Information, systems and information systems : making sense of the field /
Checkland, Peter.
Information, systems and information systems : making sense of the field / Peter Checkland and Sue Holwell. - Chichester : Wiley, 1998. - xv, 262 p. : ill ; 24 cm. + hbk.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253) and indexes.
Part one: The field of information systems and its problems -- The field of information systems: crucial but confused -- Information systems: The anatomy of a confusion -- Part two: Basic thinking: Information in support of purposeful action -- Organizations: The main context of work on information systems -- Information in support of action -- Part three: Rhetoric and reality in the IS field -- The information system which won the war -- Soft systems methodology in action research -- Experiences in the field -- Part four: A concept of the field -- The field of information systems -- Conclusion.
0471958204
Management information systems
Information technology.
303.4833
Information, systems and information systems : making sense of the field / Peter Checkland and Sue Holwell. - Chichester : Wiley, 1998. - xv, 262 p. : ill ; 24 cm. + hbk.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253) and indexes.
Part one: The field of information systems and its problems -- The field of information systems: crucial but confused -- Information systems: The anatomy of a confusion -- Part two: Basic thinking: Information in support of purposeful action -- Organizations: The main context of work on information systems -- Information in support of action -- Part three: Rhetoric and reality in the IS field -- The information system which won the war -- Soft systems methodology in action research -- Experiences in the field -- Part four: A concept of the field -- The field of information systems -- Conclusion.
0471958204
Management information systems
Information technology.
303.4833