INDEX FOR FOUNDATIONS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

14 July 2017

Key: Where whole sections or sub-sections are relevant to the entry, they are indicated by "§C-a(ppp-qq)" and "§C-a.b(ppp-qq)" where C is chapter number, a, b are section and subsection numbers, and ppp-qq is its page range.

- A -

absolutization 37, 68, 117, 236

abstraction 56–7, 57, 286

  • see also world being studied

    academia, theorizing tendency 388

    acceptance of technology 164–6, 200–6

    accessibility 158, 183, 199

    acculturation 278, 295

    accuracy (of information) 199

    action research 99, 101

    Actor-Network Theory 162, 197, 273, 328, 411

    Adam, Alison 80, 275, 296

    Adobe Acrobat Reader 224, 347

    advertisements 267

    aesthetic aspect 35, 50, 67, 77, 99–100, 103, 118–9, 288, 296, 302, 307, 333, 405, and in most tables, passim

  • of ICT 134, 138, 181, 190, 198, 242, 294, 342, 349, 350, 356, 357–8, 362

    Affluent North 161, 196

  • see also Western culture

    affluenza 283, 306

    affordance 11, 19, 118, 137, 170, 207–8, 211–2, 221, §7-2.3(228–32), 236, §7-3.3(238–43), 375, 387, 401, 404–5, 412

  • agent 139, 230, 239

  • agent aspect 239, 242, 244

  • aspects of 239, Table 7.1, 387

  • classifying (types / kinds) 239–42, 387

  • environment aspect 239

  • meaning to agent 232, 238–9

  • secondary aspect 239

    agency 139, 297

  • see also structure and agency

    agent see affordance

    agile development approaches 324, 343, 359–61, 406

    agriculture 3.1, Figure 8.4

  • see also expert system, Wheat Counsellor

    Ahmad, Hawa 105, 208

    Aiyenitaju-Adewolu, Opeoluwa 106

    algorithms 13, 136, 141, 221–5, 234, 247, 251, 274, 330

    Allmer, Matt 330, 337, Table 9.3

    Amiga (computer) xvi, 144, 181, 182, 188

  • structure browser 144

    Amish communities 273

    analytic aspect 35, 51, 74, 82, 99–100, 133, 288, and in most tables, passim

  • of ICT 131–3, 137, 144, 180, 245, 255, 310, 346–9, 358

    ancient manuscripts 125

    animals 48, 169

    animation 158, 180

    antecipatory dependency 71, 200, 239, 244, 245, 252–3, 359, 362, 374, 401

    anti-capitalist movement 295, 412

    anticipating use 336, §9-5(343–9), 349, 388, 400

  • aspects of 346–8

    antinomy (incl. method of) 53, 66, 69, 279, 386

    Apache servers 127

    Apologetics 99, 297

    Apple Computer 181–2

    application program interfaces (APIs) 323

    applications of ICT 226

  • overlooked by the IS field 173, 208

    appropriateness 207, 221, §7-2.4.2(234–6), 236, §7-3.4(243–4), 258, 387, 405, 412

    Aristotle 21, 33, 84, 381

    artefacts §5-2.4(119–21), 299, 320

  • function of 119

  • see also ICT artefact

    artificial intelligence (AI) 24, 127, §5-6(145–9), 158, 161, 325, 352, 375, 394, 386, 410

    aspect 35–6, 102, 114, 177, §3-7(67–74), §3-8(74–83), 375, 384, 387–8, 392, passim

  • see also law-sphere; meaningfulness

    aspects:

  • coherence/conflict of 70–3, 286

  • delineation of §3-6(63–7), 243

  • elevation of 63, 294, 311–3, 381, 386

  • equal importance of 68–9

  • groups of 69

  • intuition of 68–9, 96, 103, 129, 243, 334, 400

  • irreducibiliyy of 26, 35, 66, 69, 136, 148, 207, 359

  • kernel meaning 68, 102

  • neighbouring 309

  • order of 72

  • overlooking see neglected aspects

  • philosophical roles of §3-8(74–83)

  • reaching out see target aspects

  • simultaneity of 70

    Aspect-oriented programming / approach 236, 252–3, 322, 333, 413

    aspects of knowledge 19

    aspectual analysis 102, §4-4.2(103–8), 202, 205, 208, 311–3, 354, 400, 406

  • qualitative 105–7

  • quantitative 106–8

  • see also many tables, which contain examples

    aspectual beings 85, 129, 136

    Aspectual Engagements Framework 154–5, §6-3(174–94), 194, 212–3, 311–3, 386, 400, 403–5, 410–11

    aspectual heatmap 193, 209–10

    aspectual normativity §3-7.5(73–4), 86, 89, 97, 121, 129, 195, 199, 312, 386–7, 405, 412

  • see also multi-aspectual; normativity

    aspectual opening 49–50, 303–4, 307–8, 313, 387, 412

    aspectual profiles 106

    aspectual targets see target aspects

    Asperger Syndrome xv

    aspiration 265, 311–3

    assembler language 321

    assumptions 190, 278, 344, 416

    attitude 134, 204, 400, 417

  • of programmers / developers 322, 341

  • of society 271–2, 311–3

    attribution-meaning 32, 78

    audio-visual-haptic channels 179

    - B -

    barcharts 222–3

    Bartle, Richard 164, 329, 331, 334, 407

    Basden, Andrew passim

    battery power 182

    being (existence, things) §3-9(83–9), 114

  • multiple 75

  • misunderstanding of 38

  • modes of 75, 84–5

    being-as-meaning 33, 84–7, 114, 127, 299, 391, 410

    being-in-itself 114, 127, 139

    being-in-the-world 46, 114, 127, 139

    beliefs and commitments 79, 272, 359

    benefits (esp. of ICT) 73, 165, 176, 191–2, 202, 311–3, 344, 378, 404, 410

    Bergson, Henri 21, 49, 82

    Bergvall-Kåreborn,, Birgitta 87

    Bhaskar, Roy 52, 56

    Biblical ground-motive 42, 58, 94–6

  • see also Creation-Fall-Redemption

    big data 125, 134–5, 161, 189, 267, 401–2

    biodiversity 169, 205

    bits, bit patterns 123, 125, 130

    black box (ICT as) 170, 211, 226, 259, 282

    blogs 292, 332

    blue ocean ideas xv, 351

    bodies of knowledge 9, 50, 55–8, 101, 281

    boilerplate code 322, 341

    boundary critique 348

    Bourdieu, Pierre 8, 30, 81, 278–9, 381

    Breems, Nick 48, 77, 139, 175, 193, 205

    Buber, Martin 43

    bullying (cyber-) 168, 264, 289

    Bunge, M. 41, 64

    Bunge-Wand-Weber KR ontology 235

    Burrell & Morgan (paradigms) 100, 327

    - C -

    C, C++ 322

    Call of Duty (game) 135, 142, 329

    capta 125, 130

    category errors 69

    CATWOE 198, 346

    causality 70, 77, 146

  • see also repercussions

    Checkland, Peter 64, 198

    chief information officer 157

    Choi, Yong-Joon 41

    Christian:

  • believers 44

  • faith / ideas xv, 43–4, 268, 306

  • Philosophy 42, 44, 393

  • thought/thinkers 41–2

    Churchman, C. West 42, 335, 348

    Clash of Clans (game) 142, 189, Table 6.3, 329, 350–1

    Client-Centred Approach 324

    climate change 169, 205, 264, 289, 290–2, 311–3, 342, 404–5, 411

    climate modelling 173

    cloud computing 272

    Clouser, Roy 34, 42–3, 58, 139

    CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) 8, 324, 357–9

    coding see program code, writing

    Cognitive Dimensions 158, 194, 233

    cognitive effort 180

    coherence of meaning(fulness) 34–5, 38, 58, 68, 71, 80, 380

  • see also aspects, coherence

    communities of practice 7, 162, 172

    community of thought 58

    complex shape 223, 234, 251, 253

    Computer Aided Design (CAD) 173, 208

    computer games 142–3, 163, 180, 185, 189, 198–9, 208–9, 242, 304, 329–31, 385, 386, 401–2, 403, 410–11

  • development of 329–31, 354–6, Table 6.3, 401, 407

  • principles of development 330, 348, 352, 354–5

  • theory of 330–1, 407

    computer graphics 158

    computer languages 321, 350

  • see also programming languages

    computer music and art 163, 198

    computer procrastination 175, 193–4, 205, 403

    computer programming see programming

    computer science 11, 20, 220, Figure 8.4, 322, 385, 394

    computer system levels 136, 414

    computers 3, 179, §5-4(135–41), Table 5.3, 179, 386, 414

  • mainframe 156

    concept formation 38

    confidentiality 264

    Cook, Olive 165, 202

    covenant with players 331, 334, 352, 356

    creating the ICT artefact 336, §9-4(339–43), 388, 407

  • aspects of 340–2

    Creation, Fall and Redemption (CFR ground-motive) 39, 41, 148, 386, 415

  • see also Biblical ground-motive

    creationism, fundamentalist 42

    critical approach/theory 98

  • see socio-critical approach/theory

    Critical Realism 24, 521, 414

    Critical Systems Heuristics 162

    Critical Systems Thinking 98, 162, 197–8

    cross-cultural understanding 132, 400, 406

    cross-cutting concerns 236, 252, 322

  • across areas 377–8

    crowd-sourcing 354

    crowdfunding 264, 289

    cultural expectations (UI) 181

    cyberloafing 168, 264, 289

    cyberspace 113, 139

    cyborg 113, 139

    - D -

    Data and Reality (Kent) 235

    data mining 125, 134, 189, 224, 267, 326, 354

    data / information quality 164, 199, 403

    data warehousing 125, 161

    data, information and knowledge 125, Table 5.2, 386, 410

    de Certeau, Michel 30

    de Saussure, Ferdinand 45

    decision support systems 161, 325

    demonization 295, 311–3

  • see also idolatry; pistic aspect

    denial-of-service attack 390

    dependency see inter-aspect dependency

  • antecipatory dependency

  • retrocipation

    Descartes, Rene 22, 38, 46

  • see also subject-object relationship

    Design Patterns 236, 322, 333

    design science 61, 158

    design, coding and testing 336, 342, 388, 401

  • see also programming

    detached observer 57

    determinacy/ism 146, 237

  • see also technological determinism

    detrimental impact 73, 311–3, 344, 378, passim

    developing nations / world 156, 266

  • see also Two-Thirds World; Global South

    diffusion of innovations (DoI) 273

    digital divide 266, 270–1, 287, 292, Table 8.2, 294–5, 311, 379, 387, 406, 412

    digital marketing 390, 408

    digital nomads 360

    digital preservation 132–4, 401–2

    disciplines (fields) §3-5(59–63)

    Disclosive Systems Thinking 162–197

    discourses passim, 103

  • inter-discourse 388

  • missing 386

  • silos of 173, 208–9, 386

    diversity §3-1(34–7), 68, 384

  • see also meaningfulness

    divine (Origin) 34, 39, 58

    documentation 320, 322, 341, 343

    documents / books 86, 131, 386

    domain knowledge 326, 333, 351

  • eliciting 353–4

  • exceptions in 352

  • experts 353

  • relevance 351

    domain ontology 350–1, 405

    domain understanding 336, §9-6(349, 56), 388

    Dooyeweerd Pages (website) xii, 417

    Dooyeweerd's philosophy / thought Chapter 3, 388, passim

  • application of Chapters 5–9, 373, 381, 416–8

  • history of 26

  • testing 149–50, 415

  • usefulness of 44, Chapters 10–12

    Dooyeweerd's suite of aspects §3-6(63–7), 102, 212–3, 245, 258, 311–3, 375, 394, and in most tables

  • advantages of 67

  • incompleteness of 66

    Dooyeweerd, Herman passim, 8, 26–7, Chapter 3, 391–2

  • criticism of 392–4, 419

  • on aspects §3-6(63–7), §3-7(67–74), §3-8(74–83)

  • on being §3-9

  • on good/evil (normativity) §3-7.5(73–4), §3-8.5(83)

  • on knowledge §3-8.4(80–3), 196

  • on meaning §3-1.2(33–6)

  • on philosophy §3-2(37–41)

  • on pre-theoretical thought §3-1.1(30–2)

  • on religion 42–3

  • on science §3-5(59–62)

  • on subject-object §3-3.1(45–9)

  • on theoretical thought §3-4(50–9)

  • on time §3-3.2(49–50)

  • presuppositions of 30–3, 42–4, 55

    dot-com bubble 284

    down-to-earth issues xii, 6, 105, 160, 172, 207, 324, 328–9, 389, 400, 411

  • see also everyday experience

    download time 183

    dualism 41–3, 160, 385, 386–7

  • see also ground-motives

    duality of structure 276

    -E -

    e-government 181, 269–70, 271–2, 287, 292–6, 311–3, 379, 387

    ease of use §3-2.1(157–8), 164–6, 176, 194, 233, 402, 410

    Ebay 271, 332

    ecological psychology 170, 229

    economic aspect 35, 70, 99–100, 118, 287, 299, 301, and in most tables, passim

  • elevation of 72, 195, 357, 360

  • of ICT 138, 181, 268, 270, 304, 310, 348–9

    economic growth 270–2, 303, 412

    economy, the 286, 292–3, 300, 301, 302, 306

    ecosystem valuing 412

    education, ICT in 208

    Egoless Programming 341

    electronic health/medical records 106–7, 171, 208

    electronics (components) 137

    emancipation 169, 206, 277–9, 348

  • enforced 53, 279, 358

    emancipatory approaches 53, 327, 358–9

    emergence 72, 146, 148, 410

    emerging topics (future) 408

    Encyclopedia Britannica 64

    end-users 320, 344

    enframing 116–8, 122–3

    engaging in life with ICT (ELI) 142, 176, 178, 181, §6-3.6(191–4), 212, 221, 242, 288, 345, 354, 378, 386, passim

    engaging with interface and technology (EIT) 176, 178, §6-3.4(179–84), 212, 221, 242, 288, 345, 354, 378, 386, 402, passim

    engaging with meaningful content (EMC) 122, 142, 176–7, 178, 180, §6-3.5(184–91), 191, 199, 209, 212, 221, 242, 288, 345, 354, 378, 386, 402, 410, passim

  • quality of 190

  • see also meaningful content

    engaging with represented content 175

  • see also engaging with meaningful content

    enkapsis 88–9, 102, 177, 195, 198, 301, 312, 363, 392, 411, 415

  • correlative 88, 135, 198, 237, 299–303, 311–3, 375, 387, 406

  • foundational 88, 129, 136, 237

  • subject-object 88, 198

  • symbiotic 88, 198

  • territorial 88, 198

    environment:

  • affordance 230, 239

  • of humanity see climate change

  • see also responsibility to

    epistemology 20

    ergonomics 137, 157, 179, 194

    Eriksson, Darek 98, 203

    essentialism 33, 39, 52, 85, 207, 275

    ethical aspect xiii, 35, 99–100, 118, 134, 205–6, 289, 294, 298, 301–2, 306, 311–3, 387, 402, 405, 412, and in most tables, passim

  • dysfunction in (self-interest) 79, 204–6, 211, 242, 251, 287, 291, 294, 305–6, 359, 387

  • elevation of 83

  • neglecting 202–3, 211, 242, 286, 294, 305, 351, 360–1

  • of ICT 133, 138, 181–2, 268, 349, 358–9

    ethics 83, 204, 386

  • of artificial intelligence 145, 149

  • of ICT use 167–8, 404, 411

  • of systemic life 305

  • theories of (consequentialist, deontological, discourse, feminist, virtue) 83, 168, 206, 275

  • see also ICT ethics

    ETHICS (Mumford & Weir 1979) 160

    eudaimomina see shalom

    everyday experience passim, xii, 4, §1-2.2(6–9), 14, 21, 30–2, 37, 41, 46–8, 51–2, 82, 93, 102, 174, 191, 207, 337, 386–7, 411, 413

  • as starting-point §3-1.1(30–2), 43, 50–1, 145, 174, 197, 311–3, 321, 377–8, 391

  • disregarding 37, 142, 163, 169, 172, 198, 213, 279, 281–2, 285–6, 327–8, 380

  • respect for 30, 43, 66, 126, 154–5, 157, 163, 194, 272, 312, 321, 334, 357, 388, 409

  • of ICT 93, 113, 144, 174–6, 178, 184, 191, 207–8, 226, 272, 321, 377–8

  • of things 84

  • see also pre-theoretical

    everyday life 5–6, 400

  • see also everyday experience

    everyday life domains see life domains

    everyday perspective 386–8, 409

  • see also everyday experience, respect for

    evil §3-7.5(73–4), 311–3

  • towards 284

  • see also normativity

    evolutionary approaches (ISD) 327

    existence see being

    existence as meaningfulness 84

  • see also being-as-meaning

    expert systems 161, 304, 325–6, 352

  • explanation facility 347

  • ELSIE 326, 347–8

  • MYCIN 161, 350, 352

  • Stress Corrosion Cracking 326, 347, 353

  • Wheat Counsellor 326, 344, 347

  • see also knowledge-based systems

    expressing knowledge 322, 325, 343, 350

    external variables (TAM) 165–6, 200–2

    Extreme Programming 335

    - F -

    Facebook 271, 284, 348

    Facematch 284

    fact-side 45

  • see also subject-object-side

    Faraday, Michael 44

    fashion, technological or social 380

    feature (ICT) 221, 226

  • see also ICT features

    feminist stance / thought 275, 287, 296, 305

    field see disciplines

    field of information systems see information systems field

    file compression 133

    file formats 253–8, 401, 405, 412

    Fitts' Law 179

    flask disk 182

    Floridi, Luciano 124

    Form-Matter ground-motive 38, 39, 147

    formative aspect 8, 35, 50, 70–1, 99–100, 119, 122–3, 129, 133, 197, 206, 287, 296, 298, and in most tables, passim

  • elevation of 103, 117, 196, 211, 286, 305–6

  • of information and ICT 89, 122–3, 129–33, 137, 144, 179–80, 190, 200, 238, 255, 268, 304, 309–10, 341, 349, 358–60, 361

    Foucault, Michel 24, 51, 59, 89, 267, 278–9, 381

    foundational dependency see retrocipation

    foundational frameworks for understanding passim, 16, 111, 175–7, 280, 375–6, 381–2, 388, 395–6, Table 12.3, Table 12.4, 416

  • of ICT and society Chapter 8

  • of ICT development Chapter 9, 334

  • of ICT features Chapter 7

  • of ICT use Chapter 6, 174

  • of nature of ICT Chapter 5

  • ICT and Information Systems as a whole §1-5(15–16), Chapter 10, passim

    founding aspect 86

    frameworks for understanding see foundational frameworks

    Frankfurt School 277

    Freecycle 293, 304

    freedom 74, 146, 238, 273–4, 283, 388

  • see also Nature-freedom ground-motive

    fun 329, 348, 356

    function hooks 252

    functional relationships 87, 302

    functioning 46, 48–9, §3-8.2(77–80)

  • as object 46–9, 137–9, 386

  • as subject 46–9, 137–9, 386

  • aspectual 175–8, 311–3, 386

  • multiplied 264–5, 288–92, 387

    future orientation 320, 388

    - G -

    Gadamer, Hans-Georg 33, 99, 124

    gambling (online) 264, 292

    gameplay 188, 329–30, 400, 402

    games see computer games

    gamification 331, 356, 407

    Geertsema, Henk 46, 51–5, 70, 274, 305

    Gegenstand 57–8, 66, 68, 87, 126, 353, 415

    gender and information systems 274–5, 296–7

    geographic information systems (GIS) 173, 208

    Gibson, JJ. 229, 232, 239

    Giddens, Anthony 64, 275, 279, 297–9

    GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) 224

    Global South 161

  • see also developing world

  • Two-Thirds-World

    Goede, Roelien xix, 197

    good and evil §3-7.5(73–4), 311–3

  • see also normativity

    Google Earth 173, 337

    Google Maps 173, 225

    Google search xx, 226

    Goudzwaard, Bob 73, 272, 295

    Gramsci, Antonio 278, 295

    Greek ground-motive see Form-matter ground-motive

    Ground-Idea §3-5(59–60), 94–6, 98, 102, 288, 296, 381, 389, 392, 400, 414, 417

    ground-motive(s) 39–44, 102, 418, passim

  • dualistic §3-2.3(41), 58, 96, 151, 285–6, 311–3, 381, 385

  • see also Creation-fall-redemption; Form-matter; Korean thought; Nature-freedom; Nature-grace

    groupthink 168, 206, 325, 329

    gulfs of evaluation and execution 180

    - H -

    Habermas, Jürgen 24, 33, 40, 51, 64, 278–9, 285, 305, 381, 393

    Haftor, Darek see Eriksson, Darek

    Hard Systems Thinking 98, 197

    hardware 137, 179

    health informatics 171, 173, 207

    hedonic use (ICT) 163, 198

    Heidegger, Martin 24, 33, 38, 40, 46, 95, 114, 118, 146, 158, 176, 231, 258, 381

  • idea of technology 116–9, 123

  • see also subject-object conflation

    hermeneutic cycle 99

    Hermeneutic Turn see Linguistic Turn

    hermeneutics 24, 61, 124

    heuristic knowledge 352

    Hirschheim, Rudy 280–1, 327–8, 345, 358

    history of:

  • Dooyeweerd's thought 26

  • ICT 11, 156–7

  • information systems field 159, 174, 226–7, 280–1

  • philosophy 21–2, 39–40

  • theoretical thought 53

    holy wars 272

  • see also idolatry; loyalty

    home computing 163, 198, 403, 414

    HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) 180

    HTML 224, 254, 255, 257

    human being (incl. body) 137, 145–7

    human living with computers 175

  • see also engaging in life with ICT

    human-computer interaction (HCI) 11, Table 5.3, 157–8, 175, 176, 194, §6-3.4(179–84), 229, 233, 281, 385, 394, 402, 410

    Humanistic ground-motive see Nature-freedom ground-motive

    humankind's role, Biblical interpretation of 117

    humility 271

    Husserl, Edmund 24, 30, 59, 68

    - I -

    ICT (information and communication technology) passim, 3, 113, §5.2.5(121–3), 155

  • faith in 159

  • history of 11, 156–7

  • holistic view of 12

  • nature of see nature of ICT

  • see also information systems; life without ICT

    ICT and society Chapter 8, 97, 311–3, 375, 378–9, 382, 387, 391, 395, 405, 412

  • mutual interaction 272–3, 302–3, 387

    ICT artefact 135, 162, 226, 320, 350, passim

    ICT as infrastructure (Umwelt) 265, 270, 292, 303

    ICT developer 320

    ICT development 319, Chapter 9, 375, 378, 382, 388, 391, 395, 400, 406, 413

  • aspects of Table 9.4

  • formal / structured approaches 327

  • iterative methods 324

  • sequential methods 324

    ICT development guidelines 342

    ICT development, warrior role 345

    ICT Ethics 167–8, 204–5

  • see also ethics

    ICT evaluation 400

    ICT features Chapter 7, 170–1, 207, 237, Table 9.2, 375, 378–9, 382, 391, 395, 387, 401, 405, 411

  • design of §7-4(244–58), 387

  • quality 233–6, 243–4, 387, 405

    ICT in its wider environment 162, 197

    ICT products 226

  • see also ICT artefact

    ICT strategy 157

    ICT use Chapter 6, 154, 375, 378–9, 382, 391, 395, 386, 402, 410, 414

  • dysfunctional 168, 205

    ICT users see users

    Idolatry / idolization (esp. of technology) 79, 270, 272, 295–6, 311–3, 385, 387

  • see also pistic aspect

    IFF (file format) 257

    Immanence Standpoint / Philosophy §3-2.1(37–8), 46, 53, 69, 70, 72, 84, 94–6, 102, 113–4, 127, 150, 197, §8-3(285–7), 299, 337, 376, 380–1, 387, 391, 418

    immanent critique 52–4, 96, 418

    impact of ICT use see repercussions of ICT use

    inappropriateness 253

  • see also appropriateness

    individuality structures see type laws

    information §5-3(123–35), 125–6, Table 5.2, 167, 178, 184

  • limitations of 132

  • persistence of 132–3

  • theories of 123–7

    information and communication technology see ICT

    information and data quality 164, 165, §6-4.7(199–200), 202, 233

    information fulfilment / satisfaction 164, 348, 402

    information systems 3, 155, passim

  • see also ICT

    information systems development (ISD) Chapter 9, 319

  • see also ICT development

    information systems discipline see information systems field

    information systems field passim, 11, 14, 19, 174, 209–12, 273, §8-2.4(279–82), §8-6.3(308–10), Figure 8.4, 312, 326, 375–6, 379, 408, 414

  • contributions to 384–9

  • history of 159, 174, 226–7, 280–1

  • identity crisis 280–2

  • intellectual core 280–2, 387, 379

  • mandate of 305, 374, 387

  • mindset in xvi

  • problems in 80, 159, 163, 170, 173, 208, 326, 373–5

  • relationship with other fields 387, 414

    information systems research 9, 378, 380, 389, 414

    Information Systems Success Model (ISSM) 165, 202, 403

    information technology see ICT

    infrastructure 265, §8-4.3(292–6), 311, 387

  • aspects of 293–5, 300

  • being of 292

  • ethical aspect 294, 387

  • juridical aspect 387

  • multiple 292, 311–3

  • pistic aspect 295, 387

  • types of 292, 311

  • see also social structures

    innards (of computer) §5-5.4(143–4), 185, 222–4, 244, 387, 405, 412

  • appropriateness of 234, 236, 244, 253

  • aspectual §7-4.2(247–52)

    innovative use of ICT 167, 203–4, 336, 404, 411

    input and output 179

    institutions (social) 86, 89, 195

  • see also organizations

    Integrated Process Improvement 357

    integration of ideas 98–9, 386

    intensive use of ICT 167, 203–4, 404

    intention to use (ICT) 165, 202

    inter-aspect analogy 70–1, 238, 288, 387, 411, passim

    inter-aspect dependency 71, 129, 204, 206, 209, 302–3, 311–3, 350, 401–2, 411, passim

    inter-domain relationships 351–2

    interaction possibilities 221–6, 244, 387, 405, 412

  • appropriateness of 234, 236, 244

  • aspects of 245–7

    interdisciplinarity xiv, 7, passim

    interdisciplinary research 62, 103

    interface 125, Table 5.3, 143, §6-3.4(178–84), 221–6, Table 7.2, 328, 339

  • design of 158, 401

  • proximal / distal 180

  • visual 179

    interface objects 178, 179–80, 226

    Internet 156, 179, 290, 292, 300, 304, passim

  • fraud 168, 264

    Internet of Things 390

    interoperability (computer) 139, 224, 236, 253

    interpretation-meaning 32, 78

    interpretivist research approach 10, 39, 97, 99, 406

    intersubjectivity 33, 78–80, 313

    interview techniques 107

  • aspectual 103–5, 400, 406

  • meaningful issues 103

    intuition 7, 68–9, 82–3

  • of meaning 102, 400

  • see also aspects, intuition of

    IS see information systems, ICT

    ISD (information systems development) see ICT development

    isms 53

    - J -

    Java 322

    Jesus Christ 94

    Jevon's Paradox 290–1

    join points 252–3

    Joneidy, Sina 62, 106

    Jones, Gareth 35, 346

    JPEG 133, 224–5

    juridical aspect 35, 49, 72, 74, 99–100, 118, 196–7, 204–5, 206, 243, 278, 292, 298–9, 306, 312, 358, 359, and in most tables, passim

  • elevation of 83, 195, 211, 286, 288, 294, 296, 305

  • neglect of 195, 204, 288, 361

  • of information and ICT 131, 134, 138, 181, 190, 192, 268, 307, 342, 349, 358–9

    jurisprudence Figure 8.4

    - K -

    Kane, Suzanne 103–4

    Kant, Immanuel 21, 40, 51, 59, 283, 381

    Kantian gulf 51

    Kent, William 235–6, 243

    Key Issues in Information Systems Development xiii, 365–6

    Khojah, Ghadah 106

    Kimani, Alex 82, 196

    kinematic aspect 35, 66, 80, 179–80, 205, and in most tables

  • of ICT 137, 359–61

    Klein & Myers 1999 (paper) 58, 99

    Klein, Heinz K. xiii, 9, 52, 53, 56, 58, 97, 99, 106, 276, 278, 280–1, 325, 327, 358–9

    knowing, ways of §3-8.4(80–2)

    knowledge (as knowing) §3-8.4(80–2), 130–1, 152

  • types of Table 3.6

  • see also tacit knowledge

    knowledge (information) §5-3.2(125)

    knowledge acquisition / elicitation 336, 406

    knowledge engineer(ing) 325, 336, 353

  • see also domain understanding; anticipating use

    knowledge interests 51, 328

    knowledge management 125, 161–2, 196–7, 326

    knowledge representation 322

  • languages 325, 343

    knowledge-based systems (KBS) 161, 196–7, 325–6

  • see also expert systems

    Knuth, Donald 322, 329

    Korean thought 41

    Krishnan-Harihara, Subrahmanian 295–6

    Kuhn, Thomas 62, 81

    Kuyper, Abraham 26, 93

    - L -

    law 45

  • aspectual 45–6, 115, 350, 375, passim

  • see also law-...

    law-side (of reality) 45, 52, 68, 86, 141, 297, 391

  • and meaning 33, 114, 206, 237

  • in ICT use 191, 204–6

  • knowledge of 258, 338, 353

  • oceanic §3-3.1.1(45), 52, 132, 204, 207, 237, 297, 310, 377

  • self and time 49

  • see also ocean of meaningfulness; virtual law-side

    law-spheres 45, 68, 77, 387

  • see also aspects

    law-subject-object relationship §3-3.1(44–9), 57, 102, 149, 177, 191, 197, 203, 207, 238–9, 378, 386–7, 391, 402, 414

  • see also subject-object subject-subject

    leading aspect 86, 299, 361

    Learning to use ICT / computers 158, 167, 203–4

    Lee, Allen 24, 97, 160, 177, 196, 310

    life domains 6, 173, 208, 411

    life without ICT 266, 286, 304, 311, 406

    life-meaning 32, 78

    lifeworld 7, 30, 81, 132, 176, 181, 190, 276, 305

    lingual aspect passim, 35, 36, 45, Figure 3.2, 68, 71–3, 78, 80, 82, 99–100, 123, 133, 288, 292–3, 298, 311–3, 340, 358, and in most tables

  • elevation of 198

  • neglect of 83, 103, 195

  • of information / text 128–30, 133, 197, 255–7

  • of ICT 46–9, 50, 77, 121–3, 136, 138, 139, 144, 179–81, 190, 239–40, 268, 299, 300, 303–7, 309–10, 340, 342, 349, 351, 358, 360, 362, 374, 386–7, 412, 414

    lingual object (information) 128–9

    Linguistic Turn in philosophy 276, 392

    linguistics 61

    LinkedIn 332

    LISP (language) 352

    Listen, Affirm, Critique, Enrich (LACE) 96–9, 378, 381

  • examples of 117–8, 150–1, 212–3, 258, 296–7, 297–9, Table 8.5, 365, Table 11.1, 409, 418–9

    logging 252

    Lonergan, Bernard 25, 78, 296

    longer cycles of decline 78, 296

    loose connections 182

    love 306

    loyalty:

  • to operation system 183

  • loyalty to technology 402

    LPMUD (game) 330

    Lyon, David 267–8

    Lyytinen, Kalle 15, 21, 22, 99, 327, 376

    - M -

    mailing systems 165, Figure 3.2

    malfunctions 120–2, 401, 405

    management (managerial) information systems (MIS) 158–9, 208, 280

    mandatory use (of ICT) 159

    Marxism 21, 277–8

    mass collaboration 241, 264

    Material Design (Google) 71, 182

    materiality (of IS/ICT) 11, 19, 170, 211, 226, §7-2.2(226–8), §7-3.2(237–8), 375, 385, 387, 411

    mature green dragon 189

    McGibbon, Stephen 294

    meaning passim, 21, §3-1.2(32–7), 84, 231–2, 273, 276, 311–3, 331, 415

  • attribution of 32, 78

  • dwelling in 34

  • interpretation 32, 78

  • kernel see aspects, kernel

  • nature of 32–3, 415

  • of life 32, 78

  • signification 32, 78, 128

  • see also meaningfulness; ocean of meaningfulness

    meaning at root of being see being-as-meaning

    meaning-disclosure 307

    meaningful content (ICT) 138, 180, 184–5

  • aspects of 185–90, 402, 410

  • design of 401

  • quality of 400, 410

  • see also engagement with meaningful content

    meaningful possibilities see possibility

    meaningful use (health ICT) 171, 207, 411

    meaningfulness passim, 32–7, 114–5, 102, 170, 174, 274, 307, 311–3, 334, 379, 386, 409

  • as starting-point §3-1.2(32–7), 102, 197, 309, §10-2.2(378–80)

  • coherence / diversity of 34–6, 80, 96, 286, 378–80

  • common / pervasive 379, 388

  • of ICT 310–13, 375, passim

  • presupposed 45

  • separation from reality 37, 43, 285, 380, 387

  • to interviewees 103–8

  • ultimate / origin 58, 298

  • see also being-as-meaning; coherence; diversity; meaning; ocean of meaningfulness; origin of meaning

    meaningfulness, wider 59, 62, 98, 386

    medical computing 208

  • see also information systems

    Merleau-Ponty, Maurice 231

    metaphor 71, 238, 387

    methodology 20, Chapter 4, 320

    micro computers 163

    Midgley, Gerald 335, 344, 348

    Minecraft (game) 87, 329–30

    Mingers, John 24, 52, 168

    Mirijamdotter, Anita xix

    Mitcham, Carl 115

    mobile phones / devices 139, 156, 246, 265

    modal aspects see aspects

    Model-View-Controller 222

    modernity 274, 305–6, 412

    modes of being 75, 84–5

    motivations 312

    multi-aspectual (-level) being / wholes 75, 85, 102, 129, 136, 380, 386

    multi-aspectual functioning §3-8.3(80), 100–1, Table 4.2, 129, 136, 177, 190, 191, 297, 303, 311–3, 338, 388

    Multi-aspectual Interview Technique (MAIT) 104, 349, 400, 406

    Multi-aspectual Knowledge Elicitation (MAKE) 103, 353, 400, 406

    multi-aspectual normativity 83, 387, 404, 410–1

  • see also aspectual normativity; normativity

    multiplayer games 189, 329

    Multiview 327–8, 357, 406

    Mumford, Enid 160

    music 140, 163, 198

    Myers, Michael 9–10, 24, 56, 58, 97, 99, 106, 276, 278, 280, 374

    - N -

    Naive Physics Manifesto 352

    narcissism 271–2

  • see also idolatry

    nature of ICT Chapter 5, 375, 378–80, 386, 390, 395, 402, 410

    Nature-freedom ground-motive 39–40, 45, 51, 58, 74, 89, 98–9, 147, 196, 213, 237, 258, 286, 297, 301, 305, 311–3, 337, 351, 358, 386–8, 389

    Nature-grace ground-motive 39, 147

  • see also Scholasticism; sacred-secular divide

    Naïve see pre-theoretical, everyday

    naïve realism 31

    neglected aspects 68, 102, 294, 311–3, 345, 386–8, 401–2, 403, 405

    neural nets 142, 326, 354

    New Critique of Theoretical Thought (book) 44, Chapter 3, 417–8, 419

    newbies 329

    Newell, Allen 135–6

    Nietzschean influence 276, 298

    non-use of ICT (incl. resistance) 169–70, 206–7, 346, 404, 411

    normativity, norms §3-7.5(73–4), 86, 89, 97, 114–5, 167–8, 197, 203, 276, 282, 299, 306, 312, 334, 337, 385

  • of ICT 121, 128, 142, 149, 204–5, 232–6, 380, 387–8, 404

  • innate 34, 74, 86, 120, 149, 175, 197, 207, 213, 290, 380, 387

  • see also aspectual normativity; good and evil; social norms

    notes on terminology 3, 6, 32, 33, 42, 50, 52, 71, 73, 98, 113–4, 125, 126, 135, 141, 155, 179, 184, 204, 221, 263, 265, 319, 320, 336, 343

    - O -

    object 44–8

  • generated 48, 129, 137, 178, 192

  • prior 48, 129, 137, 178, 191

    object-oriented approach 46, 236, 322

    ocean of meaningfulness passim, §3-1.2.3(33–4), 43, 45, 67, 78, 206, 415

  • aspects as 67–8, 311–3, 384

  • re. ICT and society 285, 297, 304, 305, 307, 310, 311–2, 406

  • re. ICT development 337, 353, 406

  • re. ICT features 237–8, 243, 252, 258–9, 387

  • re. ICT use 177, 191, 207

  • re. nature of ICT 118, 127, 410

  • usefulness of the idea 375, 377, 379–80, 385, 391

  • virtual 185

  • see also meaning(fulness); law-side; virtual law-side

    ontology 20

  • see also domain ontologies

    opening up of aspects see aspectual opening

    operating system 179

    optical character recognition (OCR) 125–6

    organic-biotic aspect 35, 77, 86, 88, 103, 131, 143, 148, 175, 190, 195, 288, 296, 306, 350, 398, and in most tables, passim

  • of ICT 137

    organizational culture 300

    organizational information systems 158–9, 195, 208, 299, 326, 413

    organizations 85, 86, 299, 414

  • see also institutions

    Origin of Meaning 58, 59, 66, 98, 102, 297, 351, 380, 418

    originator (of information) 127, 129, Table 5.2

    Orlikowski, Wanda 24, 227, 277

    - P -

    paradigm 62, 97, 405, 419

  • incommensurability 98

    part-whole relationship 88, 237

    participatory approach / design / decisions 329, 340, 358, 363

  • see also user participation

    pattern recognition 179, 267

    PDF 224, 234, 255–6

    personal computer 156

    phenomenology 24, 53, 56, 84, 95, 97, 343

    philosophies, discourse among 60

    philosophy Chapter 2, 4, 26–7, passim

  • and ICT/IS 23–6, Table 2.2

  • challenges §3-2(37–44)

  • history of 21–2, 39–40

  • integrative 23

  • nature of §3-4(50–8)

  • role of 20

  • transcendental problems of 54–8

    philosophy of information 123–4, 414

    philosophy of meaning 32–4, 304

  • see also meaning; meaningfulness

    philosophy of technology §5-2.1(115–9), 121–3, 168, 307, 413

    Philosophy of the Law Idea 44

  • see also Dooyeweerd's philosophy

    photographs 133

    photospheres 170, 225

    physical aspect 35, 99–100, 287, 289, and in most tables

  • of ICT 137

    pistic aspect passim, 35, 57, 69, 73, 78, 99–100, 118, 297–8, 311–3, 359, and in most tables

  • neglect of 87, Figure 4.2, 189, 242, 288, 402

  • of ICT 182, 138, 191, 192, 195, 199, 302, 307, 341, 349, 351, 359, 387

  • of society 74, 292–6, 300, 306, 412

    planet earth 169

    plants 48

    Plato 12–2, 84

    Pokemon Go (game) 3, 191

    Polanyi, Michael 33, 43, 81–2, 161, 351

    pornography 168, 205, 264

    positivist approach (in research) 10, 39, 97, 99

    possibility 43, 45, 68, 198, 239, 334, 336, 346, 388, 404, 412

  • profile see profile of possibilities

    post-adoption stage in ICT development 325, 330, 332

    post-social aspects 190, 297, 311

    power relations / structures 89, 97, 157, 169, 206, 276, 278–9, 311–3, 345, 358, 359

    practice §1-2(5–8), 398–9, Table 12.1, 416

  • of research see research activity

    pragmatics 132

    Pragmatism 25

    Praxiteles' Hermes sculpture 75, 136

    pre-theoretical attitude of thought 6–8, 30, 34, 51, 56, 377

  • as starting-point §3-1.1(30–2), 52–3, 55–6

  • as experience 32

  • see also everyday experience; theoretical attitude of thought

    prestige 270

    presuppositions:

  • Dooyeweerd's 30–7, 42, 55, 75, 136

  • in society 311–3

  • of progress 283

  • of theoretical thought 37–41

    PRINCE2 324, 357

    privacy 264

    production rules 352

    Productivity Paradox 159, 195

    profile of possibilities 244, 336, 338, 346

  • see also aspects; possibility; multi-aspectual functioning

    program (computer) §5-5(140–5), 320, 386

  • as performance art 140

  • as virtual law-side 141–2

  • See also ICT artefact; software; virtual law-side

    program code:

  • beautiful 323, 341

  • efficient 341

  • nature of 140–2

  • refactoring 252, 401

  • writing 340, 343, 362

    program errors 321, 333

    program, self-modifying 142

    programming 31, 319, 321–2, 336, §9-4(339–43)

  • see also design, coding and testing

    programming languages 321–2, 325, 343

  • see also knowledge representation languages; computer languages

    programming, amateur 163

    progress 49, 102, 282–4, §8-6(303–8), 313, 379, 387, 412

  • see also aspectual opening

    project management 323–4, 336, 357–8, 388

  • see also project orchestration

    project orchestration (ISD) 336, §9-7(356–61), 388

    PROLOG (language) 352

    promise of law 46, 77

    properties (as aspects) 75

    protocols 224, 244, §7-4.3(253–8), 387, 401, 405, 412

  • appropriateness of 234, 236, 244

  • aspects of 254–6

    psychic aspect 35, 48, 49, 80–2, 131, 133, 144, 151, 175, 179, 190, 239, 306, 346, and in most tables, passim

  • of ICT 137

    psychology 61, 157, 167, 229

    - Q -

    qualifying aspect 86, 292, 361, 415

    qualitative aspectual analysis 105–7

    quantitative aspect 35, 49, 71, 73, 99–100, 190, 208, 234, 245, 303, and in most tables, passim

  • of ICT 137

    quantitative aspectual analysis 106–8

    quantum wave functions 128

    - R -

    rationalities 59–60, 75, 98, 102, 380

  • multiple 57–8

    rationality 75, 77, 297

    real life / world 6

  • see also everyday experience

    real world 185

  • see also virtual world

    recipient (of information) 129–30, Table 5.2

    reducibility 72

    reductionism 35, 68–9

    reflective practice 101

    Reformational Philosophy 26, 44, 95

  • see also Dooyeweerd's philosophy

    reification 84, 297, 301

    relationships 75, 87–9, passim

  • multi-aspectual 387

  • structural 87

    religion 22, 42, 385

    religious antithesis 41, 94

    repercussions (aspectual) 46, 73, 77, 297

  • long-term 192, 311–3

  • timescales of Table 3.5, 192, 300

  • unexpected 77, 311–3

  • widespread see widespread impact

    repercussions of ICT in use 159, 192, 335, 344, 400

  • indirect 172, 192, 311–3, 403

  • unexpected 159, 192, 297, 311–3, 336, 378–9, 403

  • see also repercussions (aspectual)

    repetitive strain injury 158

    representation of knowledge see knowledge representation

    Requirements Engineering and Management 343

  • see also anticipating use

    research:

  • activity 6, §1-3(9–11), §3-4(50–8), §4-3(100–1), 400

  • Dooyeweerd-oriented 101–2, 414

  • policy 139

  • writing-up Table 4.3, 400

    research, suggestions for 43, 51, 52, 60, 73, 74, 97, 102, 107, 134, 135, 147, 150, 176, 190, 194–8, 200, 202–3, 206, 211, 238, 243, 253, 259, 288, 292, 296, 301, 303, 304, 346, 350, 356, 361, 363, 376, 416, Tables 12.2, 12.3, 12.4

    resistance to ICT See non-use of ICT

    respect for thinkers 95

    responsibility 74, 205, 306, 308, 335, 339, 356, 388

  • to animals, biodiversity and planet 169

  • to society and world 280, 290, 308–10, 349, 404

    responsibility in ICT/IS development 334–7, 388, 400, 406, 413

  • for anticipating use §9-5(343–9)

  • for creating the artefact §9-4(339–43)

  • for orchestrating the project §9-7(356–61)

  • for understanding the domain §9-6(349–56)

  • multi-aspectual 338, 375

  • of programmers 339, Table 9.1

    retrocipation 71, 200, 239, 244, 245, 252, 361–2, 374, 401

  • see also antecipatory dependency; inter-aspect dependency

    retrocipatory influence of later aspects 71–2, 129, 272, 296

    revealment (technology) 116–9, 123, 304, 335

    RGB (Red, Green, Blue) 180

    Ricoeur, Paul 33, 45, 124, 176

    right to be forgotten 132

    Roget's Thesaurus 64

    Runescape (game) 364

    - S -

    sacred-secular divide 44, 348, 385

  • see also Nature-grace ground-motive; Scholasticism

    salaam see shalom

    SatNavs 264

    Scandinavian approach to IS 160

    Scholasticism 39–40, 43–4, 53–4, 67, 115, 393

  • see also Nature-grace ground-motive; sacred-secular divide

    Schuurman, Egbert 284, 307–8, 385, 387

  • see also technology, liberating vision of

    science 22, 27, 50, 60

    scientific computing 173, 208

    screen (computer, mobile) 137–8

  • layout 179

  • resolution 179

  • space 138, 183

    search optimization 138

    security authentication 252

    self-critical reflection 57–8, 361

    self-interest see ethical aspect

    semantic net 325

    semantics 132

    semi-manufactured products 88

    sense-making approaches (IS research) 327

    service quality 165, 202

    settings 181

    shalom 83, 202, 294, 311–3, 380

    Shalom Principle 83, 101, 183, 190, 203, 205, 209, 311–3, 338, 404, 410

    signals 130

    signification 128–9, 276

  • globalized 304

  • interactive 304

    signification-meaning 32, 78, 128

    Skype 360

    social (societal) structures 97, 265, 277, §8-4.3(292–6)

  • see also infrastructure

    social aspect 35, 48, 58, 80, 86, 99–100, 118, 129, 133, 160, 292, 298, 349, 358, and in most tables, passim

  • elevation of 286, 288

  • of ICT 93, 132, 138, 181, 192, 197, 268, 288

  • see also post-social aspects

    social construction of reality 97

    Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) 273, 286, 288, 405

    social constructivism 39, 226, 228

    social media 156, 158, 264, 347, 403

    social norms 73

  • see also normativity

    social relationships 89

    social science 61

    Social Shaping of Technology (SST) 24, 274, 279, 286, 288, 308, 405

    societal attitude 271–2

    society 263, 299, passim

    socio-critical approach / theory 10, 97–9, 169, 277–9, 286, 312, 393

    socio-technical approach 123, 159–60, 196, 282, 313, 327, 410, 413

    sociological paradigms 327

    sociomateriality 227

    Soft Systems Methodology / thinking 96, 98, 162, 197, 346, 348

    software §5-5(140–5), 320, passim

  • maintenance 252, 322, 325, 341, 342, 401, 406

  • reuse 322, 341

  • specification 324

  • testing 322, 341

  • upgrade 322, 325, 330, 341

  • see also program

    software engineering 11, 319, 321–2, 333, 385, 394

    software libraries 251–2, 320, 323, 342–3, 350, 387, 401, 405, 412

    spatial aspect 35, 45–6, 180, 251, 303, and in most tables, passim

  • of ICT 137, 179

    sphere of law see law-sphere; aspect

    sphere of meaning(fulness) 34, 63, 68, 85, 213

  • see also aspect

    sphere sovereignty 69

  • see also aspects, irreducibility of

    sphere universality 70

  • see also aspects, coherence of

    Spiral Model (Boehm) 324, 358

    stakeholders (ICT development) 324, 336, 344, 349, 357–9

    standards (interface) 181

    starting-point (of thought) 30–7, 39–40, 55–6

    Strijbos, Sytse 162, 305

    Structuration Theory 24, 275–7, 285, 287, 297–9, 301, 312, 328, 406

  • Adaptive 277

  • aspects of 298

  • cycle 276, 298, 300

    structure and agency 276, 287, 312, 387

    structures of individuality 86, 115

  • see also type laws

    structures of signification, domination and legitimation 276, 298

    subject-by-proxy 49, 77, 139, 143, 148, 239, 386, 411

    subject-object conflation (dissolution) 46, 147, 151, 197, 231, 386

    subject-object relationship §3-3.1(44–9), 57, 148, 160, 231, 239, 258, 375

  • Cartesian 46–7, 231, 258, 387

  • Dooyeweerdian see law-subject-object relationship

  • in ICT 137–8, 198, 212, 237, 411, 415

    subject-object relationship, Cartesian 258

    subject-object-side of reality 45, 49, 66, 142, 191, 204, 297, 338

  • virtual 141, 185

    subject-side (of reality) see subject-object-side

    subject-subject relationship 48, 136–8, 148–9, 239, 375

  • see also law-subject-object relationship

    subjective meaning 78

    subjective-objective 311–3, 327

  • see also subject-object relationship

    subjectivism and objectivism 38–40

    substance 46, 84–5, 145, 386

    supervenience 72, 410

  • see also emergence

    surveillance 266–8, 270–1, 287, 293, Table 8.2, 294, 311–3, 379, 387, 405

    sustainability (environmental) 83, 382, 419

    sustainable development 360

    susveillance 267

    Swannack, Karen 217

    symbols 82, 128–32, 140, 145–6, 176, 222, 247, 322

  • violence in 278

    symmetry between technological and human actants 163, 197, 227, 273

    system maintenance see software, maintenance

    system quality 165, 202

    system:

  • as ICT artefact (q.v.) 320, 411

  • as societal structure see systematization

    systematization (of life) 274, 285, 305, 311–3

    Systemic Intervention 162, 197, 348

    systems theory / thinking 38, 88, 162, 197, 274

  • hard / soft / critical / disclosive 197

    - T -

    tacit knowledge 7, 80–2, 105, 124, 132, 161, 184, 196, 351, 401, 403, 406, 410

    target aspects 73, 209, 313, 350, 374, 415

    Task-Technology Fit (TTF) 167, 203, 410

    team working 357

    technical artefact 155

  • see also ICT artefact

    technological determinism 226, 228, 273, 286–7, 405

    technological progress 50

  • see also progress

    technology §5-2(115–23)

  • as status symbol 183

  • liberating vision for 307–8, 387

  • purpose of 117–8, 313

  • see also ICT; idolatry

    Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) 8, 164–5, 177, 200–2, 403

    text, text-handling 255–8, 405

    theology 39, 61, 297

    theoretical attitude of thought 7–9, 50–2, 56, 144, 351

  • see also pre-theoretical attitude of thought

    theoretical thinking / thought 6, §3-4(50–9), 381, passim

  • as part of reality 52

  • history of 53

  • nature of 50–1, 55, 58

  • non-neutrality (autonomy) of 26, 102

  • see also theoretical attitude of thought

    theorizing 8–11, 386

    theory 6–8, 50, 55, 418–9

  • of practice 8

  • of social institutions 89, 195

    things:

  • structure of 38

  • theory of §3-9(83–9), 392

  • see also existence

    time 49, 72, 102, 391

  • aspects of 49

    timescales of aspect repercussions Table 3.5, 192, 300

    trades union approaches (ISD) 327

    transcendent critique 52

    transcendental critique 52–4, 96, 393, 414

    transcendental critique of theoretical thought §3-4.3(54–9), 60, 309, 351, 392

    transformational government 269–70, 295

    transmission protocols see protocols

    trust 79, 267–8, 294

  • internet 271, 294

    Turing Machine 114, 136

    Turing Test 145

    Twitter 292

    Two-thirds World 196, 282

  • see also developing world; Global South; Affluent North; Western culture

    type laws 85, 115, 350

  • see also structures of individuality

    types of thing Table 3.7

    - U -

    ubiquitous computing 390, 408

    Umwelt 89, 135, 262, §8-5(299–303), 311–3, 338, 375, 387

  • inter-Umwelt relationship 302–3, 387

    understanding (rather than heuristics) 352

    URL removal tool (Google) 133

    usefulness of ICT 164–6, 176, 200–3, 209, 402, 404, 410

  • see also benefits

    user interface see interface

    user participation 324, 344, 357

  • see also participatory approach

    user requirements analysis 336, 343, 345, 388, 400

  • see also anticipating use

    user satisfaction 165, 196, 202

  • see also benefit; information fulfilment / satisfaction

    user-friendliness 138

    user-system-task 166–7, 203, 410

    users 113, 154, 220, 336, passim

  • changing their minds 324, 329, 349, 363

  • experience of 341, 342, 345

  • inexperienced 329

  • see also newbies

    UTAUT 165, 403

    - V -

    values 270, 296, 311–3, 387, 412

  • see also ethical aspect; pistic aspect

    veracity 176, 184–5, 209

    Verkerk, Marten 116, 308

    Viable Systems Model 162

    virtual law-side §5-5.2(141–2), 185, 205, 247, 338, 386, 411–2

  • see also law-side; program; virtual subject-object-side

    virtual learning environments 277

    virtual reality 158, 184

  • see also virtual worlds

    virtual worlds 138, 141, 185, 209, 329–31, 354, 403, 411

  • design of 329–31, 354–6, Table 6.3, 401, 407

  • quality / realism of 158, 185, 209, 400, 402

  • see also computer games; virtual law-side; subject-object-side, virtual

    voice input 158

    Volkswagen 3, 14, 364, 398–9

    Vollenhoven, Dirk Th. 40

    - W -

    Walsham, Geoff 168, 169, 173, 206, 279, 351

    Waterfall Model (ISD) 324, 327, 332, 358

    Web 2.0 300

    web development methodologies 331–3

    websites 189, 332–3

    Weltanschauung 97, 327, 349, 359

    Western culture xiii, 14, 39–40, 161, 190, 263, 266, 271, 282, 305, 306, 412

    Western philosophy 24–5, 39–40, 53–4

    What is? 114

    wholes see being; multi-aspectual being

    wider picture see meaningfulness, wider

    widespread impact of ICT 264–5, 286, 289–92, 306, 311, 378, 387, 405

    Wikipedia xx, 138, 205, 332, 348

    Willcocks, Leslie 24

    Winch, Peter 57

    Winfield, Mike 103–4

    Winograd & Flores 24, 114, 158

    wisdom 82, 174

    Wood-Harper, Trevor 198, 322, 324, 327–8, 349, 357

    work, workplace 159–60, 195, 209, 403

    workarounds 244

    world being studied 56, 59, 98, 296, 102, passim

  • scientific 7

    world views 39, 291, 396

    World Wide Web (WWW) 156, 257, 300, 304

    - XYZ -

    Xeno's paradox 53, 66

    Yahzee (game) 188, Table 6.3, 329

    ZAngband (game) 142–3, 174, 176, 185–90, Table 6.3