  When we devise a method to address a particular research question, we think
about many things, including the unit of study. But do we think about the
perspective from which we observe whatever it is that's within our field of
view? In the majority of mainstream IS research, one perspective dominates.
Organisations use IS and IT as a means of intervening into a context. And the
behaviour of the phenomena is mostly observed from the viewpoint of those
organisations. Is that viewpoint the only legitimate one for IS research to
adopt? Even if it is, are the clients' interests best served by IS research
that adopts that perspective alone? This paper identifies alternative
perspectives. It draws attention to negative consequences of wearing blinkers
to restrict our field of view, and to opportunities we can grasp by taking off
the blinkers. It proposes that these alternatives need to be defined as being
within the IS discipline rather than outside it.
