Rethinking Information Systems in Organizations Integrating Organizational Problem Solving

• Main Author: Kawalek, John Paul (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 2008
• Subjects: Management information systems > Management; Information technology > Management
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• Physical Description: xv, 251 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages. [241]-249) and index
• ISBN: 9780415403047; 0415403049; 9780415403054; 0415403057

In Rethinking Information Systems in Organisations, John Paul Kawalek challenges the current orthodoxy of information systems and proposes new alternatives. Bold and ambitious, this book tackles the thorny issues of integration of disciplines, cross-over of functions, and negotiation of epistemological divides in IS. Historically, the IS discipline has struggled to embrace and integrate technical as well as organisational knowledge, skills, and methods. Kawalek argues that there is now a new set of imperatives that will irrecoverably change IS, affecting the way many organisations deploy and access their information and technology. This book defines how the traditional practises of information systems are required to be integrated into a process of organisational problem-solving. An essential read for students of business information systems, organisational theory, and research methods, Kawalek's work also provides core methodological principles on organisational change and problem solving and presents an effective rationale for their use in information systems contexts