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By: Joe McDonagh
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research
Edited by: David Coghlan & Mary Brydon-Miller
Subject:Action Research/Practitioner Inquiry

Since the 1950s, the process of introducing information systems (IS) in large organizations has been marred by reports of persistent underperformance and failure. While it emerges that this is due, in no ...

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  McDonagh, J. (2014). Information systems. In D. Coghlan, & M. Brydon-Miller (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of action research (pp. 441-443). SAGE Publications Ltd, https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446294406.n184
  
  McDonagh, Joe. "Information Systems." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research, edited by Coghlan, David, and Mary Brydon-Miller, 441-43. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446294406.n184.
  
  McDonagh, J. 2014. Information Systems. In: David Coghlan and Mary Brydon-Miller Editors, 2014. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications Ltd. pp. 441-443 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446294406.n184> [Accessed 12 Aug 2022].
  
  McDonagh, Joe. "Information Systems." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research. Edited by David Coghlan and Mary Brydon-Miller. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014, pp. 441-43. SAGE Knowledge. 12 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446294406.n184.
  
  McDonagh, Joe (2014). Information systems In: Coghlan, David, and Mary Brydon-Miller (Eds.),Information systems The SAGE encyclopedia of action research Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications Ltd; 2014:441-443. doi:10.4135/9781446294406.n184
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