The Faculty of Business invites members of the campus community – students, faculty and staff – to attend a virtual research presentation by Sampath Bemgal for a tenure-track position as assistant professor of Business Analytics and Management Science.

Biography:

Sampath Bemgal is a recent graduate from Ivey Business School, Western University, with a PhD in Information Systems. His research focuses on how organizations innovate and transform using digital technologies. In particular, he focuses on internal dynamics of organizations and examines the interplays that occur between humans, organizational structures, and technologies in order to bring about organizational improvements with technologies. His work has been presented at various management conferences such as the Academy of Management (AoM), International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), and Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC).

Presentation Title:  "Generative Mechanisms of IT-Enabled Transformation: A Case Study of Hospital Laboratory Transformation"

Abstract:

Organizations embarking on information technology (IT)-enabled transformation still face struggles with their execution, which offers an opportunity to develop better evidence. Substantial opportunity exists to explore how exactly a transformation as a process evolves over time and how organizational structures (mainly social and technological) and culture interact with human agency to cause successful transformation. Focusing on generative mechanisms—the underlying causal powers driving such transformation process—this research performs an in-depth case study of a hospital laboratory unit involved in IT-driven transformation efforts. Using critical realism philosophy and Archer’s (1995) morphogenesis as a complementary perspective, this study conceptualizes the process of IT-enabled organizational transformation and later uncovers some of the key generative mechanisms that contributed towards successful transformation of this laboratory. Data analysis revealed six plausible key generative mechanisms: (1) framing the need, (2) forming the need, (3) cognition frame aligning, (4) materializing critical thinking, (5) validating, and (6) actualization of affordances. Through these insights, this research further advances a generative mechanism perspective of IT-enabled organizational change besides contributing to the knowledge on IT-enabled organizational transformation and usage of critical realism in studying complex IT phenomena.

The presentation will take place on April 8 from 10:15–11:15 am (Atlantic Time) via the following Zoom link:  

https://upei.zoom.us/j/68248664421?pwd=U04zQjFSb1RPRHQ3eDRKcUo5MDNTQT09

Meeting ID: 682 4866 4421

Passcode: 390952

For further information, please contact Shelly Kavanagh at businessfac@upei.ca.