Applied Discipline
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An applied discipline is an academic discipline whose focus is on practical tasks (with benefits and costs).
- AKA: Technical Discipline.
- Context:
- It can be associated to a Theoretical Discipline.
- It can support an Applied Practice.
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- Example(s):
- Information Systems Discipline.
- Engineering Discipline.
- Nursing Discipline.
- Marketing Discipline.
- Medical Discipline.
- Legal Discipline.
- Human Resources Development Discipline.
- Applied Data Mining Discipline.
- Applied Computing Science Discipline.
- Applied Statistics Discipline.
- Applied Mathematics Discipline.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- a Basic Science Discipline, such as a Theoretical Physics Discipline.
- a Professional Practice, such as a Legal Practice.
- See: Applied Research.
References
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1999
- (Moody & Buist, 1999) ⇒ Daniel Moody, and Anne Buist. (1999). “Improving Links Between Information Systems Research and Practice - Lessons from the Medical Profession.” In: Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Conference on Information Systems.
- In an applied discipline, research should be relevant to the needs of practice and research outputs should ultimately contribute to the development of improved practices.