資訊管理學域中「實務研究」之意涵與實例探討

The Deliberations and Illustrations of Practical Researches in The Discipline of Information Management

本文旨在探究實務研究的意涵與列舉實例，以期為紓解資訊管理學域中研究與實務脫節、空洞化的危機，指出可行的方向與作法。文中首先闡述資訊管理學域中「實務研究」的旨趣；繼而探討「實務研究」的內涵，包括其意義與特性、哲學立場與理論取向、以及其類型；最後就國外實務研究期刊MIS Quarterly Executive 中的論文，探討「實務研究」的研究主題、研究類型、研究方法以及理論援用與發展。研究發現：資訊管理學域中「實務研究」主要目的在找出新的資訊科技之管理原則或模式；常見的類型為「評估型」與「揭露性個案型」；常使用的方法大多為「個案研究」，在理論的發展上則較少見，近年來對理論的援用已有逐漸增加的趨勢；文末整理「實務研究」的趨勢，並建議資訊管理學域中「實務研究」的做法與方向。

This study aims to disclosure the meaning of “practical research” and illustrates with some classical examples. After description of the goal, we discuss the following issues about practical researches: (1) the meaning and characteristics, (2) the philosophy foundations and theoretical perspective, and (3) their types. Finally, we illustrate with a journal of practical researches MIS Quarterly Executive. We depict its research themes, types, research methods, and the theory employed and development. The results are four-fold: (1) the research theme of “practical research” in the discipline of information management is to find out new governance principles or organizing models, (2) the common models are “evaluation”, “revelatory cases”, (3) the usually used methods are “case study,” (4) the theory development is seldom done, while the theory employments are increasing lately. We also depict the directions and suggest ways of the practical researches in the discipline of information management.