Emerging Systems Approaches in Information Technologies: Concepts, Theories, and Applications

Emerging Systems Approaches in Information Technologies: Concepts, Theories, and Applications

Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 420

ISBN13: 9781605669762|ISBN10: 1605669768|EISBN13: 9781605669779|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616923822

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-976-2

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Through a systematic view of technologies, researchers are now finding it less complicated to examine, predict, and explain complex interactions between fields such as engineering and computer science.

Emerging Systems Approaches in Information Technologies: Concepts, Theories, and Applications presents innovative research findings utilizing the incorporation of the systems approach into fields such as systems engineering, computer science, and software engineering. Containing philosophical evaluations and issues related to complexity, this publication provides academicians, practitioners, and researchers with the first resource that fully emphasizes the integration of this approach.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Editorial Advisory Board

Preface

Chapters

Chapter 1

Toward an Interdisciplinary Engineering and Management of Complex IT-Intensive Organizational Systems: A Systems View (pages 1-24)

Manuel Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Moti Frank, David B. Paradice, Francisco Cervantes

An accelerated scientific, engineering, and industrial progress in information technologies has fostered the deployment of Complex Information Technology (highly dependent) Organizational Systems (CITOS). The benefits have been so...

Chapter 2

A Question for Research: Do We mean Information Systems or Systems of Information? (pages 25-38)

Frank Stowell

In this chapter I raise questions about the nature of Information systems, the way that they are designed and developed and suggest areas that IS researchers may wish to investigate. A concern is raised about the way we think about...

Chapter 3

On the Study of Complexity in Information Systems (pages 39-50)

James Courtney, Yasmin Merali, David Paradice, Eleanor Wynn

This article addresses complexity in information systems. It defines how complexity can be used to inform information systems research, and how some individuals and organizations are using notions of complexity. Some organizations...

Chapter 4

Importance of Systems Engineering in the Development of Information Systems (pages 51-66)

Miroljub Kljajic, John V. Farr

The interrelationship between Information Systems (IS), Systems Engineering (SE), and Information Systems Development (ISD) is discussed from past, present, and future perspectives. While SE is relatively a well-established...

Chapter 5

Towards a Wider Application of the Systems Approach in Information Systems and Software Engineering (pages 67-85)

Doncho Petkov, Denis Edgar-Nevill, Raymond Madachy, Rory O’Connor

The chapter provides possible directions for the wider application of the systems approach to information systems development. Potential improvement of software development practices is linked by some leading experts to the...

Chapter 6

Pluralism, Realism, and Truth: The Keys to Knowledge in Information Systems Research (pages 86-98)

John Mingers

The aim of this article is to outline some of the key themes that I believe are important, first, in applying the systems approach to produce high quality IS research in general and, second, to consider more specifically some of the...

Chapter 7

Information-As-System in Information Systems: A Systems Thinking Perspective (pages 99-118)

Tuan M. Nguyen, Huy V. Vo

This article investigates the complex nature of information in information systems (IS). Based on the systems thinking framework, this study argues that information in IS is a system in its own right. A conceptual model of...

Chapter 8

An Analysis of the Imbursement of Currency in a Debt-Based Money-Information System (pages 119-136)

G. A. Swanson

The imbursement of currency into modern debtbased money-information systems is a concrete phenomenon. Economic jargon traffics in abstract concepts. This analysis attempts to bridge the gap between the abstract and the concrete and...

Chapter 9

A Complex Adaptive Systems-Based Enterprise Knowledge Sharing Model (pages 137-155)

Cynthia T. Small, Andrew P. Sage

This paper describes a complex adaptive systems (CAS)-based enterprise knowledge-sharing (KnS) model. The CAS-based enterprise KnS model consists of a CAS-based KnS framework and a multi-agent simulation model. Enterprise knowledge...

Chapter 10

A Conceptual Descriptive-Comparative Study of Models and Standards of Processes in SE, SwE, and IT Disciplines Using the Theory of Systems (pages 156-181)

Manuel Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Rory O’Connor, Francisco Alvarez, Jorge Macías-Lúevano

The increasing design, manufacturing, and provision complexity of high-quality, cost-efficient and trustworthy products and services has demanded the exchange of best organizational practices in worldwide organizations. While that...

Chapter 11

Integrating the Fragmented Pieces of IS Research Paradigms and Frameworks: A Systems Approach (pages 182-203)

Manuel Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Guisseppi Forgionne, Doncho Petkov, Jeimy Cano

A formal conceptualization of the original concept of system and related concepts—from the original systems approach movement—can facilitate the understanding of information systems (IS). This article develops a critique integrative...

Chapter 12

System-of-Systems Cost Estimation: Analysis of Lead System Integrator Engineering Activities (pages 204-213)

Jo Ann Lane, Barry Boehm

As organizations strive to expand system capabilities through the development of system-of-systems (SoS) architectures, they want to know “how much effort” and “how long” to implement the SoS. In order to answer these questions, it...

Chapter 13

Could the Work System Method Embrace Systems Concepts More Fully? (pages 214-226)

Steven Alter

The work system method was developed iteratively with the overarching goal of helping business professionals understand IT-reliant systems in organizations. It uses general systems concepts selectively, and sometimes implicitly. For...

Chapter 14

Information and Knowledge Perspectives in Systems Engineering and Management for Innovation and Productivity through Enterprise Resource Planning (pages 227-256)

Stephen V. Stephenson, Andrew P. Sage

This article provides an overview of perspectives associated with information and knowledge resource management in systems engineering and systems management in accomplishing enterprise resource planning for enhanced innovation and...

Chapter 15

A Critical Systems View of Power-Ethics Interactions in Information Systems Evaluation (pages 257-273)

José-Rodrigo Córdoba

Current developments in information systems (IS) evaluation emphasise stakeholder participation in order to ensure adequate and beneficial IS investments. It is now common to consider evaluation as a subjective process of...

Chapter 16

Information Technology Industry Dynamics: Impact of Disruptive Innovation Strategy (pages 274-293)

Nicholas C. Georgantzas, Evangelos Katsamakas

This chapter combines disruptive innovation strategy (DIS) theory with the system dynamics (SD) modeling method. It presents a simulation model of the hard-disk (HD) maker population overshoot and collapse dynamics, showing that DIS...

Chapter 17

Using a Systems Thinking Perspective to Construct and Apply an Evaluation Approach of Technology-Based Information Systems (pages 294-309)

Hajer Kefi

In this article, we use soft systems methodology and complexity modeling to build an evaluation approach of a data warehouse implemented in a leading European financial institution. This approach consists in building a theoretical...

Chapter 18

The Distribution of a Management Control System in an Organization (pages 310-328)

Alfonso A. Reyes

This chapter is concerned with methodological issues. In particular, it addresses the question of how is it possible to align the design of management information systems with the structure of an organization. The method proposed is...

Chapter 19

Making the Case for Critical Realism: Examining the Implementation of Automated Performance Management Systems (pages 329-344)

Phillip Dobson, John Myles, Paul Jackson

This article seeks to address the dearth of practical examples of research in the area by proposing that critical realism be adopted as the underlying research philosophy for enterprise systems evaluation. We address some of the...

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