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Author:   Wendy Currie (Professor in Strategic Information Systems, Professor in Strategic Information Systems, Brunel University) ,  Bob Galliers (Professor in Information Systems, LSE, Professor in Information Systems, LSE)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.744kg
ISBN:  

9780198775324

ISBN 10:   0198775326
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   08 April 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I. Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives 1: Allen Lee: Researching MIS 2: Enid Mumford: Routinisation, Re-engineering, and Socio-Technical Design: Changing Ideas on the Organisation of Work 3: Peter Checkland: Systems Thinking 4: Juhani Iivari and Kalle Lyytinen: Research on Information Systems Development in Scandinavia - Unity and Plurality 5: Matthew Jones: Structuration Theory 6: Claudio U. Ciborra: A Theory of Information Systems Based on Improvisation Part II. Information Systems, Strategic Management, and Performance Evaluation 7: Michael J. Earl: Strategy-Making in the Information Age 8: M. Lynne Markus: Thinking the Unthinkable: What Happens if the IS Field as We Know it Goes Away? 9: Barbara Farbey, Frank Land, and David Targett: IS Evaluation: A Process for Bringing Together Benefits, Costs, and Risks 10: Richard J. Boland: Accounting as a Representational Craft: Lessons for Research on Information Systems Part III. Developing and Implementing Change Programmes 11: David Avison and Guy Fitzgerald: Information Systems Development 12: Chris Sauer: Deciding the Future for IS Failures - Not the Choice You Might Think 13: Frank Land: An Historical Analysis of Implementing IS at J. Lyons 14: Mary C. Lacity and Rudy Hirschheim: Information Technology Outsourcing: What Problems are We Trying to Solve? 15: Bob Galliers and Jacky Swan: Information Systems and Strategic Change: A Critical Review of Business Process Re-Engineering Part IV. Organisation and Management Issues 16: Robert I. Tricker: The Cultural Context of Information Management 17: Wendy L. Currie and Ian A. Glover: Hybrid Managers: An Example of Tunnel Vision and Regression in Management Research 18: David F. Feeny and Leslie P. Willcocks: Rethinking Capabilities and Skills in the Information Systems Function 19: Harry Scarbrough: The Management of Knowledge Workers

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