The field of Information Systems has been evolving since the first application of computers in organizations in the early 1950s. Focusing on information systems analysis and design up to and including the 1980s, the field has expanded enormously, with our assumptions about information and knowledge being challenged, along with both intended and unintended consequences of information technology. This prestige reference work offers students and researchers a critical reflection on major topics and current scholarship in the evolving field of Information Systems. This single-volume survey of the field is organized into four parts. The first section deals with Disciplinary and Methodological Foundations. The second section deals with Development, Adoption and Use of MIS - topics that formed the centrepiece of the field of IS in the last century. The third section deals with Managing Organizational IS, Knowledge and Innovation, while the final section considers emerging and continuing issues and controversies in the field - IS in Society and a Global Context. Each chapter provides a balanced overview of current knowledge, identifying issues and discussing relevant debates. This prestigious book is required reading for any student or researcher in Management Information Systems, academics and students covering the breadth of the field, and established researchers seeking a single-volume repository on the current state of knowledge, current debates and relevant literature.

This new four-volume collection brings together the vast body of literature on Management Information Systems, focusing, in particular, on seminal works in the field and notable new developments. As such, the collection will be welcomed as a useful guide for MIS researchers, including PhD students and academics trying to obtain a better grasp of the field.

The field of Information Systems has been evolving since the first application of computers in organizations in the early 1950s. Focusing on information systems analysis and design up to and including the 1980s, the field has expanded enormously, with our assumptions about information and knowledge being challenged, along with both intended and unintended consequences of information technology. This prestige reference work offers students and researchers a critical reflection on major topics and current scholarship in the evolving field of Information Systems. This single-volume survey of the field is organized into four parts. The first section deals with Disciplinary and Methodological Foundations. The second section deals with Development, Adoption and Use of MIS - topics that formed the centrepiece of the field of IS in the last century. The third section deals with Managing Organizational IS, Knowledge and Innovation, while the final section considers emerging and continuing issues and controversies in the field - IS in Society and a Global Context. Each chapter provides a balanced overview of current knowledge, identifying issues and discussing relevant debates. This prestigious book is required reading for any student or researcher in Management Information Systems, academics and students covering the breadth of the field, and established researchers seeking a single-volume repository on the current state of knowledge, current debates and relevant literature.

This new title focuses on strategic information management and its repercussions for business and management practice. The authors have made a thorough survey of key information management issues amongst senior executives (both IT and non-IT) in order to reach the best possible selection of readings.

The editors include a wide range of contemporary and classic articles from North America and the United Kingdom on key information systems management themes, including: IT developments in business: an historical review and management implications; Key information systems management issues; international comparisons, historical trends, and global issues; Information systems strategy - formulation, implementation, and business process redesign; Building a flexible IT architecture; Strategic information systems; Organizing and outsourcing information systems services; Bridging the cultural gap between information systems and business professionals; Measuring and managing benefits from information systems.

Building on the success of the first edition of Strategic Information Management, this second edition draws on a wide range of contemporary articles by leading experts in North America and Europe, such as: Bob Benjamin, Michael Earl, Blake Ives, Sirkka Jarvenpaa, Lynne Markus, Edgar Schein and Leslie Willcocks. Each deals with aspects of the most important and pressing Information Systems Management themes.
The collection is given added coherence with the introduction of an easily understood framework of Information Systems Strategy and Planning within the wider organizational and business context. In addition, lessons are reinforced by the inclusion of discussion questions at the end of each chapter; these often refer to points raised elsewhere in the book as well.
Strategic Information Management is designed as a course text for MBA, Master's and final year undergraduate students, and provides a helpful launch pad for researchers and Doctoral students investigating these key issues. The book can be read from cover-to- cover, or as a ready reference for those whose need to dip into aspects of the subject.
About the editors
Bob Galliers is internationally renowned for his leading edge work on IT and organizational change. Professor of Information Management at Warwick Business School, UK, where he was Dean for the period 1994- 1998, he is editor-in-chief of the JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS and, in 1999, President of the Association for Information Systems. He is a Visiting Professor at INSEAD, France and an Honorary Professor of the Institute for Advanced Management Studies in Brussels.
Dorothy Leidner is an Associate Professor of Information Systems atINSEAD. Her current research focuses on key issues associated with knowledge management systems and working in virtual teams. The latter research has gained international prominence through being highlighted in Harvard Business Review. She has published in such leading international journals as Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly and Organization Science.
Bernadette Baker is a Business Analyst at Virgin Direct. Previously a Research Fellow in Business Innovation and Information Systems Strategies at Warwick Business School, she gained her Doctorate there as a result of pioneering work in the area of assessing Strategic Information Systems Planning success.
The Editors have thoroughly researched which articles would be most useful on Strategic Information Courses provided by other institutions as well as their
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Professor Galliers is the recognized authority in the field of Information Management, and teaches at one of the top Management Schools in Britain