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INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS: LOOKING BACKWARD AND FORWARD
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The academic field of information systems has developed because
organizations use a specialized body of knowledge about information
and communications systems. Teaching and research support these
organization needs. The field may be defined in terms of observed
information systems in organizations and also in terms of the function
or field of activity for system planning, development, management,
and evaluation. Since the systems deal with capture, repositories,
processing, and communication of data, information, and knowledge,
these are also defined.
Conceptual foundations for the field are the set of concepts and
propositions that explain why structures are designed the way they
are, tasks are scheduled and accomplished in the way they are, and
activities are performed the way they are. There are three approaches
to conceptual foundations: an intersection approach that accepts any
concept from any field if it appears to add insight and explanation to
information systems practice and research, a core approach that seeks
to define those ideas that characterize the discipline and make it
distinct, and an evolutionary approach that seeks a cohesive set of
concepts by combining the concepts from the core approach with
concepts from other fields that over time are found to be especially
useful to information systems.
Gordon B. Davis - Personal Name
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS: LOOKING BACKWARD AND FORWARD
Information Technology
English
2011
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