Emergent Conversational Technologies that are Democratising Information Systems in Organisations: the case of the corporate Wiki

Abstract Conversational technologies such as discussion forums, chatrooms, Weblogs or blogs and Wikis havetransformed the way information is exchanged and disseminated in civil society but their take up incorporations is slow. One reason for this is the way they democratise organisational information andknowledge with consequential changes in the distribution of power, rights and obligations. The authors willdiscuss the opportunities and the threats associated with the corporate Wiki and the implications of this forthe future of the field of Information Systems. Keywords Conversational Technolgies, Corporate Wikis, knowledge work Publication Details This paper was originally published as: Hasan, H & Pfaff, CC, Emergent Conversational Technologies thatare Democratising Information Systems in Organisations: the case of the corporate Wiki, Proceedings of theInformation Systems Foundations (ISF): Theory, Representation and Reality Conference, AustralianNational University, Canberra, 27-28 September 2006.

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