Title

Information Technology And Hegelian Inquiring Organizations

Abstract

This chapter demonstrates how Hegelian inquiring systems may be applied to wicked problem situations and knowledge work and how Hegelian inquiring organizations are well suited for the discontinuous environments of the new world of business (Malhotra, 1997, 2000). In addition, the chapter discusses how Hegelian organizations and how emerging information technologies can support Hegelian processes, especially the Hegelian dialectic. We claim that extant information systems (IS) are not suitable for wicked situations due to their rigidity, which stems from a philosophical basis of logical positivism, coupled with the prevailing functionalistic, technology-driven IS development models. The need for a new approach is suggested, based on a multiple perspective pluralistic approach. © 2005, Idea Group Inc.

Publication Date

12-1-2005

Publication Title

Inquiring Organizations: Moving from Knowledge Management to Wisdom

Number of Pages

22-45

Document Type

Article; Book Chapter

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-309-8.ch002

Socpus ID

34547685395 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/34547685395

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