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System as information—information as system
World Futures, 1997It is tried to show that pragmatic information as a generalised concept of information plays a role as an interacting meaningful entity between systems. Systems are sources of information and information is able to build up systems. Therefore system and information seem to be two sides of the same coin.
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Information systems evaluation and the information systems development process
Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 2004In this paper, we consider the synergy between two areas of information system (IS) literature: that concerned with the evaluation of IS and that concerned with explaining the phenomenon of IS failure. On the basis of an analysis of both areas, a model is presented which attempts to integrate IS evaluation into the life cycle of IS development.
Paul Beynon-Davies +2 more
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Integration of the Maintenance Information System with the Production Information System
IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 1998This paper presents the structure of an information system for maintenance in different and complex groups of production plants: thermal power, heating plants, cement factories and sugar factories, equipment in the food processing, metal processing, electric and wood industries and machinery in civil construction industry, forestry and agricultural ...
Majdandžić, Niko, Šarić, Tomislav
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Geographic information systems as a marketing information system technology
Decision Support Systems, 2004Marketing information systems (MKIS) are decision support systems targeted at marketing-specific decisions. One of the most widely disseminated MKIS models divides the marketing decision universe into four domains and links these domains to each other and to other marketing activities.
Hess, Ronald L. +2 more
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Information and Information Systems
1990Information is a basic resource of all organisations. It is essential for them to know, for example, how much is owed and to whom, who owes them money and how much, who the customers are, names of suppliers, what the competition is doing, market trends and much more. Organisations contain vast amounts of data of all kinds. Good decision-making requires
Edward Sallis, Kate Sallis
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Is information systems a science? an inquiry into the nature of the information systems discipline
ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems, 2000The information systems (IS) discipline is apparently undergoing an identity crisis. Academicians question the need for IS departments in colleges, stating the absence of a core for the field and its integration within other business functions as a basis for its elimination. At the same time, many practitioners, as reflected in the U.S.
Deepak Khazanchi, Bjørn Erik Munkvold
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Information structures in a covering information system
Information Sciences, 2020zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Zhaowen Li +4 more
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Information systems resources and information security
Information Systems Frontiers, 2010Recent studies suggest that the number of information security incidents has increased dramatically and has caused significant economic loss worldwide. Awareness of the significance of information security is evidenced by a rapid increase in information security investments.
Kuo-Chung Chang, Chih-ping Wang
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Information system artefact or information system application: that is the question
Information Systems Journal, 2016AbstractLeeet al. () suggest the concept of information system (IS) artefact as an alternative to information technology (IT) artefact, defining the former as a system of an IT artefact, an information artefact and a social artefact. This paper assesses this suggestion, contrasting it with the concepts of IT artefact and IS application as introduced in
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The Utility of Information Systems
Industrial Management & Data Systems, 1994The views of 25 chief executive officers and their information systems executives on the utility of information systems in their organizations were examined. A gap was detected between these two groups of executives with regard to their satisfaction with information systems and those who run them.
Yasin, Mahmoud M., Quigley, John V.
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