Human centered methods in information systems current research and practice /

The 1980s and 1990s have seen a growing interest in research and practice in information systems design and development from a human-centered perspective. This interest is accelerated by the increase in organizations in which the human resource provides the means to key competitive advantage. This b...

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Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Clarke, Steve, 1950-, Lehaney, Brian, 1953-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2000.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Information Systems as Constrained Variety
  • Issues and Scope / Steve Clarke and Brian Lehaney
  • Topological Transformations: the co-construction of an Open System / Andrew Wenn
  • "Excellent" Systems Analysts: A Grounded Theory Approach to Qualitative Research / M. Gordon Hunter
  • Bottom-Up Management and System Design / W. Hutchinson
  • System and Training Design for End-User Error / Jonathan K. Lazar, Anthony F. Norcio
  • Evaluating the Effectiveness of Web Sites / Ruth V. Small, Marilyn P. Arnone
  • Vulnerability and the Aware IS Practitioner: A Reflective Discourse on Unfinished Business / Simon Bell
  • Enabling Technology for Collaborative Working: A Socio-Technical Experience / Dianne Willis, Elayne Coakes
  • Information Systems as Wicked Problems / Gill Mallalieu, Steve Clarke
  • A Measuring of Task-Technology Fit for Computer-Mediated Communication / E. Vance Wilson and Joline P. Morrison
  • The Metaphorical Implications of Data Warehousing / Elizabeth J. Davidson
  • Critical Thinking and Human Centered Methods in Information Systems / Lorraine Warren
  • Rethinking Stakeholder Involvement: An Application of the Theories of Autopoiesis and Boundary Critique to IS Planning / Jose Rodrigo Córdoba and Gerald Midgley, Diego Ricardo Torres.