- Don Kerr, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia.... moreDon Kerr, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. Don worked for 25 years as a principal research scientist for the Queensland Department of Primary Industries before coming to academic in 2000. He has conducted both qualitative and quantitative research in both industry and academia over the past 35 years. Most recently he has undertaken research into Information and communications Technology (ICT) workarounds in organizations and security issues in the use of technology (mobile and wearable technologies) in both Europe and Australia. He has published over 130 peer reviewed papers in Information systems and management journals and conferences over the past 20 years, including in journals such as Decision Support Systems, the Australasian Journal of Information systems, Knowledge Based Systems and the International Journal of Learning and Change. He has edited three books for IGI-Global publishers and has supervised nine doctoral research students to completion and is presently supervising seven PhD students.edit
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A Feral Information Systems (FIS) is any technological artefact (e.g. spreadsheets) that end users employ instead of the mandated Enterprise System (ES). ES proponents suggest that the installation of an ES will boost productivity.... more
A Feral Information Systems (FIS) is any technological artefact (e.g. spreadsheets) that end users employ instead of the mandated Enterprise System (ES). ES proponents suggest that the installation of an ES will boost productivity. However, Production Possibility Frontier theory provides insights as to why the introduction of an ES may instead suppress an end user's productivity. Structuration Theory offers insights that explain how certain end users may have access to powerful resources. Rather than submitting to the ES, the end user can employ FIS to block or circumvent aspects of the ES. Further, the concept of life chances helps explain why individuals may or may not develop the core skills required to construct an alternate to the ES, the FIS. In relation to the ES usage, an end user may adopt one of four Modes of Operation, namely: Submit, Dismiss,
Knowledge gained from a Decision Support Systems (DSS) design should ideally be reusable by DSS designers and researchers. The majority of existing DSS research has mainly focused on empirical problem solving rather than on developing... more
Knowledge gained from a Decision Support Systems (DSS) design should ideally be reusable by DSS designers and researchers. The majority of existing DSS research has mainly focused on empirical problem solving rather than on developing principles that could inform solution approaches for other user contexts. Design Science Research (DSR) has contributed to effective development of various innovative DSS artefacts and associated knowledge development, but there has been limited progress on new knowledge development from a practical problem context, going beyond product and process descriptions. For DSS applications such as Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) design and development, relevant reusable prescriptive knowledge is of significance not only to understand mutability but also to extend application of theory across domains. In this paper, we develop new design knowledge abstracted from the approach taken in a representative case of innovative CDSS development, specified as ...
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This paper presents a contemporary literature review to provide insights into the current health informatics literature. The objective of this study is to identify emerging directions of current health informatics research from the latest... more
This paper presents a contemporary literature review to provide insights into the current health informatics literature. The objective of this study is to identify emerging directions of current health informatics research from the latest and existing studies in the health informatics domain. We analyse existing health informatics studies using a thematic analysis, so that justified sets of research agenda can be outlined on the basis of these findings. We selected articles that are published in the science direct online database. The selected 73 sample articles (published from 2014 to 2018 in premier health informatics journals) are considered as representative samples of health informatics studies. The analysis revealed ten topic areas and themes that would be of paramount importance for researchers and practitioners to follow. The findings provide an important foundational understanding for new health informatics studies.
Research Interests: Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, Informatics, Medical Informatics, and 14 moreLiterature, Health Informatics, Health, Research, Analysis, Business and Management, ACS, IS research, Themes, Emerging, Insights, Science and Technology Studies, Healthcare Information Systems, and Outlining
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Research Interests: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Ontology Development, Software Development, Web Development, and 11 moreDecision Support Systems, Knowledge Based System, Data Visualization, Decision Support, Knowledge Modeling, Knowledge Based Systems, Data Integrity, WEB DEVELOPMENT, Access Point, Dairy industry, and design environment
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A significant number of decision support systems (DSS) are available for rural applications. However, many of these have low adoption rates because they have been developed with little end-user engagement, limited ease of use by farmers,... more
A significant number of decision support systems (DSS) are available for rural applications. However, many of these have low adoption rates because they have been developed with little end-user engagement, limited ease of use by farmers, and the identified gap in ...
Research Interests: Engineering, Informatics, Knowledge Management, Decision Making, Decision Support Systems, and 12 moreEnvironmental Design, Decision support system, DSS, Decision support tool, Environment and Development, Knowledge Elicitation, Inofrmation systems, Domain Specificity, Development Process, Ease of Use, Dairy industry, and design environment
Research into Enterprises Resource Planning Systems (ERP) has shown a persistent pattern of varying failures across a range of organisations in a wide variety of industries.. Despite such disappointing results the uptake of ERP's in... more
Research into Enterprises Resource Planning Systems (ERP) has shown a persistent pattern of varying failures across a range of organisations in a wide variety of industries.. Despite such disappointing results the uptake of ERP's in both large and small enterprises have been phenomenal over the past decade. For example the US federal government alone is expected to spend $7.7 billion on ERP's by 2009. Corporations continue to buy ERP because they believe it will yield competitive advantage by increased ...
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Whilst IS academics have increasingly recognised the essence of Crowdsourcing systems for producing information from a large group of people, relevant knowledge of such solution design is still underdeveloped. Existing studies on the... more
Whilst IS academics have increasingly recognised the essence of Crowdsourcing systems for producing information from a large group of people, relevant knowledge of such solution design is still underdeveloped. Existing studies on the Crowdsourcing literature reveal that of the further research directions outlined, none discuss the investigation of Crowdsourcing from an IS design perspective. Through a systematic literature review of over 14 premier IS journals (2010-2017), we found 255 articles of which 63 were suitable for our analysis. From these papers, we identified the gaps in application areas and design issues. We suggest that IS research techniques will demonstrate models, issues, approaches and gaps to inform future research. We identify five application purposes and ten design issues, from the stakeholders and development techniques involved. The analysis suggests Crowdsourcing is an emerging field to which design science could be particularly appropriate.
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Population growth, at both the national and global level, will most certainly impact Canada’s climate, and, more broadly, its environment. While Canada’s population has been projected to continue to grow for many decades, what happens... more
Population growth, at both the national and global level, will most certainly impact Canada’s climate, and, more broadly, its environment. While Canada’s population has been projected to continue to grow for many decades, what happens elsewhere in terms of population growth will be particularly important to Canada. Although greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in Canada have levelled off somewhat over the last decade and a half, global emissions have continued to climb. As a direct result, with increased GHGs in the atmosphere, Canada’s northern climate has already been impacted in a major way with considerable warming, particularly in its most northern forests and Arctic ecosystems.L’accroissement de la population, autant à l’échelle nationale que mondiale, aura certainement un effet sur le climat au Canada et, plus largement, sur son environnement. Selon les projections, la population canadienne devrait continuer à augmenter pendant encore plusieurs décennies. Or, ce qui se passe aille...
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This paper presents a contemporary literature review of design science research (DSR) studies in the domain of decision support systems (DSS) development. The latest studies in the DSS design domain claim that DSR methodologies are the... more
This paper presents a contemporary literature review of design science research (DSR) studies in the domain of decision support systems (DSS) development. The latest studies in the DSS design domain claim that DSR methodologies are the most popular design approach, but many details are still yet to be revealed for supporting this claim. In particular, it is important to thoroughly investigate the trends in either the form or deeper insights in use of DSR in this field. The aim of this study is to analyse the existing DSS design science studies to reveal insights into the use of DSR, so that we can outline research agenda for a special issue, based on findings of analysis. We selected articles (from 2005 to 2014) that were published in seven selected premier IS journals (ranked as A* in the ABDC journal ranking). The selected 57 sample articles are representative of DSS design studies that used DSR in theorising, designing, implementing, and evaluating DSS solutions. We discuss the t...
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In many situations, driving is essential for senior citizens to maintain their independent lifestyle. A systematic literature review was conducted that summarized the age-related physical, visual and cognitive functional declines and... more
In many situations, driving is essential for senior citizens to maintain their independent lifestyle. A systematic literature review was conducted that summarized the age-related physical, visual and cognitive functional declines and their associated risk to driving. Based on these findings, we explored whether the skills required in playing Xbox Kinect video games were correlated with measures of driving performance among older drivers. Fifty-two participants, 65 years of age or older (Mean = 72; SD = 3.84; range 65 – 85 years; 29 males) who have access to a car and drive frequently were invited to play Just dance, Table Tennis (ping pong), Bowling, and Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training Exercises on an Xbox Kinect 360. Participants also completed a 25-minute on-road driving task along a predetermined route to assess and identify critical driving errors using a similar instrument as that used by a driving license tester. Bivariate correlation examined the relationship between game score...
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This chapter argues that diffusion theory models like the technology acceptance model (TAM) need to be rethought of in light of contextual factors that are becoming increasingly important in modern inter-organisational settings. This is... more
This chapter argues that diffusion theory models like the technology acceptance model (TAM) need to be rethought of in light of contextual factors that are becoming increasingly important in modern inter-organisational settings. This is due to the growing complexity of organizations with respect to different organisational types, contexts, and political structures that have been shown in research literature to hinder information systems acceptance. The chapter looks at possible contextual factors that are ignored by TAM by critiquing its parent diffusion theory (diffusion of innovations). This approach was considered best as there are many variations of TAM, but the diffusion of innovations (DOI) theory underlies all these variations. The chapter also recommends a way forward for research into inter-organisational information systems by examining an example situation of Feral Information Systems (FIS) to illustrate the problem. The chapter concludes with a discussion about future re...
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In this chapter, the authors explore a wide mixture of economic and social concepts. At first, the reader may wonder what these diverse theories have to do with Feral Information Systems (FIS). However, the research indicates that... more
In this chapter, the authors explore a wide mixture of economic and social concepts. At first, the reader may wonder what these diverse theories have to do with Feral Information Systems (FIS). However, the research indicates that understanding how these theoretical puzzle pieces interact with each other is important to increasing the understanding of what drives the End User to create Feral Information Systems.
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Qualitative research attempts to understand the complexities of the unstructured nature of information systems implementations. This lack of structure is primarily due to the complex interactions between social and technological factors... more
Qualitative research attempts to understand the complexities of the unstructured nature of information systems implementations. This lack of structure is primarily due to the complex interactions between social and technological factors within business. Qualitative research in these areas can provide insights into why information systems implementations have not been as successful as projected and can provide alternative solutions to many issues associated with political, social and gender aspects of organisations. The challenges ...
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This paper investigates the problem of feral systems creation as a possible response to an SAP/ERP systems type implementation in the supply chain work environment of a large corporation. In particular this paper examines a case study of... more
This paper investigates the problem of feral systems creation as a possible response to an SAP/ERP systems type implementation in the supply chain work environment of a large corporation. In particular this paper examines a case study of a SAP implementation where evidences of feral systems have been found. Using a case study approach and extensive interviews the researchers found that a SAP system was rigid, highly structured and ignored by elements of the social system. Moreover, it focused on ...
The use of wireless hand held devices is becoming popular in healthcare applications for data management. While the concept is attractive, difficulties encountered by nurses included the small size of the device, problems in fitting... more
The use of wireless hand held devices is becoming popular in healthcare applications for data management. While the concept is attractive, difficulties encountered by nurses included the small size of the device, problems in fitting current data collection forms into one screen of a handheld device and data entry using the'garfiti'option. It appears that prior studies, while highlighting the importance of wireless applications in healthcare, failed to ascertain factors that determine the adoption of these applications in hopitals. This study ...
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Research Interests: Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, Agronomy, Knowledge Management, and 12 moreDecision Making, Case Study Research, Agriculture, Decision support system, DSS, Knowledge Acquisition, Knowledge Based Systems, Expert knowledge, Dairy industry, Tailorable Systems, Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, and design environment
Purpose One may categorize assistive technologies for aged care into two types, namely, supportive (helping the elderly with their everyday activities) and empowering (obtaining physical or educational training to help seniors to maintain... more
Purpose One may categorize assistive technologies for aged care into two types, namely, supportive (helping the elderly with their everyday activities) and empowering (obtaining physical or educational training to help seniors to maintain their capabilities). This paper looks at the impact of this perspective in the adoption of technologies that are used to aid already declined functions in comparison with technologies that are used to empower an elderly person’s capabilities. The purpose of this paper is to extract the factors that influence adoption of assistive technologies among seniors and the theories used in this context. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review was conducted on relevant peer reviewed papers. A preliminary exploratory search was conducted to identify keywords and online databases for the search. A total of 104 papers published since 2000 were analyzed after title, abstract and full text filtering. Findings The study summarizes and categorize...
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Medical decision making takes place in a complex and dynamic environment, involving various individual and organisational stakeholders. In such contexts supportive information systems are required to be designed for practical efficacy,... more
Medical decision making takes place in a complex and dynamic environment, involving various individual and organisational stakeholders. In such contexts supportive information systems are required to be designed for practical efficacy, emphasising transparency, usability, and usefulness to their primary users. At the same time, they need to demonstrate improved efficiency and diagnostic accuracy. In addition, they also need to provide effective communication of relevant information. This paper describes the use of design science to develop and evaluate a DSS incorporated into online tools to support sleep physician’s diagnosis of sleep disorders. The design science approach offers guidance for developing this solution, that ensure the artefacts fit into their usage context, and that development and evaluation principles that generalise to similar problem domains are identified. How this project fits in the design science guidelines is specified, thus demonstrating how this philoso...
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Go to AGRIS search. Expert system developed as an aid to the testing of milking machines. ...
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Research into Enterprises Resource Planning Systems (ERP) has shown a disconcerting failure of implementations in organisations. This is alarming considering the phenomenal industry uptake of ERP's over the past decade. The reasons... more
Research into Enterprises Resource Planning Systems (ERP) has shown a disconcerting failure of implementations in organisations. This is alarming considering the phenomenal industry uptake of ERP's over the past decade. The reasons for such failure are not forthcoming however it is argued that domination of a positivist research paradigm gives little or no insight into why ERP's fail. Such research approaches are insufficient in that the focus is on surface elements (ie empirical data from one perspective) and cannot account ...
This paper presents a contemporary literature review of design science research (DSR) studies in the domain of decision support systems (DSS) development. The latest studies in the DSS design domain claim that DSR methodologies are the... more
This paper presents a contemporary literature review of design science research (DSR) studies in the domain of decision support systems (DSS) development. The latest studies in the DSS design domain claim that DSR methodologies are the most popular design approach, but many details are still yet to be revealed for supporting this claim. In particular, it is important to thoroughly investigate the trends in either the form or deeper insights in use of DSR in this field. The aim of this study is to analyse the existing DSS design science studies to reveal insights into the use of DSR, so that we can outline research agenda for a special issue, based on findings of analysis. We selected articles (from 2005 to 2014) that were published in seven selected premier IS journals (ranked as A* in the ABDC journal ranking). The selected 57 sample articles are representative of DSS design studies that used DSR in theorising, designing, implementing, and evaluating DSS solutions. We discuss the theoretical positions of DSR for DSS development through six categories: DSS artefacts, DSR methods, DSR views, user involvement, DSS design innovations and problem domains. The findings indicate that new studies are needed to fill the knowledge gap in DSS design science, for more solid theoretical basis in near future.
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