Abstract
This compendium assembles a set of theory artefacts developed within an ongoing research programme concerned with the changing nature of Information Systems under conditions of institutional complexity, distributed coordination, and computational mediation. Rather than presenting a single unified theory, it curates intermediate products of theorising that collectively articulate a shift from informational to communicative foundations for Information Systems.
Across the artefacts, Information Systems are progressively reconceptualised as communicative infrastructures that structure the conditions under which institutional meaning is constituted. The collection develops this perspective through a triadic modelling grammar for institutional action, and through a set of interconnected constructs addressing accountability, participation, completion, evolution, and evaluation.
The compendium is intentionally positioned as a structured set of conceptual artefacts rather than a closed theoretical statement. Its purpose is to make visible an emerging research space in which digital systems are understood not merely as processors of information, but as infrastructures that enable accountable communication and institutional coordination.
The compendium is dedicated and will be submitted to the AIS SIGPHYL T-POT initiative. The contribution aims to engage the SIGPHIL community in examining how such intermediate conceptual products can support the development of native IS theory.
Recommended Citation
Jacucci, Gianni, "g) A Compendium of T-POT like OISI artefacts - Theory Artefacts for a Triadic Paradigm in Information Systems From Informational Processing to Accountable Communication" (2026). OISI Workshop 2026. 22.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/oisiworkshop2026/22