ALOIS*2006 Background

The complexities of the organizational practice of information systems put demands on re-search and knowledge as well as on practice. There are many conceptual approaches aiming at describing and explaining these complex phenomena. Where do we find the promising ones? Some approaches emphasize the action concept. Without acknowledging actions, it seems dif-ficult to create good scientific descriptions and explanations. Although such approaches may have differing theoretical perspectives, they have a unifying interest in the action concept and its explanatory power. Examples of such approaches are activity theory, actor network theory, structuration theory, conversation analysis, and language/action theory.
Together with this interest in action comes an interest in the many related issues, such as knowledge, language, communication, social interaction, social institutions, coordination, ar-tifacts, power, and values.
The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners with an in-terest in action-theoretic approaches for understanding information systems and their relations to organizations. Building on the three successful ALOIS conferences in 2003, 2004, and 2005 we now arrange the 4th International ALOIS Conference. The aim is to create a fruitful meeting between different action-oriented research traditions.

Information about previous conferences is available: ALOIS*05, ALOIS*04, ALOIS*03

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