# Underlying Disciplines, Concepts, and Theories

*<mark style="color:orange;">Adapted from</mark>*&#x20;

<mark style="color:orange;">Gordon B. Davis. 2000. Information Systems Conceptual Foundations: Looking Backward and Forward. In Proceedings of the IFIP TC9 WG9.3 International Conference on Home Oriented Informatics and Telematics,: Information, Technology and Society (HOIT ’00), Andy Sloane and Felix van Rijn (Eds.). Kluwer, B.V., Deventer, The Netherlands, The Netherlands, 61-82.</mark>

**Psychology**

Theories of human behavior, Motivation theories, Theory of reasoned action.&#x20;

**Cognitive Psychology**&#x20;

Human information processing, Human cognition, Expertise, Artificial intelligence, Cognitive style, Creativity, Knowledge, Cognitive representations/visualization, Human-machine interfaces.&#x20;

**Sociology/Organization Behavior**&#x20;

Nature of work (knowledge work, clerical work, etc.), Governance theories, Organization design concepts, Process models, Culture.&#x20;

**Technology Adoption/Diffusion**

Adaptive structration, Social network theory, Actor network theory, Social influence, Organization change, Organization learning, Trust, Ethics.&#x20;

**Management/Strategy**&#x20;

Strategy, Innovation, Competitive advantage, Resource view of firm, Knowledge management, Risk management, Evaluation, Outsourcing.&#x20;

**Economics**&#x20;

Principal-agent theory, Transaction cost economics, Productivity, Information economics, Social welfare, Adverse selection, Value of information, Incomplete contracting, Intermediation.&#x20;

**System Concepts and Principles**&#x20;

Artificial systems, Requisite variety, Soft systems, Complexity, Control theory-cybernetics, Socio-cybernetic theory of acts, Task/technology fit (equifinality), System economics (reuse), Maintenance of systems (negative entropy), Process theory, System models.&#x20;

**Communications**&#x20;

Media choice, Collaborative work, Speech acts theory.&#x20;

**Decision Making**&#x20;

Behavioral decision making, Normative decision models, Group decision making, Neural networks/genetic algorithms.&#x20;

**Information Concepts**&#x20;

Mathematical theory of communications, Quality, errors, and bias concepts, Value of information, Semantics, Semiotics (theory of signs).

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