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Soft design science methodology
Richard L. Baskerville,Jan Pries-Heje,John R. Venable +2 more
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In this paper, a soft design science approach is proposed to improve human organizations through the activities of design, development, instantiation, evaluation and evolution of a technological artifact, which merges the common design science research process and the iterative soft systems methodology.Abstract:
This paper proposes and evaluates a soft systems approach to design science research. Soft Design Science provides an approach to the development of new ways to improve human organizations, especially with consideration for social aspects, through the activities of design, development, instantiation, evaluation and evolution of a technological artifact. The Soft Design Science approach merges the common design science research process (design, build-artifact, evaluation) together with the iterative soft systems methodology. The design-build artifact-evaluation process is iterated until the specific requirements are met. The generalized requirements are adjusted as the process continues to keep alignment with the specific requirements. In the end, the artifact represents a general solution to a class of problems shown to operate in one instance of that class of problems. The proposed methodology is evaluated by an analysis of how it differs from, and could have informed and improved, a published design science study, which used a design-oriented action research method.read more
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Positioning and presenting design science research for maximum impact
Shirley Gregor,Alan R. Hevner +1 more
TL;DR: This essay aims to help researchers appreciate the levels of artifact abstractions that may be DSR contributions, identify appropriate ways of consuming and producing knowledge when they are preparing journal articles or other scholarly works, and understand and position the knowledge contributions of their research projects.
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Design Science Research in Information Systems
Alan R. Hevner,Samir Chatterjee +1 more
TL;DR: Information systems as composed of inherently mutable and adaptable hardware, software, and human interfaces provide many unique and challenging design problems that call for new and creative ideas.
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Systemic Design Principles for Complex Social Systems
TL;DR: This work presents a reasoned attempt to reconcile the shared essential principles common to both fundamental systems theories and design theories, based on meta-analyses and a synthesis of shared principles.
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Is the demographic dividend an education dividend
TL;DR: Using a global panel of countries, it is found that after the effect of human capital dynamics is controlled for, no evidence exists that changes in age structure affect labor productivity and that improvements in educational attainment are the key to explaining productivity and income growth.
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