Title
The Future of Academic MIS: Redux
Campus Units
Supply Chain and Information Systems
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Journal or Book Title
Journal of the Midwest Association for Information Systems
Volume
2017
Issue
1 Article 2
First Page
9
Last Page
18
Abstract
As the quotes that preface this article indicate, predicting the future is tough. This article is about the future of the academic discipline called Management Information Systems, often referred to simply by the acronym MIS. Since the late 2000s, faculty who teach MIS and conduct research in this academic discipline have been concerned about issues like fluctuating enrollments, changing technologies, and concerns about the relevance of research in the discipline. This article begins by describing and examining the field of MIS in 2010, and then the analysis turns to a description of what the future looks like from the perspective of 2016. The next topic is the intellectual underpinnings of our field, with a focus on the broad research categories that have characterized MIS research in the past. This leads to a discussion of a series of research topics that are important today, to both academics and practitioners, and that will still be of great importance to both groups three to five to even 10 years in the future. The next section explores what is being published in top MIS journals currently, compared to which topics have been popular over the past few decades, and compared to the research topics identified as important now and in the future. The article ends with a few closing thoughts.
Copyright Owner
Journal of the Midwest Association for Information Systems (JMWAIS)
Copyright Date
2017
Recommended Citation
George, Joey F., "The Future of Academic MIS: Redux" (2017). Supply Chain Management Publications. 66.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/scm_pubs/66
Comments
This article is published as George, Joey F. (2017) "The Future of Academic MIS: Redux," Journal of the Midwest Association for Information Systems (JMWAIS): Vol. 2017 : Iss. 1 , Article 2. Available at: http://aisel.aisnet.org/jmwais/vol2017/iss1/2.