Learning for professional competence in an IS context

Peter M. Bednar; Christine Welch

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-43597-8_12

Learning for professional competence in an IS context

Peter M. Bednar, Christine Welch

School of Computing

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Abstract

This paper considers the nature of professionalism as an expression of more than technical competence. This is related to the incidence of failure in IS change projects. We discuss how professionalism may be displayed, relating this to learning processes. The essential qualities of desire, exercise of will and their role in professional judgment are considered in relation to transcendent values espoused by professionals. We note that organizational consumers of information are also professionals, and not simply passive 'users' of systems. We relate this to the environment of Information Systems research and practice, including recognition of the importance of contextual dependencies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nordic Contributions in IS Research (SCIS 2016)
Editors	Ulrika Snis
Publisher	Springer
Pages	163-175
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3319435978
ISBN (Print)	978-3319435961
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43597-8_12
Publication status	Published - 2 Aug 2016
Event	Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems 2016 - Ljungskile, Sweden Duration: 7 Aug 2016 → 10 Aug 2016

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	259
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348

Conference

Conference	Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems 2016
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Ljungskile
Period	7/08/16 → 10/08/16

UN SDGs

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SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

professional competence
extra-role behavior
organizational learning
information systems
IS failures

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