A Literature Review of Coordination Mechanisms: Contrasting Organization Science and Information Systems Perspectives
Series
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
ISBN
9783319579542
Type
book section
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Aveiro, David
Pergl, Robert
Guizzardi, Giancarlo
Almeida, Jose
Magalhães, Rodrigo
Lekkerkerk, Hans
Research Team
IWI1, ACG
Abstract
Information systems (IS) research has long been promoting the necessity of aligning local IS investments in organizations with their enterprise-wide objectives. One of the prominent means to realize such an alignment are mechanisms that coordinate various stakeholders in different organizational entities. Despite its prominent origins and manifold translations from organization science (OS), there is no coherent body of coordination theory. The research at hand con-ducts a literature review of coordination mechanisms to offer a more coherent understanding of coordination for prospective IS research. To this end and structured in eight categories of mechanisms, we contrast a reflection of coordination in OS and IS research. We also discuss how IS studies follow and complement OS research, outlining implications for future research.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Business Innovation
Book title
Advances in Enterprise Engineering XI
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publisher place
Cham
Volume
284
Start page
220
End page
233
Event Title
7th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference (EEWC)
Event Location
Antwerp, Belgium
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Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
250820
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