Human factors in information systems

• Main Author: Szewczak, Edward.
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Snodgrass, Coral.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2002.
• Subjects: Human-computer interaction.; User interfaces (Computer systems)
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (viii, 324 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781931777315 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

Many factors contribute to the way people view and use information, including task requirements, organizational settings, and personality characteristics. Today it is generally accepted that people are an integral element of an information system. System development methodologies include various kinds of people--managers, analysts, programmers, support staff--in the development process. IT could be wasted if various aspects of human behavior were not seriously accommodated. This book addresses pertinent issues by including the most recent research in the discipline, which can be utilized by businesses and organizations when implementing information systems into their policies, procedures and daily tasks.