Information, systems, and information systems : making sense of the field
by
 
Checkland, Peter.

Title
Information, systems, and information systems : making sense of the field

Author
Checkland, Peter.

ISBN
9780471958208

Personal Author
Checkland, Peter.

Publication Information
Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1998.

Physical Description
xv, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents
Pt. 1. The Field of Information Systems and its Problems. 1. The Field of Information Systems: Crucial but Confused. 2. Information Systems: The Anatomy of a Confusion -- Pt. 2. Basic Thinking: Information in Support of Purposeful Action. 3. Organizations: The Main Context of Work on Information Systems. 4. Information in Support of Action -- Pt. 3. Rhetoric and Reality in the IS Field. 5. The Information System which Won the War. 6. Soft Systems Methodology in Action Research. 7. Experiences in the Field -- Pt. 4. A Concept of the Field. 8. The Field of Information Systems.

Subject Term
Management information systems.
 
Information technology.

Added Author
Holwell, Sue.

Electronic Access
Table of Contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix02/97034187.html