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Individual Emergence in Contextual Analysis

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Author

  • Peter Bednar

Summary, in English

Located within the tradition of Hermeneutic Dialectics (HD) this paper offers an approach which can further an analysis of a fit between information and organizational systems. Drawn upon Information Systems Development projects a relationship between theory and practice is aided through a multi-disciplinary approach to sense making activity. Using a contemporary version of contextual analysis to understand a way in which individuals construct adapt and create meaning from their environment offers a route to improve a systems analysis process. This type of enquiry into contextual dependencies of knowledge creation can help direct a development of systems that have the intention to serve specific organizational actors and their needs. Combining methods outside of a traditional polar divide, sense making research undertaken within a systems thinking arena can enrich understanding by complementing qualitative and / or quantitative analysis with reflective depth. Drawing together interdisciplinary strands through a critical systems thinking approach offers new levels of professionalism for computer- and management-, practitioners or researchers in the 21st Century.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

23-38

Publication/Series

Systemica

Volume

14

Issue

1-6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Dutch Systems Group / Lincoln Research Centre

Topic

  • Information Systems, Social aspects

Keywords

  • Contextual Dependencies
  • Sense making
  • Systems Thinking
  • Contextual Analysis
  • Contextual Inquiry
  • Strategic Systemic Thinking
  • Critically Informed Systems Analysis.

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0167-9961