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This is a book about information systems, that should be clear from the title, but we suspect that most readers will start to read with an implicit question in their minds, ‘What exactly is an information system?’.
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Complementary texts that are suitable to be read alongside this book include the following:
Angell, I.O. & Smithson, S. (1991) Information Systems Management: Opportunities and Risks, Macmillan Press, Basingstoke.
Avison, D.E. & Fitzgerald, G. (1988) Information Systems Development: Methodologies, Techniques and Tools, Blackwell, Oxford.
Cashmore, C. & Lyall, R. (1991) Business Information: Systems and Strategies, Prentice Hall, Hemel Hempstead.
Cornford, T. & Smithson, S. (1996) Project Research in Information Systems: A Student’s Guide, Macmillan Press, Basingstoke.
Curtis, G. (1995) Business Information Systems: Analysis, Design and Practice (2nd edition), Addison-Wesley, Wokingham.
Laudon, K.C. & Laudon, J.P. (1996) Management Information Systems, 4th edition, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Liebenau, J. & Backhouse, J. (1990) Understanding Information: An Introduction, Macmillan Press, Basingstoke.
Sprague, R.H & McNurlin, B.C. (1993) Information Systems Management in Practice, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Stowell, F. & West, D. (1994) Client-led Design: A Systemic Approach to Information Systems Definition, McGraw-Hill, London.
Yourdon, E. (1989) Modern Structured Analysis Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
More advanced material can be found in the following:
Boland, J.R. & Hirschheim, R.A. (editors) (1988) Critical Issues in Information Systems Research, J. Wiley, Chichester.
Dahlbom, B. & Mathiassen, L. (1993) Computers in Context: The Philosophy and Practice of System Design, BCC Blackwell, London.
Galliers, R. (editor) (1987) Information Analysis: Selected Readings, Addison-Wesley, Sydney.
Introna, L.D. (1997) Management, Information and Power, Macmillan Press, Basingstoke.
Walsham, G. (1993) Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations, J. Wiley, Chichester.
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Avgerou, C., Cornford, T. (1998). Introduction. In: Developing Information Systems. Information Systems Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14813-4_1
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