Rethinking Management Information Systems

Author : Wendy Currie,Bob Galliers
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999-04-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191589720

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Rethinking Management Information Systems by Wendy Currie,Bob Galliers Pdf

This book examines influential ideas within Management Information Systems (MIS). Leading international contributors summarize key topics and explore a variety of issues currently being discussed in the field. They re-visit influential ideas such as socio-technical theory, systems thinking, and structuration theory and demonstrate their relevance to newer ideas such as re-engineering, hybrid management, knowledge workers, and outsourcing. In locating MIS within an interdisciplinary context, particularly in the light of rapid technological changes, this book will form the link between past and future approaches to MIS.

Author : Wendy Currie,Robert Galliers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198775331

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Rethinking Management Information Systems by Wendy Currie,Robert Galliers Pdf

This book examines influential ideas within Management Information Systems (MIS). Leading international contributors summarize key topics and explore a variety of issues currently being discussed in the field. They re-visit influential ideas such as socio-technical theory, systems thinking,and structuration theory and demonstrate their relevance to newer ideas such as re-engineering, hybrid management, knowledge workers, and outsourcing. In locating MIS within an interdisciplinary context, particularly in the light of rapid technological changes, this book will form the link betweenpast and future approaches to MIS.

Author : Dr Chris Mowles
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781409486749

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Rethinking Management by Dr Chris Mowles Pdf

What do business school graduates learn, and how helpful is it for managing in the everyday, messy reality of organisations? What does it mean to apply 'best practice', or to take up 'evidence-based management' and what kind of thinking does this imply? In Rethinking Management, Chris Mowles argues that many management courses still largely assume a linear and predictable world, when experience tells us that the opposite is the case. He questions some of the more orthodox conceptual assumptions that underpin much management education and instead, encourages leaders and managers to take their everyday experience of working with others seriously. People in organisations co-operate and compete to get things done, and constrain and enable each other in relationships of power. Because of this there are always unintended consequences of our actions - uncertainty is inherent in the everyday. Chris Mowles draws on the complexity sciences, the sciences of uncertainty rather than certainty, and the social sciences to explore more helpful ways to think and talk about our lived reality. He takes concrete examples from contemporary organisations, to argue that understanding the radical implications of uncertainty is central to the task of leading. Rethinking Management explores narrative alternatives to the ubiquitous grids and frameworks that are routinely taught in business schools, and encourages management professionals and educators to recognise the importance of judgement, improvisation and the everyday politics of organisational life.

Author : Robert D Galliers,Wendy Currie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199580583

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The Oxford Handbook of Management Information Systems by Robert D Galliers,Wendy Currie Pdf

This Handbook provides critical, interdisciplinary contributions from leading international academics on the theory and methodology, practical applications, and broader context of Management Information Systems, as well as offering potential avenues for future research

Author : John Paul Kawalek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134141999

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Rethinking Information Systems in Organizations by John Paul Kawalek Pdf

In Rethinking Information Systems in Organizations John Paul Kawalek challenges the current orthodoxy of information systems and proposes new alternatives. Bold and ambitious, this book tackles the thorny issues of integration of disciplines, cross over of functions, and negotiation of epistemological divides in IS. Historically, the IS discipline has struggled to embrace and integrate technical as well as organizational knowledge, skills and methods. Kawalek argues that there are now a new set of imperatives that will irrecoverably change IS, affecting the way many organizations deploy and access their information and technology. This book defines how the traditional practices of Information Systems are required to integrate into a process of organizational problem-solving. An essential read for students of business information systems, organizational theory and research methods, Kawalek’s work also provides core methodological principles on organizational change and problem solving, and presents an effective rationale for their use in Information Systems contexts.

Author : Robert D. Galliers,Dorothy E. Leidner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134730056

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Strategic Information Management by Robert D. Galliers,Dorothy E. Leidner Pdf

Today there are few organizations that can afford to ignore information technology and few individuals who would prefer to be without it. As managerial tasks become more complex, so the nature of the required information systems changes from structured, routine support to ad hoc, unstructured, complex enquiries at the highest levels of management. As with the first three editions, this fourth edition of Strategic Information Management: Challenges and Strategies in Managing Information Systems presents the many complex and inter-related issues associated with the management of information systems. This book provides a rich source of material reflecting recent thinking on the key issues facing executives in information systems strategic management. It draws from a wide range of contemporary articles written by leading experts from North America, Asia, and Europe. Designed as a course text for MBA, Master's level students, and senior undergraduate students taking courses in information management, it also provides a wealth of information and references for researchers. New to this edition are updated readings addressing current issues and the latest thinking in information management.

Author : Dorothy E. Leidner,Timothy R. Kayworth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780750686488

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Global Information Systems by Dorothy E. Leidner,Timothy R. Kayworth Pdf

Information technology has had a major impact on individuals, organizations and society over the past 50 years. There are few organizations that can afford to ignore IT and few individuals who would prefer to be without it. As managerial tasks become more complex, so the nature of the required information systems (IS) changes - from structured, routine support to ad hoc, complex enquiries at the highest levels of management. Global Information Systems aims to present the many complex and inter-related issues associated with culture in the management of information systems. The editors have selected a wide range of contemporary articles from leading experts in North America and Europe that represent a wide variety of different national and cultural environments. They offer valid explanations for, rather than simply pointing out cultural differences in articles that cover a variety of national cultures, including: China, Egypt, Finland, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Jamaica, Peru South Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, Singapore, Sweden, the United Arab Emirate, the UK, and the US.

Author : Steve Furnell,Bhavani Thuraisingham,X. Sean Wang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780387298269

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Security Management, Integrity, and Internal Control in Information Systems by Steve Furnell,Bhavani Thuraisingham,X. Sean Wang Pdf

This is the first joint working conference between the IFIP Working Groups 11. 1 and 11. 5. We hope this joint conference will promote collaboration among researchers who focus on the security management issues and those who are interested in integrity and control of information systems. Indeed, as management at any level may be increasingly held answerable for the reliable and secure operation of the information systems and services in their respective organizations in the same manner as they are for financial aspects of the enterprise, there is an increasing need for ensuring proper standards of integrity and control in information systems in order to ensure that data, software and, ultimately, the business processes are complete, adequate and valid for intended functionality and expectations of the owner (i. e. the user organization). As organizers, we would like to thank the members of the international program committee for their review work during the paper selection process. We would also like to thank the authors of the invited papers, who added valuable contribution to this first joint working conference. Paul Dowland X. Sean Wang December 2005 Contents Preface vii Session 1 - Security Standards Information Security Standards: Adoption Drivers (Invited Paper) 1 JEAN-NOEL EZINGEARD AND DAVID BIRCHALL Data Quality Dimensions for Information Systems Security: A Theorectical Exposition (Invited Paper) 21 GURVIRENDER TEJAY, GURPREET DHILLON, AND AMITA GOYAL CHIN From XML to RDF: Syntax, Semantics, Security, and Integrity (Invited Paper) 41 C. FARKAS, V. GowADiA, A. JAIN, AND D.

Author : Viscusi, Gianluigi
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466603042

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Phenomenology, Organizational Politics, and IT Design: The Social Study of Information Systems by Viscusi, Gianluigi Pdf

"This book offers a new look at the latest research and critical issues within the field of information systems by creating solid theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical findings of social developments"--

Author : Diebold Group
Publisher : New York : Praeger
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Computers
ISBN : UCR:31210001231347

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Rethinking the Practice of Management by Diebold Group Pdf

Author : Eleanor H. Wynn,Edgar A. Whitley,Michael D. Myers,Janice I. DeGross
Publisher : Springer
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780387356341

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Global and Organizational Discourse about Information Technology by Eleanor H. Wynn,Edgar A. Whitley,Michael D. Myers,Janice I. DeGross Pdf

Over the past 20 years, the field of information systems has grown dramatically in theoretical diversity and global reach. This growth is reflected in the language that policy makers and organizational stakeholders use when they talk about their IT plans. As information technology penetrates further into organizational and global life, it becomes ever more important to articulate assumptions embedded in the discourse. This will help to clarify the complex and yet conceptually improvised or pasted-up worldview that becomes embodied in systems. The assumptions point to particular domains of discourse. The discourse sets up conventions and boundaries. It thus shapes what can or cannot legitimately be talked about, researched, addressed, or solved within the scope of IT. A number of practical and theoretical topics are discussed in detail, including: *Globalization, development, and space; *Mobilization of power; *ERP systems; *IS planning and projects; *Critical research and the study of discourse; *Public institutions; *Analytical frameworks. This book contains the selected proceedings of the Working Conference on Global and Organizational Discourse About Information Technology, sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Barcelona, Spain in December 2002.

Author : Zahir Irani,Peter Love
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136404863

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Evaluating Information Systems by Zahir Irani,Peter Love Pdf

The adoption of Information Technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS) represents significant financial investments, with alternative perspectives to the evaluation domain coming from both the public and private sectors. As a result of increasing IT/IS budgets and their growing significance within the development of an organizational infrastructure, the evaluation and performance measurement of new technology remains a perennial issue for management. This book offers a refreshing and updated insight into the social fabric and technical dimensions of IT/IS evaluation together with insights into approaches used to measure the impact of information systems on its stakeholders. In doing so, it describes the portfolio of appraisal techniques that support the justification of IT/IS investments. Evaluating Information Systems explores the concept of evaluation as an evolutionary and dynamic process that takes into account the ability of enterprise technologies to integrate information systems within and between organisations. In particular, when set against a backdrop of organisational learning. It examines the changing portfolio of benefits, costs and risks associated with the adoption and diffusion of technology in today's global marketplace. Finally approaches to impact assessment through performance management and benchmarking is discussed.

Author : Rossi, Matti,Siau, Keng
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781930708853

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Information Modeling in the New Millennium by Rossi, Matti,Siau, Keng Pdf

This book reviews the state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice of modeling methods and methodologies in information systems development. The book has sections on foundations of information modeling, extended object-oriented modeling and Web information systems modeling. Information Modeling in the New Millennium addresses the gap between technical and business-oriented modeling approaches by providing an integrative view of modeling different of facets of ICT and organizations.

Author : Wim Van Grembergen
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 187828990X

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Information Technology Evaluation Methods and Management by Wim Van Grembergen Pdf

The evaluation of IT and its business value are the subject of many academic and business discussions. Investments in IT are growing extensively, and business managers worry about the fact that the benefits might not be as high as expected. This phenomenon is often called the IT investment paradox or the IT Black Hole: large sums are invested in IT that seem to be swallowed by a large black hole without rendering many returns. How to measure the benefits of IT is the concern of this book titled Information Technology Evaluation Methods and Management. The different IT evaluation approaches and methods are discussed and illustrated with cases: traditional financial evaluations such as the return on investment, information economics and the recently introduced IT Balanced Scorecard. The latter approach is proposed as an ideal mechanism to support the IT/business alignment process and its related IT governance process. Among some of the topics included in this book are: software measurement; ERP project evaluation; strategic electronic commerce evaluation.

Author : Syed, Mahbubur Rahman,Syed, Sharifun Nessa
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781599048888

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Handbook of Research on Modern Systems Analysis and Design Technologies and Applications by Syed, Mahbubur Rahman,Syed, Sharifun Nessa Pdf

"This book provides a compendium of terms, definitions, and explanations of concepts in various areas of systems and design, as well as a vast collection of cutting-edge research articles from the field's leading experts"--Provided by publisher.