Human, Organizational and Social Dimensions of Information Systems Development
Proceedings of the Ifip Wg8.2 Working Conference on Information Systems Development - Human, Social and Organizational Aspects, Noordwijerkhout, Netherlands, 17-19 May 1993
Published on 20. April 1993
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496 pages
978-0-444-89983-5 (ISBN)
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Recent years have seen an increasing number of research contributions recognizing the importance of human and social aspects in information systems development. However, a lack of knowledge and expertise for dealing with them adequately still exists and this neglect continues to be one of the principal causes of information systems failure. This volume aims to help redress the balance and to place information systems and information systems development into the larger organizational and political context. Contributors have been sourced not only from information system specialists, but also from those involved in reference disciplines including management, sociology, psychology, computer science, anthropology and philosophy. This diversity of input should consolidate the book's scope and should stimulate further practical advancements in this field in the future.
Recent years have seen an increasing number of research contributions recognizing the importance of human and social aspects in information systems development. However, a lack of knowledge and expertise for dealing with them adequately still exists and this neglect continues to be one of the principal causes of information systems failure. This volume aims to help redress the balance and to place information systems and information systems development into the larger organizational and political context. Contributors have been sourced not only from information system specialists, but also from those involved in reference disciplines including management, sociology, psychology, computer science, anthropology and philosophy. This diversity of input should consolidate the book's scope and should stimulate further practical advancements in this field in the future.
Recent years have seen an increasing number of research contributions recognizing the importance of human and social aspects in information systems development. However, a lack of knowledge and expertise for dealing with them adequately still exists and this neglect continues to be one of the principal causes of information systems failure. This volume aims to help redress the balance and to place information systems and information systems development into the larger organizational and political context. Contributors have been sourced not only from information system specialists, but also from those involved in reference disciplines including management, sociology, psychology, computer science, anthropology and philosophy. This diversity of input should consolidate the book's scope and should stimulate further practical advancements in this field in the future.
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English
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
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Elsevier Science & Technology
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College/higher education
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978-0-444-89983-5 (9780444899835)
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Emancipatory Research Themes in Information Systems Development - Human, Organizational and Social Aspects (J.E. Kendall, D. Avison) Means as a Focus of Emancipatory Intent: How Do Organizations Evaluate and Control Information Systems Investments? Recent UK Survey Evidence (L. Willcocks, S. Lester). Measuring Success in Expert System Developments (D. Millett, P. Powell). User Problems Concerning Functional Integration in Thirteen Organizations (J. Kaasboll, K. Braa, T. Bratteteig). A Study of End-users' Behavior by Means of an Automated Assessment Method (or a Behavior Typology of End-Users) (H. Frietas, B. Ballaz). Joint Elicitation of Problems Important Aspects of Change Analysis (G. Goldkuhl, A. Rostlinger). Information Systems Development Methods and User Approach (C. Morley). Partial Participation: A Contingency Abandonment as a Strategy for Avoiding Failure (C. Sauer). Social Relations as a Focus of Emancipatory Intent: User Participation in Information System Development: Moderation in All Things (T. Guimaraes, J.D. McKeen). Participatory Information Systems: Information Systems as Venues for Participation (A. Gonlund, B. Guohua). Dynamic Modeling of Collaboration Among Rational Agents Redefining the Research Agenda (C. Stary). Using Agents: Communication Theory for Systems Design: A Model for Eliciting Information Requirements (M. Tan). The Application of Neohumanist Principles in Information Systems Development (H.K. Klein, R. Hirschheim). Ethical Issues in Information Systems Development: The Analyst as Moral Agent (G. Walsham). From a Macro Innovation Theory of IS Diffusion to a Micro Innovation Theory of IS Adoption: An Application to CASE Adoption (J. Livari). Ends as a Focus of Emancipatory Intent: The Influence of Societal Factors on the Diffusion of Electronic Data Interchange in the Netherlands (E.M. Trauth, F.E.J.M. Derksen, H.M.J. Mevissen). Approaches to the Development of Executive Information Systems and the Contrast with Traditional Systems Development (G. Fitzgerald). End-User Computing: A Study of Three Management Models (P.V. Parkin, J.M. Verner, N.E. Cerper). A Plausible Impossibility: Supporting Top Executives with Information Systems (K. Rapley). Managing Information Technology Enabled Change (R. Benjamin). Organizational Metaphors and Information Systems Practice: A Case Example of Implementation Strategy Formulation (A. Heiskanen). Boiling the Frog or Seducing the Fox: Organizational Aspects of Implementing CASE Technology (S. Fischer, M. Doodeman, T. Vinig, J. Achterberg). The Organizational Context of Systems Development (S.E. Little). The Social Context of Information Systems Development: An Appreciative Field Perspective (P. Ledington, J. Heales). Structured Development? A Structurational Analysis of the Development of an Executive Information System (M. Jones, J. Nandhakumar).