146-169.
2. Boudreau, M.-C., Gefen, D., and Strabu, D. W. (2001). Validation in Information Systems Research: A state-of-the-Art Assessment, MIS Quarterly, 25(1), 1-16.
3. Straub, D. W., Boudreau, M., and Gefen, D. (2004). Validation guidelines for IS positivist research. Communication of the AIS, 13, 380-427.
4. Bagozzi, R. P. (2011). Measurement and meaning in Information Systems and organizational research: Methodological and Philosophical foundations. MIS Quarterly, 35(2), 261-292.
5. Lee, A. S., and Baskervile, R. L. (2003). Generalizing generalizability in Information Systems research. Information Systems Research, 14(3), 221-243.
6. Lynch, J. G. Jr. (1999). Theory and external validity. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 27(3), 367-376.
Session 13: Quantitative research 2: Behavioral research in IS
12/06
1. Sternthal, Tybout, & Calder (1994). Experimental design: Generalization and theoretical explanation and theoretical explanation. In Richard Bagozzi (Ed.), Principles of Marketing Research, Blackwell Business, MA, USA.
2. Dennis, A., and Valacich, J. S. (2001). Conducting experimental research in Information Systems. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 7(5), 1-41.
3. Dennis, A. R., and Kinney, S. T. (1998). Testing media richness theory in the new media: The effects of cues, feedback, and task equivocality, Information Systems Research, 9, 256-274.
4. Krosnick (1999). Survey research. Annual Review of Psychology, 50, 537-567.
5. Bagozzi, R. P., and Yi, Y. (1988). On the evaluation of Structural Equation Models. Academy of Marketing Science, 16(1), 74-94.
6. Burton-Jones, A. (2009). Minimizing method bias through programmatic research, MIS Quarterly, 33(3), 445-471.
Session 14: Qualitative research
12/13
1. Myers, M., Qualitative research in Information Systems, IS World:
http://www.qual.auckland.ac.nz/
2. Eisenhardt, K., and Graebner, M. E. (2007). Theory building from cases: opportunities and challenges. Academy of Management Journal, 50(1), 25-32.
3. Pratt, M. (2009). Tips on writing up (and reviewing) qualitative research, Academy of Management Journal, 52, 856-862.
4. Urquhart, C., Lehmann, H., and Myers, M.D. (2009). Putting the ‘theory’ back into grounded theory: guidelines for grounded theory studies in information systems, Information Systems Journal, 20(4), 357-381.
5. Schultze, U., and Avital, M. (2011). Designing interviews to generate rich data for information systems research, Information and Organization, 21, 1-16.
6. Orlikowski, W. J., and Scott, S. (2008). Sociomateriality: Challenging the separation of technology, work, and organization, The Academy of Management Annals, 2(1), 433-474.
Session 15: Modeling in IS
12/20
***** draft of research proposal due
1. McGuire, T. W. and Staelin, R. (2011). An industry equilibrium analysis of downstream vertical integration, Marketing Science, 2(1), 115-130.
2. Cai, G. and Chen., Y.-J. (2011). In-store referrals on the internet. Journal of Retailing 87(4), 563-578.
3. Kung, L.-C., Sun, P.-Y., Huang, C.-Y., Lee, W.-C. (2017). Why promoting for competitors? Online in-store referral for products with heterogeneous quality. Working paper. National Taiwan University.
Session 16: Presenting your research: How to write a research proposal
12/27
1. Bem (1987). Writing the empirical journal article. In M. P. Aznna & J. M. Darley (Eds.), The Compleat Academic: A practical Guide for the Beginning Social Scientist. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 171-201.
2. Barley, S.R. “When I Write My Masterpiece: Thoughts on What Makes a paper Interesting,” Academy of Management Journal, 2006, 49(1), 16-20.
3. Webster, J., & Watson, R. T. (2002). Analyzing the past to prepare for the future: Writing a literature review. MIS Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 2, 13-23.
4. Zorn, T., & Campbell, N. (2006). Improving the writing of literature review through a literature integration exercise. Business Communication Quarterly, Vol. 69, No. 2, 172-183.
Optional readings
1. Straub, D. W. (2009). Why top journals accept your paper? MIS Quarterly, 33(3), iii-x
2. Straub, D. W. and Ang, S. (2008). Readability and the relevance versus rigor debate. MIS Quarterly, 32(4), iii-xiii
3. Lee, A. (1995). Reviewing a manuscript for publication. Journal of Operations Management, 13, 87-92.
Session 17:Wrap-up and reflections
01/03
Required readings
1. Kincaid (2004). There are laws in the social sciences. In C. Hitchcock (Ed.), Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Science. Oxford: Blackwell, 169-185.
2. Roberts (2004). There are no laws in the social sciences. In C. Hitchcock (Ed.), Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Science. Oxford: Blackwell, 157-167.
3. Venkatesh, V., Brown, S. A., and Bala, J. (2013). Bridging the qualitative-quantitative divide: guidelines for conducting mixed methods research in Information Systems. MIS Quarterly, 37(1), 21-54.
4. Kaplan, B, and Duchon, D. (1988). Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in Information Systems research: A case study. MIS Quarterly, 12(4), 571-586.
5. Trauth, E. M., and Jessup, L. M. (2000). Understanding computer-mediated discussions: Positivist and interpretive analyses of group support system use. MIS Quarterly, 24(1), 43-79.
Session 18: Presentation II
01/10
*****Final Research proposal due
VII: Policies:
1. Please turn in your assignment in class. Any delayed assignment will not be counted in your final score.
2. Please type all your assignments (homeworks and research proposal) in A4 paper, double space and Times New Roman, 12 points. ****Format: APA style****
3. Active participations in class discussions are highly encouraged.
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參考書目 |
Suggested readings:
Willcocks, L. P., Sauer, C., & Lacity, M. C. (Eds.). (2015). Formulating Research Methods for Information Systems (Vol. 1, 2). Springer.
Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Banita Lal, Michael D. Williams,Scott L. Schneberger, & Michael Wade (2009). Handbook of Research on Contemporary Theoretical Models in Information Systems. New York: Information Science Reference.
Kraemer, K. L., Cash, Jr. J. I. Nunamaker, Jr. J. F. eds. (1991) The Information Systems Research Challenge: Survey Research Methods, volumes 1-3, Harvad Business School Research Colloquium, by Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Kuhn, T. S. (2012). The structure of Scientific Revolutions. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago and London.
APA 6th edition
http://web.nchu.edu.tw/pweb/users/wtsay/lesson/11680.pdf (Chinese)
http://web.calstatela.edu/library/guides/3apa.pdf
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
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第1週 |
9/13 |
Session 1: Introduction of the class |
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第2週 |
9/20 |
Session 2: Introduction to the field of Information Systems |
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第3週 |
9/27 |
Session 3: Toward theory building (problem, hypothesis, constructs and variables)
*****summary due |
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第4週 |
10/04 |
Session 4: 中秋節 放假一天
*****reading list due
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第5週 |
10/11 |
Session 5: Discussions of research topics
*****summary due |
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第6週 |
10/17 |
Session 6: Discussions of research topics 研九上課
*****summary due |
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第7週 |
10/24 |
Session 7: Discussions of research topics 研九上課
*****summary due |
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第8週 |
11/01 |
Session 8: Discussions of research topics
*****summary due |
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第9週 |
11/08 |
Session 9: Discussions of research topics
*****summary due
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第10週 |
11/15 |
Session 10: Presentation I
*****outline of research proposal due |
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第11週 |
11/22 |
Session 11: Research Ethics |
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第12週 |
11/29 |
Session 12: Quantitative research 1: validation in IS research |
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第13週 |
12/06 |
Session 13: Quantitative research 2: Behavioral research in IS |
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第14週 |
12/13 |
Session 14: Qualitative research |
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第15週 |
12/20 |
Session 15: Modeling in IS |
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第16週 |
12/27 |
Session 16: Presenting your research: How to write a research proposal |
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第17週 |
1/03 |
Session 17:Wrap-up and reflections |
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第18週 |
1/10 |
Session 18: Presentation II
***** final research proposal due |
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