An Introduction to MultiAgent Systems.

Human beings are described by many spiritual traditions as ‘blind’ or ‘asleep’ or ‘in a dream.’ These terms refers to the limited attenuated state of consciousness of most human beings caught up in patterns of conditioned thought, feeling and perception, which prevent the development of our latent, higher spiritual possibilities. In the words of Idries Shah: “Man, like a sleepwalker who suddenly ‘comes to’ on some lonely road has in general no correct idea as to his origins or his destiny.” In some religious traditions, such as Christianity and Islam, the myth of the ‘Fall from the Garden of Eden’ symbolizes the loss of the primordial state through the veiling of higher consciousness. Other traditions use similar metaphors to describe the spiritual condition of humanity:

The Human Condition.

What makes organizations so similar? We contend that the engine of rationalization and bureaucratization has moved from the competitive marketplace to the state and the professions. Once a set of organizations emerges as a field, a paradox arises: rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them. We describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative—leading to this outcome. We then specify hypotheses about the impact of resource centralization and dependency, goal ambiguity and technical uncertainty, and professionalization and structuration on isomorphic change. Finally, we suggest implications for theories of organizations and social change.

The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields (Chinese Translation)

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Qualitative Research in Information Systems

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) : Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy

The purpose of this study is to understand how context shapes online banking implementation process and service content in a developing country environment. Information systems studies on online banking has focused more on adoption and use in context and not how the context shapes the innovation process and the content. Less is therefore known about context as an active agent in online banking initiatives. To address this gap, this study followed the context, content and process framework as theoretical lens and interpretive case study methodology to trace an online banking implementation in a developing country. The findings reveal contextual factors that shaped the process and forced it to deliver basic information and account services rather than the intended advanced transactional, investment, interbank and payment services. The paper’s contribution stems from its unveiling of context as an active agent in online banking innovation.

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Contextual Effects on Online Banking Implementation Process and Service Content: A Case Study in Ghana

Digital Bricolage: Creating a Digital Transformation from Nothing

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Institutionalisation of Health Insurance Digital Claims Platform.

An E-Support Firm’s Response to Local E-Readiness and the Global E-Business Environment", IN Alshawi, M. & Arif, M. (Eds.) Cases on E-Readiness and Information Systems Management in Organizations: Tools for Maximizing Strategic Alignment

Biometric systems offer opportunities for developing countries to address citizen identification challenges. In recent years, biometric systems have been deployed at the national and sector levels ...

John Effah

Papers

Contextual Effects on Online Banking Implementation Process and Service Content: A Case Study in Ghana

Digital Bricolage: Creating a Digital Transformation from Nothing

Institutionalisation of Health Insurance Digital Claims Platform.

An E-Support Firm’s Response to Local E-Readiness and the Global E-Business Environment", IN Alshawi, M. & Arif, M. (Eds.) Cases on E-Readiness and Information Systems Management in Organizations: Tools for Maximizing Strategic Alignment

From national to sector level biometric systems: the case of Ghana