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1、ELSEVIERDecisionSupportSystems15(1995)251-266InvitedPaperDesignandnaturalscienceresearchoninformationtechnologySalvatoreT.March*,GeraldF.SmithInformationandDecisionSciencesDepartment,CarlsonSchoolofManagementUnit~ersityofMinnesota,27119thAuenueSouth,Minneapolis,MN55
2、455,USAAbstractResearchinITmustaddressthedesigntasksfacedbypractitioners.Realproblemsmustbeproperlyconceptual-izedandrepresented,appropriatetechniquesfortheirsolutionmustbeconstructed,andsolutionsmustbeimplementedandevaluatedusingappropriatecriteria.Ifsignificantpro
3、gressistobemade,ITresearchmustalsodevelopanunderstandingofhowandwhyITsystemsworkordonotwork.SuchanunderstandingmusttietogethernaturallawsgoverningITsystemswithnaturallawsgoverningtheenvironmentsinwhichtheyoperate.Thispaperpresentsatwodimensionalframeworkforresearchi
4、ninformationtechnology.Thefirstdimensionisbasedonbroadtypesofdesignandnaturalscienceresearchactivities:build,evaluate,theorize,andjustify.Theseconddimensionisbasedonbroadtypesofoutputsproducedbydesignresearch:representationalconstructs,models,methods,andinstantiatio
5、ns.WearguethatbothdesignscienceandnaturalscienceactivitiesareneededtoinsurethatITresearchisbothrelevantandeffective.Keywords."Informationsystemresearch;Designscience;Naturalscience;Informationtechnology1.Introductionwhenpeoplepickupsensoryinputsorstimulifromtheirenv
6、ironment.AsnewinformationisResearchersinInformationTechnology(IT)acquired,one'sbeliefsareadjustedtobetterhavedefinedinformationas"datathathasbeenmatchtheperceivedreality.processedintoaformthatismeaningfultotheHumanknowledgeandbeliefsinformactionsrecipientandisofreal
7、orperceivedvalueintakeninpursuitofgoals.Well-informedactionscurrentorprospectiveactionsordecisions"[[14],(i.e.,thosebasedontruebeliefs)aremorelikelyp.200].Thisdefinitioncanbegroundedincogni-toachievedesiredends.Informationisvaluabletivisttheoriesofmentalrepresentati
8、on[67].Hu-insofarasithelpsindividualsformtruebeliefsmanthinkinginvolvesmentalrepresentationsthatwhich,inturn,promoteeffective,goal-achievi
