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Information, Systems and Information Systems
Peter Checkland
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Description for Information, Systems and Information Systems
Hardcover. Aims to make sense of IS and to establish that IS is not the same as IT. The text develops a coherent and defensible concept of IS which matches real-world practice. Num Pages: 278 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Science-based technology helps to shape our lives, and no technology is more powerful in this respect than that associated with information. But the emerging linked fields of information systems and information technology are still in a very confused state. There is a torrent of technical developments but the concepts which bring structure to the field and make sense of it lag behind. This book seeks to dispel that confusion, and aims to make sense of IS and IT as a whole. Conventional theory bears little relation to the experience most people have with computer-based systems in organizations. Based on real-world ... Read more
Science-based technology helps to shape our lives, and no technology is more powerful in this respect than that associated with information. But the emerging linked fields of information systems and information technology are still in a very confused state. There is a torrent of technical developments but the concepts which bring structure to the field and make sense of it lag behind. This book seeks to dispel that confusion, and aims to make sense of IS and IT as a whole. Conventional theory bears little relation to the experience most people have with computer-based systems in organizations. Based on real-world ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471958208
SKU
V9780471958208
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99-50
About Peter Checkland
Peter Checkland is the recipient of the 'Most Distinguished and Outstanding Contributor' Award of the British Computer Society Methodologies Group, 1994 Recipient of the Gold Medal of the UK Systems Society for 'Outstanding Contribution to Systems Thinking' and 1997 Recipient of a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship. Now retired from full time university work, Peter Checkland continues his research and writing.
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