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• W89808529 abstract "Until debate regarding relevance of IS research to practice is resolved, it is instructive to learn from more established disciplines previous practical experience is accounted for and valued. In teaching hospitals, academia and practice are interrelated and co-exist. Retired highranked military officers are sought for top positions, in business, politics, and academia. Promotion and tenure committees for academic IS departments, wishing to encourage interaction with IS practice, ought not only to recognize practical experience and publications in trade magazines, but also to design open-architecture career paths for smooth transition of IS personnel between industry and academia. need to be more relevant to meet increasing needs of our students, organizations that hire them, and larger society [Westfall, 1999]. The debate about how relevant academic IS research is to actual IS practice is often viewed as a symptom of a relatively young discipline which is not yet well defined, and still looking for bestpractice models. On other hand, many IS researchers argue that question is not only irrelevant but also short-term. They view research contributions as long-term in nature. In our opinion, a necessary condition for relevance of IS research is that it must be well attached to We believe, like McMaster (2/14/2001) that is a place for pure theory / philosophy, just as there is a place for practice alone (without theory), however each is undoubtedly impoverished without other. Since transition of IS knowledge between practice and academia is needed for much more than just teaching, academics who are informed of current business trends and issues are better equipped for both practical and pure research. We thus agree with those who argue, like Rajiv Kohli (2/9/2001) that the larger issue is ‘interaction’ between academia and practice. Unfortunately, as shown by Straub (2/10/2001), current level of interaction is rather low and is empirical evidence, in fact, that academics and practitioners have a different worldviews and, are, therefore, different ‘audiences.’ If one accepts premise that there is not enough interaction between academia and practice, even though such an interaction is essential to making IS research more relevant, then question is whether IS career paths in academia can be redesigned to enhance interaction. Jennex (2/12/2001), based on his own experience, notes interaction inhibition by academia, recalling job interviews where if you were a practitioner and didn't want to do A journal research you would be offered ‘Lecturer’ positions, which do not have tenure and thus, are second class. The basic career model in academia thus prevents transfer of personnel between Communications of Association for Information Systems (Volume 6, 2001) 46-48 47 Making Academic IS Research more Relevant to Industry via Open-Architecture Models for Career Paths in academia by T.Heart and N. Pliskin practical and academic worlds by signaling to practitioners that practical experience is not valued for academic positions. The same is true in other direction. Williams (2/9/2001) of Sun Microsystems Inc. pointed out that his staff avoids academic conferences, including those staff with a Ph.D. degree. A survey of academics posted by Press [2001] shows that 82% of respondents use academic journals for their research and, at same time, more than 83% use practical publications for teaching purposes. Thus, while researchers prefer to publish in academic journals, such as MISQ and JAIS for their research, and participate in academic conventions, such as ICIS and AMCIS, they are aware of need to be up-to-date through practical publications for their teaching. Practitioners, on other hand, prefer other, more practical publications and conventions. Clearly, if practitioners and researchers keep apart in terms of reading and life-long learning, they end up in two separate worlds. Unfortunately, current model of career paths in academia fuels this separation, thus inhibiting relevance of IS research. In most cases, young doctoral students are required to dedicate most of their time to academic pursuit, thus detaching themselves from IS industry early in their career. This early detachment of those who eventually join academic staff of colleges and universities inevitably opens an unwarranted gap in IS field between industry and academia. Only in rare cases, which are exception, do people leave IS industry and join academic ranks. Too often, top IS practitioners, who wish to bring their industrial experience to academia, have to start relatively low on academic ladder in terms of status, power, and pay. The existing career-path model is rather rigid and does not encourage transition of practitioners into academia since practical achievements are usually not valued in academia. Because IS discipline is still young, it might be worthwhile to learn by analogy from other, more established disciplines that have perfected interaction between practice and academia over hundreds of years. In case of medical and military practitioners, for example previous practical experience is accounted for and valued. In medicine, academia and practice are interrelated and co-exist. In teaching hospitals, professionals are encouraged to devote time to both practice and research. Involvement in practical medicine is not an obstacle, but a requirement! High-rank military officers, in US and elsewhere, after retiring at a relatively young age, are sought for top positions, in business, in politics, and even in academia. Unlike IS practitioners who wish to enter academia, physician in teaching hospitals move in parallel practical and academic tracks while retired army officers can enter industry or politics at top and need not re-start from bottom of career ladder. Academic IS departments wishing to encourage interaction with IS practice, might attract personnel from IS industry by recognizing practical experience as relevant for an academic rank at level of associate or, in exceptional cases, Full Professor. Where a doctorate degree is required, it might be possible to grant a Pr.D. (Practical Doctorate) rather than a Ph.D., prior to such recruiting. Such an approach will open doors of academia to practitioners seeking a second career in academia, helping to close gap between two worlds. To improve interaction between IS research community and IS industry further, it is important to reduce reluctance of academic promotion and tenure committees to recognize trade publications as a legitimate publication outlets for researchers. Just as IS industry turned away from legacy proprietary systems toward open architectures, we propose that academic and research organization ought to consider adopting openarchitecture models for career paths. Such a model should enable smooth transition of personnel, in both directions, between IS industry and academia. We believe that open-architecture models of kind offered to medical and military practitioners are essential to bringing practical and academic worlds closer together and are bound to make IS research more relevant to industry. END NOTES 1 Dates refer to dates of e-mails sent to IS World. 48 Communications of Association for Information Systems (Volume 6, 2001) 46-48 Making Academic IS Research more Relevant to Industry via Open-Architecture Models for Career Paths in academia by T.Heart and N. Pliskin REFERENCES Press, Larry (2000) IS Research Survey Results Latest Figures http://www.commerce.uq.edu.au/isworld/research/msg.23-02-2001-1.html, Westfall, R., An IS Research Relevancy Manifesto, CAIS 1999, Volume 2 Article 14." @default.
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