Yoga Sutra-Based Memory Analysis of Information Systems Implementation
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Vaidya, Ranjan
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Association for Information Systems
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Memory, the human capacity to retain past experiences, is an important construct in the behavioural analysis of information systems. However, current IS research only focuses on team memory in the context of organisational transactions and processes. An excessive focus on team memory has led to the overlooking of individual factors that enhance memory. It is important to theorise memory in IS because only through theorisation can both researchers and the researched become aware of memory-based biases. Additionally, the current theorisation of memory is largely based on a Western approach, whereas the bulk of the world’s population resides in the Eastern regions and conceptualises memory differently. This paper introduces the concept of memory as discussed in the Yoga philosophy. It introduces core yoga concepts related to memory and presents an analytical framework for yoga-based behavioural analysis of information systems implementation. The framework is then applied to an existing study on agricultural marketing information systems. The Yoga framework reveals that Samskara – the subliminal impressions - are related to the feelings of unpleasantness associated with stakeholder experiences. To explain the English equivalents of the Sanskrit terminologies used in the Yoga Sutra, I utilise the Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, published in 1872.
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460907 Information systems for sustainable development and the public good, 460905 Information systems development methodologies and practice, 460911 Inter-organisational, extra-organisational and global information systems, 4609 Information systems, 330406 Regional analysis and development, 440101 Anthropology of development, 4404 Development studies, 460910 Information systems user experience design and development, 470104 International and development communication, 440406 Rural community development, 440499 Development studies not elsewhere classified, 0806 Information Systems, 0807 Library and Information Studies, 2001 Communication and Media Studies, 3503 Business systems in context
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Communications of the Association for Information Systems, ISSN: 1529-3181 (Print); 1529-3181 (Online), Association for Information Systems, 59.
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This is the author's manuscript, accepted for publication in the Communications of the Association for Information Systems. For a definitive version of this work, please check for its appearance online at http://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/.