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Developing Information Systems

Concepts, Issues and Practice

Authors:

  1. Chrisanthi Avgerou

    1. Department of Information Systems, London School of Economics, UK

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  2. Tony Cornford

    1. Department of Information Systems, London School of Economics, UK

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  • Focuses on the information system as an organizational rather than a technological phenomenon
    Examines both the formal (designed, explicit) and the informal (human, variable) aspects of information systems
    Maintains throughout a human perspective on information systems
    Includes end of chapter exercises and discussion issues, together with selected further reading

Part of the book series: Information Systems Series (INSYS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford
      Pages 1-15

  3. The tasks of information systems development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-20
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    2. The conception of an information system project

      • Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford
      Pages 21-41

    3. Launching an information system development project

      • Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford
      Pages 42-61

    4. Construction of an information system

      • Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford
      Pages 62-93

    5. Information system delivery and operation

      • Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford
      Pages 94-108

  4. Concepts, models, approaches and methodologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-111
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    2. Concepts and theories

      • Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford
      Pages 112-140

    3. The life cycle model and prototyping

      • Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford
      Pages 141-160

    4. Approaches to information systems development

      • Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford
      Pages 161-184

    5. Methodologies for information systems development

      • Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford
      Pages 185-202

  5. The organizational and management context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-207
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    2. Information systems management

      • Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford
      Pages 209-228

    3. Information systems and organizational change

      • Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford
      Pages 229-256

    4. Conclusions

      • Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford
      Pages 257-263

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 264-272
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About this book

This revised and updated edition provides a detailed description and discussion of the processes of information systems development and management. For those specializing as technical experts, it shows where their speciality fits into the overall effort that an organization makes when it sets out to build information systems. For those who specialize in management, it provides an insight into the effort that is involved in information systems development and relates the development activity to broader concerns of information management.

The approach proceeds from a simple description of fundamental development tasks within a life-cycle perspective, to a critical presentation of current practices and their theoretical foundations.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Information Systems, London School of Economics, UK

    Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford

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About the authors

CHRISANTHI AVGEROU is Lecturer in Information Systems at the London School of Economics. Before embarking on an academic career she worked as a programmer and systems analyst developing banking systems. Her research interests include the relationship of information technology to institutional reform and organizational change, and the role of IT in socio-economic development.

TONY CORNFORD is Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at the London School of Economics. His research interests have developed around the adoption of innovative information technologies in organizations and the uses made of them, and include studies of EDI, groupware and interorganizational systems.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Developing Information Systems

  • Book Subtitle: Concepts, Issues and Practice

  • Authors: Chrisanthi Avgerou, Tony Cornford

  • Series Title: Information Systems Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14813-4

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: C. Avgerou and A. Cornford 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-73231-1Due: 03 June 1998

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XI, 288

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Information Systems and Communication Service

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