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Matthew Jones

Director of the MPhil in Innovation, Strategy & Organisation Programme
University Lecturer in Information Systems
Fellow of Darwin College

BSc (Newcastle Univ.), PhD (Reading Univ.)

Professional Experience

Dr Jones has conducted studies in collaboration with Hewlett Packard, DMR Canada (Fujitsu Consulting), Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Addenbrookes Hospital and Papworth Hospital. He is on the Editorial Board of Information and Organisation, Health Informatics Journal and Information Technology and People.

Research Interests

The relationship between information systems and social and organisational change, theoretical and methodological issues in information systems research.

Matthew Jones is a member of the Information Systems research group and the Operations, Information & Technology teaching group.

Selected Publications

Kelly, S. and Jones, M. (2001) "Groupware and the social infrastructure of communication." Communications of the ACM, 44(12): 77-79

Jones, M. (2003) "'Computers can land people on Mars, why can't they get them to work in a hospital?' Implementation of an electronic patient record system in a UK hospital." Methods of Information in Medicine, 42(4): 410-415

Jones, M. (2003) "The expert system: constructing expertise in an IT/management consultancy." Information and Organization, 13(4): 257-284

Munir, K.A. and Jones, M. (2004) "Discontinuity and after: the social dynamics of technology evolution and dominance." Organization Studies, 25(4): 561-581

Rose, J., Jones, M. and Truex, D. (2005) "Socio-theoretic accounts of IS: the problem of agency." Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, 17(1): 133-152

Jones, M.R. and Karsten, H. (2008) "Review: Giddens's structuration theory and information systems research." MIS Quarterly, 32(1): 127-157

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