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Sustainable information systems: a knowledge perspective

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Title:

Sustainable information systems: a knowledge perspective

Author(s):

Laura Ma?rus¸ter, Niels R. Faber, Kristian Peters

Journal:

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

Year:

2008

Volume:

10

Issue:

3

Page:

218 - 231


ISSN:

1328-7265


DOI:

10.1108/13287260810916925

Publisher:

Emerald Group Publishing Limited


Acknowledgements:

The authors would like to thank the two anonymous reviewers who helped us improving the paper.

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Abstract:

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a re-orientation of the way the concept of sustainability is dealt with in relation to information systems, positioning human behaviour and the processing of knowledge at the centre of the concept.

Design/methodology/approach – The concept of sustainability of knowledge (SoK), which refers to processes that govern knowledge, is employed to define sustainable information systems (SIS). Following this definition, knowledge aspects are employed to tackle the notion of sustainability. The sustainability approach presented in this paper is then translated into requirements needed for designing a SIS.

Findings – Three knowledge aspects are found to be relevant for the design of SIS: adaptability, offloading and knowledge evaluation. The service oriented-based architecture (SOA) seems to be appropriate to support the proposed approach.

Research limitations/implications – The conceptual approach proposed need to be evaluated by case studies to be performed in different organizations.

Originality/value – A knowledge based perspective is proposed to re-orient the notion of sustainability. Moreover, an SOA architecture is used to design a system based on the proposed approach.

Keywords:

Information systems, Knowledge management, Stakeholders analysis, Sustainable development


Article Type:

Conceptual paper


Article URL:

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/13287260810916925

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