TY - GEN
T1 - Action design research
T2 - IFIP WG 8.3 DSS 2014 Open Conference
AU - MACKRELL, Dale
AU - MCDONALD, Craig
N1 - Funding Information:
In this phase, the construction of operational BI artifacts (that is, a data warehouse as the initial step to BI) takes place progressively in Connections ACT. The aim is to utilize available resources - student teams, funding from grants, university technical expertise, community support, and open source software options. This phase is ongoing, incremental, decidedly empirical, and heavily iterative with two to four student teams each semester allocated to the project until the planned implementation of a data warehouse in late 2014. The current iteration of the project (semester 2 in 2013) is ambitious with four student teams refining, amending and extending the work of the first two teams as they leverage off the previous semester’s achievements.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The needs of non-profit organizations for accountability are no less than that of for-profit or public sector organizations, yet typically they allocate resources to front-line activities rather than organizational systems. A research and development project is being conducted that aims to develop a conceptual framework which would guide organizations in the non-profit sector in improving their decision-making and reporting performance through the adoption of business intelligence solutions. This paper uses and reflects on Action Design Research, a contemporary socio-technical approach that draws on action research and design research, as a means for framing the project's processes, products, and context. This paper contributes to the understanding of Action Design Research by reflecting on what it reveals about the case study and how related theories for 'design and action' such as small wins and user participation can be brought into the Action Design Research framework.
AB - The needs of non-profit organizations for accountability are no less than that of for-profit or public sector organizations, yet typically they allocate resources to front-line activities rather than organizational systems. A research and development project is being conducted that aims to develop a conceptual framework which would guide organizations in the non-profit sector in improving their decision-making and reporting performance through the adoption of business intelligence solutions. This paper uses and reflects on Action Design Research, a contemporary socio-technical approach that draws on action research and design research, as a means for framing the project's processes, products, and context. This paper contributes to the understanding of Action Design Research by reflecting on what it reveals about the case study and how related theories for 'design and action' such as small wins and user participation can be brought into the Action Design Research framework.
KW - Action Design Research (ADR)
KW - Business intelligence
KW - Data warehouse
KW - Decision-making
KW - Non-profit organization
KW - Sense-making
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84902277291&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-399-5-291
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-399-5-291
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781614993988
VL - 261
T3 - Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
SP - 291
EP - 302
BT - DSS 2.0 – Supporting decision making with new technologies
A2 - Phillips-Wren, Gloria
A2 - Carlsson, Sven
A2 - Respicio, Ana
A2 - Brezillon, Patrick
PB - IOS Press
CY - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Y2 - 2 June 2014 through 5 June 2014
ER -