Critical Issues in Information Systems Research
Published on 29. April 1987
Book
Hardback
410 pages
978-0-471-91281-1 (ISBN)
Description
Information systems research addresses a wide range of issues concering the technology, development and management of information systems as well as their organizational and social impacts. This volume brings together and critically analyzes a number of important issues currently facing the field. In Part 1, the chapters focus on issues associated with the practice of analyzing and designing information systems. The chapters present a broad view of practice including the sociology of knowledge, the responsibility of professionals and the effectiveness of tools and procedures. In Part 2, the chapters focus on the social context of information systems. The chapters address the way we think about and research the organizational antecedents and consequences of information systems, their diffusion and our ability to understand their repercussions in the wider network of changing social relations.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
740 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-91281-1 (9780471912811)
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Content
Part I: A FOCUS ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS PRACTICE: A Taxonomic Perspective of Information Systems Development; Theoretical Constructs and Recommendations; Semantics; Towards a Framework for Systems Analysts Practice; Understanding the Elements of System Design; Software Engineering Models for Commercial Information System Development; Managerial Expert Systems and Organizational Change; Some Critical Research Issues; Information Systems Strategy Formulation; PART II: A FOCUS ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS: Information Systems in Organization Theory; Strategies for Research on Information Systems in Organizations; A Critical Analysis of Research Purpose and Time Frame; Unifying the Fragmented Models of Information Systems Implemenation; Research Agenda for a Transaction Cost Approach to Information Systems; Social Change and the Future of Information Systems Development; Defining the Boundaries of Computing Across Complex Organizations; The In-Formation of Information Systems.