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
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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.
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