Research as an information systems domain - Information Systems Foundations: Constructing and Criticising - page 151

This paper has looked at IS and its application to the research domain. Some IS founda-
tions this review has exposed are: ICT as tools verses ICT as instruments in systems; as-
pects of human activity systems as they present in research; the need for integration of
systems that address data, information and knowledge; and an approach to integrating
research and practice.
The way forward would be to select a small research area, see it as a human activity
system and knowledge domain, look to understanding and formalising it in IS terms,
and developing IT-based systems that responsibly intervene in it for the benefit of all
stakeholders.