Information Systems is a rapidly developing and changing domain, and this innovative new book series reflects current developments in the global domain supported by its international editorial team. The purpose is to combine state-of-the-art topics with global perspectives, delivering the correct balance between organizational, managerial, technological, theoretical, and practical aspects.
By Mahmood Hussain Shah
October 01, 2013
Improvements in information and communication technologies (ICTs) have brought about a sea change in the ways in which most people in the industrialized world work. In many organizations the ability to "work remotely" or "telecommute" has helped productivity improve. However, many of the benefits ...
By Steve Clarke
October 12, 2006
This fully revised and updated second edition of Information Systems Strategic Management continues to provide an accessible yet critical analysis of the strategic aspects of information systems.The second edition again covers the relevant practical and theoretical material of information systems, ...
By Brian Lehaney, Phil Lovett, Mahmood Hussain Shah
April 21, 2011
Business information systems and business information technology are integral aspects of modern business, and managers in these areas are now expected to have knowledge of human and managerial issues, as well as technical ones. This concise and readable book is a level-by-level primer that ...
By José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón
September 17, 2009
As a collection of ideas and methodologies, systems thinking has made an impact in organizations and in particular in the information systems field. However, this main emphasis on organizations limits the scope of systems thinking and practice. There is a need first to use systems thinking in ...
By Rajeev K. Bali, Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Phil Lovett
June 24, 2009
The discipline of Knowledge Management (KM) is rapidly becoming established as an essential course or module in both information systems and management programs around the world. Many KM texts pitch theoretical issues at too technical or high a level, or presenting a only a theoretical prescriptive...
By Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Rajeev K. Bali, Phil Lovett, Jonathan Schaffer, M. Chris Gibbons
June 22, 2009
Quality care of patients requires evaluating large amounts of data at the right time and place and in the correct context. With the advent of electronic health records, data warehouses now provide information at the point of care and facilitate a continuous learning environment in which lessons ...
By Alistair Mutch
March 31, 2008
Knowledge is increasingly regarded as central, both to the successful functioning of organizations and to their strategic direction. Managing Information and Knowledge in Organizations explores the nature and place of knowledge in contemporary organizations, paying particular attention to the ...
