Dr Henry Linger - Researcher Profile

Biography

Henry works in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer.

Keywords

Business Information Management, Information systems, Task-based knowledge management

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2003

MCOMP(RESEARCH)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1995

Graduate Diploma in IT (Minor Thesis)

Institution: Chilsholm Institute of Technology

Year awarded: 1989

GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING

Institution: Chisholm Institute of Technology

Year awarded: 1979

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (MECHANICAL)

Institution: Swinburne Institute of Technology

Year awarded: 1973

Publications

Books

Song, W., Xu, S., Wan, C., Zhong, Y., Wojtkowski, W., Wojtkowski, W., Linger, H. (eds), 2011, Information Systems Development: Asian Experiences, Springer Science, New York NY USA.

Pokorny, J., Repa, V., Richta, K., Wojtkowski, W., Linger, H., Barry, C., Lang, M. (eds), 2011, Information Systems Development: Business Systems and Services: Modeling and Development, Springer, New York NY USA.

Burstein, F., Linger, H. (eds), 2008, Integrating 'Doing' and 'Thinking': Knowledge Management as Reflective Practice, Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burstein, F., Linger, H. (eds), 2006, The Local and Global in Knowledge Management: Why Culture Matters, Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, Kew Vic Australia.

Burstein, F.V., Linger, H. (eds), 2005, Organisational challenges for knowledge management, Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, Kew Vic Australia.

Linger, H., Fisher, J.L., Wojtkowski, W., Wojtkowski, W., Zupancic, J., Vigo, K., Arnold, J. (eds), 2004, Constructing the Infrastructure for the Knowledge Economy: Methods and Tools, Theory and Practice, Kluwer Academic Press/Plenum Publishers, New York NY USA.

Burstein, F., Linger, H. (eds), 2004, Managing Knowledge with Technology, Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, Kew Vic Australia.

Burstein, F., Linger, H. (eds), 2003, Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, World Scientific, Singapore.

Burstein, F., Linger, H. (eds), 2003, The role of quality in knowledge management : proceedings of the Australian Conference of Knowledge Management and Intelligent Decision Support, 9-10 December 2002, Melbourne, Australia, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Kew Vic Australia.

Burstein, F., Linger, H. (eds), 2002, Knowledge Management in Context, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Kew Vic Australia.

Burstein, F., Linger, H. (eds), 2001, Knowledge Management for Information Communities, Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, Kew Vic Australia.

Burstein, F.V., Linger, H., Smith, H.G. (eds), 1998, Proceedings of the Australian Workshop on Intelligent Decision Support and Knowledge Management, SIMS Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Burstein, F.V., Linger, H., Smith, H.G. (eds), 1997, Workshop on Intelligent Decision Support Proceedings - AWIDS '97, Monash Univ. Intelligent Dec. Support Resh. Group, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

Burstein, F., Linger, H., 2011, Task-based knowledge management approach, in Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management, Second Edition, eds David Schwartz and Dov Te'eni, IGI Publishing, Hershey PA USA, pp. 1479-1489.

Medeni, T., Linger, H., 2008, Integrating practice and learning: The role of reflection and refraction, in Integrating 'Doing' and 'Thinking': Knowledge Management as Refective Practice, eds Frada Burstein and Henry Linger, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 128-142.

Pang, L.N., Linger, H., Schauder, D.E., 2007, Community-based partnerships in the design of information systems: The case of the knowledge commons, in Advances in Information Systems Development: New Methods and Practice for the Networked Society, eds Gabor Magyar, Gabor Knapp, Wita Wojtkowski, W. Gregory Wojtkowski and Joze Zupancic, Springer Science+Business Media, New York NY USA, pp. 393-407.

Linger, H., 2006, Developing organisational knowledge management initiatives: a collaborative research approach, in Advances in Information Systems Development: Bridging the Gap between Academia and Industry, eds Anders G. Nilsson, Remigijus Gustas, Wita Wojtkowski, W. Gregory Wojtkowski, Stanislaw Wrycza and Joze Zupancic, Springer Science+Business Media, New York USA, pp. 1031-1042.

Burstein, F., Linger, H., 2006, Task-based knowledge management, in Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management, eds David G. Schwartz, IGI Publishing, Hershey USA, pp. 840-847.

Linger, H., Burstein, F., Hasan, H., 2005, Articulating knowledge work: the contributions of activity theory and task-based knowledge management, in Activity as the Focus of Information Systems Research, eds Greg Whymark and Helen Hasan, Knowledge Creation Press, Eveleigh NSW Australia, pp. 71-90.

Linger, H., Aarons, J.P., 2005, Filling the knowledge management sandwich: an exploratory study of a complex work environment, in Information Systems Development: Advances in Theory, Practice and Education, eds Olegas Vasilecas, Albertas Caplinskas, Wita Wojtkowski, W. Gregory Wojtkowski, Joze Zupancic and Stanislaw Wrycza, Springer, New York USA, pp. 501-513.

Warne, L., Ali, I., Linger, H., Pascoe, C., 2003, Socio-technical foundations for knowledge management, in Australian Studies in Knowledge Management, eds Helen Hasan and Meliha Handzic, University of Wollongong Press, Wollongong NSW Australia, pp. 277-321.

Linger, H., Burstein, F.V., 1999, Researching Organisational Memory, in Systems Development Methods for Databases, Enterprise Modeling, and Workflow Management, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York NY USA, pp. 279-298.

Journal Articles

Lang, C., Stillman, L.J., Linger, H., Dalvean, J., McNamara, B., McGrath, J., Collins, R., 2012, Collaborative research partnerships in the community: Digital Divas and Doing IT Better, Information Communication and Society [P], vol 15, issue 7, Routledge, Abingdon England, pp. 1081-1105.

Guo, T., Schwartz, D.G., Burstein, F., Linger, H., 2009, Codifying collaborative knowledge: Using Wikipedia as a basis for automated ontology learning, Knowledge Management Research and Practice [P], vol 7, issue 3, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills UK, pp. 206-217.

Stillman, L., Linger, H., 2009, Community informatics and information systems: Can they be better connected?, Information Society [P], vol 25, issue 4, Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA USA, pp. 255-264.

Crawford, K., Hasan, H., Warne, L., Linger, H., 2009, From traditional knowledge management in hierarchical organizations to a network centric paradigm for a changing world, Emergence [P], vol 11, issue 1, Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence Publishing, Goodyear AZ USA, pp. 1-8.

Linger, H., Hasan, H., Burstein, F., 2007, Integrating doing and thinking in a work context: An Australian knowledge management perspective, The Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, vol 19, issue 1, University of Aalborg, Denmark, pp. 59-86.

Burstein, F., Linger, H., 2006, Introduction to the special issue: An Australian perspective on organisational issues in knowledge management, International Journal of Knowledge Management, vol 2, issue 1, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey USA, pp. 1-5.

Burstein, F.V., Linger, H., 2003, Supporting post-Fordist work practices: a knowledge management framework for supporting knowledge work, Information Technology and People, vol 16, issue 3, Emerald (MCB-UP), Bradford UK, pp. 289-305.

Linger, H., Burstein, F.V., 2001, From computation to knowledge management: the changing paradigm of decision support for meteorological forecasting, Journal of Decision Systems, Decision Systems in Action, vol 10, issue 2, HERMES Science Publishing Ltd, Middlesex UK, pp. 195-215.

Linger, H., Warne, L., 2001, Making the invisible visible: modelling social learning in a knowledge management context, Australian Journal of Information Systems, University of Wollongong, Wollongong Australia, pp. 56-66.

Linger, H., Matera, M., Mussio, P., Clivio, A., 2001, Notations as Interactive Visual Languages: A Knowledge Management Perspective, Transactions in International Information Systems, vol 3, The Wroclaw University of Economics, Komandorska, pp. 115-132.

Linger, H., Burstein, F.V., Zaslavsky, A., Crofts, N., 1999, A Framework for a Dynamic Organizational Memory Information System, Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce Special Issue Organizational Memory Systems, vol 9 issues 2&3, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, New Jersey USA, pp. 189-203.

Linger, H., Burstein, F.V., Zaslavsky, A., Aitken, C.K., Crofts, N., 1998, Conceptual development of an information system framework for improving continuity in epidemiological research, European Journal of Epidemiology, vol 14 no 6, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 587-593.

Burstein, F.V., Linger, H., Zavlavaky, A., Crofts, N., 1997, Supporting Epidemiological Research with an Organisational Memory System, Informatics in Health Care Australia, vol 6, Health Informatics Society of Australia, Australia, pp. 182-190.

Conference Proceedings

Owen, J., Linger, H., 2011, Addressing complexity in ISD: An empirical case study, Proceedings of the 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 04 January 2011 to 07 January 2011, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos CA USA, pp. 1-9.

Pousti, H., Linger, H., Burstein, F., 2011, From evidence-based to knowledge-based healthcare: A task-based knowledge management approach, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Information Systems Development, 25 August 2010 to 27 August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media, New York NY USA, pp. 587-595.

Moslehi, A., Linger, H., Tanner, K.J., 2011, Towards a KM framework for e-business projects within SMEs, Proceedings of the 17th Americas Conference on Information Systems, 04 August 2011 to 08 August 2011, Association for Information Systems, Atlanta GA USA, pp. 1-12.

Owen, J., Linger, H., 2009, Resolution of complexity in ISD projects, Information Systems Development: Towards a Service Provision Society, 25 August 2008 to 27 August 2008, Springer, New York NY USA, pp. 755-763.

Owen, J., Linger, H., 2009, Resolving emergent issues in complex projects: A knowledge management approach, Information Systems Development: Challenges in Practice, Theory and Education, 29 August 2007 to 31 August 2007, Springer, New York NY USA, pp. 509-520.

Zanner, R., Burstein, F., Linger, H., 2008, A task-based knowledge management case for addressing merger and acquisition risk, Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 03 December 2008 to 05 December 2008, University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand, pp. 1099-1108.

Hasan, H., Warne, L., Linger, H., 2007, The sensible organization: A new agenda for IS research, Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, 9 December 2007 to 12 December 2007, Association for Information Systems, Atlanta Georgia USA, pp. 1-18.

Linger, H., 2006, Supporting collaborative knowledge work: a methodology for developing ICT tools for biomedical research, Proceedings of the 16th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets (WIRN 2005), 8 June 2005 to 11 June 2005, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 261-271.

Owen, J., Linger, H., 2006, The nature of a program through a knowledge management lens, Proceedings of the IRNOP VII Project Research Conference, 11 October 2006 to 13 October 2006, Publishing House of Electronics Industry, Beijing China, pp. 411-418.

Owen, J., Burstein, F., Linger, H., Mitchell, S., 2005, Managing project knowledge: the contribution of lessons learned, Proceedings of the IPSI-2005 Hawaii Conference, 06 January 2005 to 09 January 2005, IPSI Belgrade, Belgrade Serbia, pp. 1-8.

Aarons, J.P., Burstein, F., Linger, H., 2005, What is the task? Applying the task-based KM framework to weather forecasting, Organisational Challenges for Knowledge Management, 29 November 2004 to 30 November 2004, Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, Kew Vic Australia, pp. 85-99.

San Pedro, J.C., Burstein, F., Linger, H., 2004, E-negotiation support for boundary conflict resolution, Proceedings of the 2004 IFIP International Conference on Decision Support Systems (DSS2004), 01 July 2004 to 03 July /2004, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 724-733.

Warne, L., Ali, I., Linger, H., 2003, Representing social learning in the context of knowledge management: an architectural perspective, Proceedings from Australian Conference for Knowledge Management and Intelligent Decision Support (ACKMIDS 2002), 9/12/2002 to 10/12/2002, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 115-132.

Burstein, F.V., Linger, H., 2002, A task-based framework for supporting knowledge work practices, Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Knowledge Management, 24 September 2002 to 25 September 2002, MCIL, Reading UK, pp. 100-112.

Blashki, K.M., Jevons, C., Dubelaar, C., Linger, H., 2002, Studio teaching of e-commerce and multimedia: innovation and quality in higher education, Quality Innovation Knowledge: Convergence in the Digital Economy: Proceedings of The Sixth International Research Conference on Quality, Innovation and Knowledge Management, 17 February 2002 to 20 February 2002, Monash University Conference Management Office, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 1-8.

Linger, H., Burstein, F.V., 2001, From doing to thinking in meteorological forecasting: changing work practice paradigms with knowledge m anagement, 2001: A Digital Odyssey Exploring how Information Technology is Transforming our Lives and our Organizations: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2001), 16 December 2001 to 19 Decmeber 2001, Centre for Virtual Organizations and Commerceat Louisiana State Library, http:/aise1.isworld.org/proceedings/ICIS/2001, pp. 373-381.

Linger, H., Burstein, F.V., Ryan, C., Kelly, J., 2001, Implementing a Knowledge Management System: the Case of meteorological forecasting, Knowledge Management for Information Communities: Proceedings of the Australian Conference of Knowledge Management and Intelligent Decision Support, 04 December 2000 to 05 December 2000, Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, Kew Vic Australia, pp. 139-153.

Linger, H., Burstein, F.V., Kelly, J., Ryan, C., Gigliotti, P., 2000, Creating a Learning Community Through Knowledge Management: The Mandala Project, Decision Support Through Knowledge Management, Stockholm Sweden 9-11 July 2000, Stockholm University and Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Sweden, pp. 190-208.

Linger, H., 2000, Re-inventing the Firm: Organisational Implications of Knowledge Management, 4th International Conference on Business Information Systems, Poznan Poland 12-13 April 2000, Springer Verlag, London UK, pp. 63-81.

Iivari, J., Linger, H., 2000, The Characterizing of Knowledge Work: A Theoretical Perspective, Proceedings of the 2000 Americas Conference on Information Systems, Long Beach USA 10-13 August 2000, Omnipress, www.csulb.edu/conference/ais2000, pp. 2006-2013.

Livari, J., Linger, H., 1999, Knowledge Work as Collaborative Work: A Situated Activity Theory View, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Abstracts and CD-ROM of Full Papers, Hawaii USA, 5-8 January, 1999, IEEE, Inc., New Jersey USA.

Linger, H., 1999, Utilising Knowledge Resources: An Activity Perspective of Knowledge Management, BIS'99 3rd Int. Conf. on Business Info. Syst, Poznan POLAND, 14-16 April ,1999, Springer-Verlag, London UK, pp. 86-102.

Linger, H., 1998, Knowledge Work as Situated Activity: Towards a Theoretical Framework for Knowledge Management, The Third Activity Theory and Information Systems Workshop, Wollongong NSW, 7-8 December 1998, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, p. 2.

Linger, H., Burstein, F.V., 1998, Learning in Organisational Memory Systems: An Intelligent Decision Support Perspective, Proceedings of the Thirty-First Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences: Collaboration Systems and Technology Track, Hawaii USA, 6-9 January 1998, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos USA, pp. 200-208.

Linger, H., Baker, J.R., Eaves, D., 1997, Failure Analysis in Information Systems Design, Systems Development Methods for the Next Century, Boise, Idaho, USA, August 11-14, 1997, Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York NY USA, pp. 89-99.

Linger, H., Burstein, F.V., 1997, Intelligent DSS in the Context of the Modern Organisation, Proceedings of the 4th Conference of the International Society for Decision Support Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland, July 21-22. 1997, International Society for Decision Systems, University of Lausanne, pp. 429-443.

Burstein, F.V., Linger, H., Zaslavsky, A., Crofts, N., Aitken, C.K., 1997, Intelligent Support for Epidemiological Research Through an Organisational Memory Information System, Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Information Systems, Atlanta Georgia, Dec. 15-17, 1997, International Conference on Information Systems, Atlanta USA, p. 502.

Burstein, F.V., Linger, H., Zaslavsky, A., Crofts, N., 1997, Towards an IS Framework for Dynamic Organisational Memory, Proceedings of the 30th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS-30), Maui, Hawaii, Jan. 7-11, 1997, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos California USA, pp. 262-270.

Burstein, F.V., Linger, H., Zaslavsky, A., Crofts, N., 1997, Towards an information systems framework for dynamic organisational memory, Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, 6-9 January, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos USA, pp. 262-270.

Livarie, J., Linger, H., 1997, What is Knowledge Work: Initial Thoughts, Proceedings of the AWIDS '97, Melbourne, Oct. 24, 1997, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 131-144.

Other

Mitchell, S., Linger, H., Owen, J., 2007, The theory and practice of project management maturity models - A case study approach using OPM3, Lights! Camera! Action! Project Management Institute New Zealand National Conference 2007, Project Management Institute New Zealand, New Zealand.

Teaching Commitment

Dr Henry Linger is the Chief Examiner for the following units in the Faculty of IT;

 

• FIT5086 - Information and knowledge management principles
• FIT5150 - Project management as knowledge-based practice
• FIT5111 - Information systems development practices

 

Henry teaches the following units in the Faculty of IT;

• FIT5086 - Information and knowledge management principles
• FIT5150 - Project management as knowledge-based practice
• FIT5111 - Information systems development practices

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

A research methodology to study the complexity of communication in the management of chronic diseases..

Supervisors:

Burstein, F (Joint-co), Linger, H (Joint).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Knowledge networks of SMEs in e-business projects.

Supervisors:

Linger, H (Main), Tanner, K (Associate), Cooke, I (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The influence of social networks on decision making in organisations.

Supervisors:

Linger, H (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The relationship between IT governance and corporate governance: A theoretical perspective.

Supervisors:

Linger, H (Joint-co), Wilkin, C (Joint), Tanner, K (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Chung, Y.

Program of Study:

The Role of Social Practices in Individual Knowledge Creation. (Masters) 2005.

Supervisors:

Linger, H (Main), Burstein, F (Associate).

Student:

Cook, C.

Program of Study:

An Item-Oriented Model of Knowledge and Associated Concepts: A Multiparadigm Study From An Information Systems Perspective. (Masters) 2001.

Supervisors:

Burstein, F (Main), Linger, H (Associate).

Student:

Ionescu, L.

Program of Study:

Knowledge Management Strategies in Australia: An Exploratory Study of the Organisational Uptake and Understanding with a Public - Private Perspective. (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Burstein, F (Main), Linger, H (Associate).

Student:

Owen, J.

Program of Study:

The role of knowledge based practices in the effective management and delivery of information systems development projects. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Burstein, F (Joint-Co), Linger, H (Joint).

Student:

Zanner, R.

Program of Study:

An analysis of knowledge in practice during organisation transformation: a task-based perspective of a post-acquisition integration case. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Burstein, F (Joint-Co), Linger, H (Joint), Tanner, K (Associate).