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020			_a0471958204 (cloth)
082	0	0	_a003 _221 _bC 51
100	1		_aCheckland, Peter. _979
245	1	0	_aInformation, systems, and information systems : _bmaking sense of the field / _cPeter Checkland and Sue Holwell.
264			_aNew York _bJohn Wiley & Sons,Inc _c1998
300			_axv, 262 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
505			_aInformation, Systems and Information Systems making sense of the field Peter Checkland and Sue Holwell Lancaster University, UK Science-based technology helps to shape our lives, and no technology is more powerful in this respect than that associated with information. But the emerging linked fields of information systems and information technology are still in a very confused state. There is a torrent of technical developments but the concepts which bring structure to the field and make sense of it lag behind. This book seeks to dispel that confusion, and aims to make sense of IS and IT as a whole. Conventional theory bears little relation to the experience most people have with computer-based systems in organizations. Based on real-world experiences in both the private and public sectors, this book from Peter Checkland and Sue Holwell tackles the subject afresh. Information, Systems and Information Systems provides a practice-based approach to the thinking needed to underpin provision of information support in organizations. Starting from fundamentals, the book develops a coherent account of the field. The book is thus a work of conceptual cleansing. It presents a well-argued and tested account of IS and IT which is both holistic and coherent. The sense-making models which emerge can encompass any particular assumptions about the nature of organizational reality and management, whether 'hard' functionalist or 'soft' interpretive ones, though the authors' sympathies are with the latter.
650		0	_aManagement information systems. _980
650		0	_aInformation technology. _981
700	1		_aHolwell, Sue. _982
856	4	2	_3Publisher description
856	4		_3Table of Contents
942			_2ddc _cNONTEXT
008			970722s1998 enka b 001 0 eng
260			_aChichester ; _aNew York : _bWiley, _cc1998.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eocip _f19 _gy-gencatlg