Dr Konrad Peszynski

Position	Senior Lecturer
School / Work Unit	Business Information Technology
Contact Details	+(61 3) 9925 1654 konrad.peszynski@rmit.edu.au
Location	Building: 108 Level: 17 Room: 51 City Campus
Portfolio	Business

Qualifications

PhD, Deakin University
Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (Information Systems), (Honours 1), Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Bachelor of Science (Psychology), Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Research Interests

My Honour’s degree in Information Systems from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand explored the issues of trust associated with B2C eCommerce for New Zealand Maori, identifying some of the issues that helped or hindered their adoption of shopping via the Internet.

Recently, I have completed my PhD titled “Power and Politics in a System Implementation.” My PhD had a strong focus on the social issues surrounding systems implementation. Specifically, the study aimed to identify the role of power and politics in systems implementation. Findings indicated that system implementation works at two levels. Challenges for power are acted out in public forums; and discourse drives the implementation process through social dramas. Furthermore, policy enactment legitimises power, establishing a discourse, and limiting resistance.

I have also co-supervised a minor Masters thesis exploring the Cultural Dimension in Online Learning.

Essentially, my research interests are varied. However, I am interested in supply chain management, eBusiness, eLearning, information systems implementation, strategy and policy, the social aspects of information and the relationship of culture to information.

Professional Association Affiliations

Member of the Australian Computer Society (MACS)
Member of the Association of Information Systems (MAIS)
Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Publications

Book Chapters

Corbitt, B., Peszynski, K. J., Boon, O. H. (2005). Managing complexity and institutionalisation - Power and Politics in ERP Implementation at an Australian University. In L. von Hellens and S. Nielsen and J. Beekhuyzen (Eds.), Qualitative Case Studies on the Implementation of Enterprise Wide Systems. Hershey: Idea Group Publishing.
Peszynski, K. J. (2005). An Overview of Trust and the New Zealand Mäori Internet shopper. In M. Khosrow-Poer (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Volume I-III. Hershey: Idea Group Publishing.
Peszynski, K. J. (2003). Trust in B2C E-Commerce: The New Zealand Mäori Internet shopper. In T. Thanasankit (Ed.), E-Commerce and Cultural Values (pp. 169-198). Hershey: Idea Group Publishing.

Refereed Journal Articles

Peszynski, K. J. & Corbitt. B., (2006). Politics, Complexity and Systems Implementation: Critically Exposing Power, To appear in Social Science Computer Review (SSCORE), Special Issue on Applying Critical Theory and Critical Social Methodologies to the Study of ICT.
Nguyen, L., Torlina, L., Peszynski, K., & Corbitt, B., (2006). Power Relations in Cyber Communities: An Ethnography Study, To appear in Electronic Commerce Research Journal, Special Issue on Virtual Communities, 5(4).
Corbitt, B., Peszynski, K. J., Inthanond, S., Thanasankit, T. & Hill, B. (2004). Cultural differences, information and code systems. Journal of Global Information Management 12(3), pp. 65-85, Idea Group Publishing, United States.

Refereed Conference Papers

Peszynski, K., Corbitt, B. and Coulthard, D. (2005). There are always two sides to a story: The use of Social Dramas as a mode of data analysis in Information Systems, Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), Sydney, Australia
Nguyen, L., Djojosaputro, L., and Peszynski, K. (2005). Cultural Dimensions in Online Learning, Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), Sydney, Australia.
Peszynski, K., Corbitt, B. and Coulthard, D. (2005). The Politics of Systems Implementation: A Critical Approach, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Qualitative Research in IT & IT in Qualitative Research (QualIT), Brisbane, Australia.
Peszynski, K., Corbitt, B. and Saundage, D. (2004). Deconstructing Power within a Strategic Information System, Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), Hobart, Australia.
Peszynski, K. and Saundage, D. (2004). Power, Politics and Legitimacy in Information Systems Implementation: An Ethnographic Study, Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), Hobart, Australia.
Boon, O., Corbitt, B. and Peszynski, K. (2004). Reassessing critical success factors for ERP adoption-a case study, Proceedings of the Eighth Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), Shanghai, China.
Nguyen, L., Torlina, L., Peszynski, K. and Corbitt, B. (2004). Power Relations in Cyber Communities, Proceedings of the Twelfth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Turku, Finland.
Peszynski, K. J. and Corbitt, B. (2003). Putting the Power in Power, Politics and MIS Implementation: A Reworking of Markus (1983) 20 years on. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), Perth, Australia.
Corbitt, B., Peszynski, K. J., Thanasankit, T. (2003). The Influence of Collectivism in Society and its Implications for Research on Information Systems and National Culture, Proceedings of the Seventh Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), Adelaide, Australia.
Peszynski, K. J. and Yoong, P. (2002) The Role of Information And Communication Technology In the Urgent Decision Making Process: a work in progress report, Proceedings of the Thirteenth Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Melbourne, Australia.
Inthanond, S., Corbitt, B., Peszynski, K. and Thanasankit, T. (2002) Cultural differences, information and code systems, Proceedings of the Sixth Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), Tokyo, Japan.
Peszynski, K. and Thanasankit, T. (2002) Exploring Trust in B2C E-Commerce-An Exploratory Study of Maori Culture in New Zealand, Proceedings of the Tenth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Gdansk, Poland.