Information System Concepts: An Integrated Discipline Emerging: IFIP TC8/WG8.1 International Conference on Information System Concepts: An Integrated Discipline Emerging (ISCO-4)September 20-22, 1999, University of Leiden, The Netherlands / Edition 1

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Overview

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.
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Eckhard Falkenberg is Professor Emeritus of Information Systems and lives in Germany

Kalle Lyytinen is Professor of Information Systems at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Alex Verrijn-Stuart is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Leiden University, The Netherlands

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Table of Contents

Editors' Preface. Conference Officers and Committee Members. Information Systems as a Social Science: An Alternative to the FRISCO Formalism; R.K. Stamper. Comments on 'Information Systems as a Social Science' by R.K. Stamper; K. Lyytinen. Comments on 'Information Systems as a Social Science; by R.K. Stamper; E.D. Falkenberg. Conceptions are Social Constructs - towards a Solid Foundation of the FRISCO Approach; H. von Braun, et al. Comments on 'Conceptions are Social Constructs' by H. von Braun, W. Hesse, U. Andelfinger, H.-B. Kittlaus, and G. Scheschonk; H. Kangassalo. An Organisational Theory of Information; A.W. Holt, F. Cardone. Comments on 'An Organisational Theory of Information' by A.W. Holt and F. Cardone; R.K. Stamper. A Semiotic Approach to the Design of Agent-mediated E-commerce Systems; S. Chong, K. Liu. Comments on 'A Semiotic Approach to the Design of Agent-mediated E-commerce Systems' by S. Chong and K. Liu; J. Krogstie. The Quality of Business Process Modelling Methods: Illustration of a Framework for Understanding Modelling Quality; B.-J. Hommes, V. van Reijswoud. Comments on 'The Quality of Business Process Modelling Methods' by B.-J. Hommes and V. van Reijswoud; P.W.G. Bots. Modelling Concurrent Process Coordination in Workflow Specifications; A.P. Barros, A.H.M. ter Hofstede. Comments on 'Modelling Concurrent Process Coordination in Workflow Specifications' by A.P. Barros and A.H.M. ter Hofstede; J.L.G. Dietz. An Autopoietic View of the Concept 'Information System'; E.-S. Aboud-Zeid. Comments on 'An Autopoietic View of the Concept 'Information System'' by E.-S. Aboud-Zeid; M. Saeki. Failure, Identity Loss and Living Information Systems; P. Kanellis, et al. Comments on 'Failure, Identity Loss and Living Information Systems' by P. Kanellis, M. Lycett and R.J. Paul; K. Lyytinen. An Ontological Evaluation of the OML Metamodel; A.L. Opdahl, et al. Comments on 'An Ontological Evaluation of the OML Metamodel' by A.L. Opdahl, B. Henderson-Sellers and F. Barbier; A. Sølvberg. Overviews of Models Defined with Charts of Concepts; X. Castellani. Comments on 'Overviews of Models Defined with Charts of Concepts' by X. Castellani; Z. Zhang. Information System? Which One Do you Mean? J.A. Carvalho. Comments on 'Information System? Which One Do you Mean?' by J.A. Carvalho; J. Lindsay. The 'Information' Concept in FRISCO Compared to Empirical Studies of Information in Decision Making; J. Kaasbøll. Comments on 'The 'Information' Concept in FRISCO Compared to Empirical Studies of Information in Decision Making' by J. Kaasbøll; D. Bunker. Keynote Address: Formal and Informal Aspects of Intelligent Agent-based Systems; J.-J. Ch. Meyer. Conceptual Foundations of Information Systems: Report on Workshop 1; W. Hesse. Innovation and Standardization in the Information Systems Field: Report on Workshop 2; T.W. Olle. Information System Concepts in Practice: Report on Workshop 3; W. Hengelveld, A.A. Verrijn-Stuart. Index of Contributors. Keyword Index.

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