Information System Concepts

by Falkenberg, Eckhard D.; Lyytinen, Kalle; Verrijn-Stuart, Alexander A.

• ISBN13: 9780792378068
• ISBN10: 0792378067
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This book contains the papers, discussion notes and workshop reports of 'ISCO4', the fourth international conference in a series instigated by the former IFIP Working Group 8.1 Task Group FRISCO (FRamework of Information System COncepts). The FRISCO Report - published in 1998 - forms a significant contribution to the long-lasting quest of our community towards developing a scientific outlook in the field of information systems. ISCO4 provided a forum for debate on that report and on a range of related issues: Reflections on and criticism of conceptual frameworks (such as FRISCO); Fundamental and generic information system concepts; Novel information system design approaches; Approaches to integrate and synthesise information system design methods. The three workshops addressed the following themes: The conceptual foundations of information systems; Innovation and standardisation in the information system field; How do our concepts shape our practice, and vice versa? ISCO4 was held in the Lorentz Center of Leiden University, The Netherlands, in September 1999, and was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). Its proceedings are of prime interest to all those working in information systems, especially researchers, lecturers, and students, but also practitioners, such as tool and method developers.

Author Biography

Eckhard Falkenberg is Professor Emeritus of Information Systems and lives in GermanyKalle Lyytinen is Professor of Information Systems at the University of Jyv+ñskyl+ñ, FinlandAlex Verrijn-Stuart is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Leiden University, The Netherlands

Table of Contents

Editors' Preface	ix
Conference Officers and Committee Members	xi
Information Systems as a Social Science: An Alternative to the FRISCO Formalism	1	(51)
Ronald K. Stamper
Comments on ``Information Systems as a Social Science''	52	(3)
R.K. Stamper
Kalle Lyytinen
Comments on ``Information Systems as a Social Science''	55	(6)
R.K. Stamper
Eckhard D. Falkenberg
Conceptions are Social Constructs - towards a Solid Foundation of the FRISCO Approach	61	(13)
Hubert von Braun
Wolfgang Hesse
U Andelfinger
Hans-Bernd Kittlaus
Gert Scheschonk
Comments on ``Conceptions are Social Constructs''	74	(3)
H. v. Braun
W. Hesse
U. Andelfinger
H.-B. Kittlaus
G. Scheschonk
Hannu Kangassalo
An Organisational Theory of Information	77	(15)
Anatol W. Holt
Felice Cardone
Comments on ``An Organisational Theory of Information''	92	(3)
A.W. Holt
F. Cardone
Ronald K. Stamper
A Semiotic Approach to the Design of Agent-mediated E-commerce Systems	95	(20)
Samuel Chong
Kecheng Liu
Comments on ``A Semiotic Approach to the Design of Agent-mediated E-commerce Systems''	115	(2)
S. Chong
K. Liu
John Krogstie
The Quality of Business Process Modelling Methods: Illustration of a Framework for Understanding Modelling Quality	117	(20)
Bart-Jan Hommes
Victor van Reijswoud
Comments on ``The Quality of Business Process Modelling Methods''	137	(4)
B.-J. Hommes
V. van Reijswoud
Pieter W.G. Bots
Modelling Concurrent Process Coordination in Workflow Specifications	141	(22)
Alistair P. Barros
Arthur H.M. ter Hofstede
Comments on ``Modelling Concurrent Process Coordination in Workflow Specifications''	163	(2)
A.P. Barros
A.H.M. ter Hofstede
Jan L.G. Dietz
An Autopoietic View of the Concept `Information System'	165	(22)
El-Sayed Abou-Zeid
Comments on ``An Autopoietic View of the Concept `Information System'''	187	(2)
E.-S. Abou-Zeid
Motoshi Saeki
Failure, Identity Loss and Living Information Systems	189	(24)
Panagiotis Kanellis
Mark Lycett
Ray J. Paul
Comments on ``Failure, Identity Loss and Living Information Systems''	213	(4)
P. Kanellis
M. Lycett
R.J. Paul
Kalle Lyytinen
An Ontological Evaluation of the OML Metamodel	217	(16)
Andreas L. Opdahl
Brain Henderson-Sellers
Franck Barbier
Comments on ``An Ontological Evaluation of the OML Metamodel''	233	(2)
A.L. Opdahl
B. Henderson-Sellers
F. Barbier
Arne Sølvberg
Overviews of Models Defined with Charts of Concepts	235	(22)
Xavier Castellani
Comments on ``Overviews of Models Defined with Charts of Concepts''	257	(2)
X. Castellani
Zheying Zhang
Information System? Which One Do you Mean?	259	(19)
Joao Alvaro Carvalho
Comments on ``Information System? Which One Do you Mean?''	278	(3)
J.A. Carvalho
John Lindsay
The `Information' Concept in FRISCO Compared to Empirical Studies of Information in Decision Making	281	(14)
Jens Kaasboll
Comments on ``The `Information' Concept in FRISCO Compared to Empirical Studies of Information in Decision Making''	295	(4)
J. Kaasboll
Debørah Bunker
Keynote Address: Formal and Informal Aspects of Intelligent Agent-based Systems	299	(12)
John-Jules Ch. Meyer
Conceptual Foundations of Information Systems: Report on Workshop 1	311	(14)
Wolfgang Hesse
Innovation and Standardization in the Information Systems Field: Report on Workshop 2	325	(8)
T. William Olle
Information System Concepts in Practice: Report on Workshop 3	333	(8)
Willem Hengeveld
Alexander A. Verrijn-Stuart
Index of Contributors	341	(2)
Keyword Index	343