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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

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Editors:
  1. Eckhard D. Falkenberg

    1. Germany

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  2. Kalle Lyytinen

    1. University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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  3. Alexander A. Verrijn-Stuart

    1. University of Leiden, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT, volume 36)

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Information Systems as a Social Science

    • Ronald K. Stamper
    Pages 1-51

  3. Comments on “Information Systems as a Social Science” by R.K. Stamper

    • Kalle Lyytinen
    Pages 52-54

  4. Comments on “Information Systems as a Social Science” by R.K. Stamper

    • Eckhard Falkenberg
    Pages 55-60

  5. Conceptions are Social Constructs

    • Hubert von Braun, Wolfgang Hesse, Urs Andelfinger, Hans-Bernd Kittlaus, Gert Scheschonk
    Pages 61-73

  6. Comments on “Conceptions are Social Constructs” by H. v. Braun, W. Hesse, U. Andelfinger, H.-B. Kittlaus and G. Scheschonk

    • Hannu Kangassalo
    Pages 74-76

  7. An Organizational Theory of Information

    • Anatol W. Holt, Felice Cardone
    Pages 77-91

  8. Comments on “An Organizational Theory of Information” by A.W. Holt and F. Cardone

    • Ronald K. Stamper
    Pages 92-94

  9. A Semiotic Approach to the Design of Agent-mediated E-commerce Systems

    • Samuel Chong, Kecheng Liu
    Pages 95-114

  10. Comments on “A Semiotic Approach to the Design of Agent-mediated E-commerce Systems” by S. Chong and K. Liu

    • John Krogstie
    Pages 115-116

  11. The Quality of Business Process Modelling Methods

    • Bart-Jan Hommes, Victor van Reijswoud
    Pages 117-136

  12. Comments on “The Quality of Business Process Modelling Methods” by B.-J. Hommes and V. van Reijswoud

    • Pieter W. G. Bots
    Pages 137-139

  13. Modelling Concurrent Process Coordination in Workflow Specifications

    • Alistair P. Barros, Arthur H. M. ter Hofstede
    Pages 141-162

  14. Comments on “Modelling Concurrent Process Coordination in Workflow Specifications” by A.P. Barros and A.H.M. ter Hofstede

    • Jan L. G. Dietz
    Pages 163-164

  15. An Autopoietic View of the Concept ‘Information System’

    • El-Sayed Abou-Zeid
    Pages 165-186

  16. Comments on “An Autopoietic View of the Concept Information Systems” by E.-S. Abou-Zeid

    • Motoshi Saeki
    Pages 187-188

  17. Failure, Identity Loss and Living Information Systems

    • Panagiotis Kanellis, Mark Lycett, Ray J. Paul
    Pages 189-212

  18. Comments on “Failure, Identity Loss and Living Information Systems” by P. Kanellis, M. Lycett, and R.J. Paul

    • Kalle Lyytinen
    Pages 213-215

  19. An Ontological Evaluation of the OML Metamodel

    • Andreas L. Opdahl, Brian Henderson-Sellers, Franck Barbier
    Pages 217-232

  20. Comments on “An Ontological Evaluation of the OML Metamodel” by A.L. Opdahl, B. Henderson-Sellers and F. Barbier

    • Arne Sølvberg
    Pages 233-234
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About this book

This volume contains the invited paper, the reviewed research papers, the discussants' comments on the latter, and the workshop memoranda of the fourth IFIP WG 8. 1 International Working Conference on "Information System Concepts", with the subtitle "An Integrated Discipline Emerging" (ISC04). It was held in Leiden, The Netherlands, 20-22 September 1999. The previous three ISCO conferences were subtitled "An In-depth Analysis", "Improving the Understanding", and "Towards a Consolidation of Views". Their proceedings were published in 1989, 1992, and 1995, respectively. The ISCO conferences were instigated by the former Task Group FRISCO (an acronym for "FRamework of Information System Concepts"), charged by the IFIP Working Group 8. 1 with the task of proposing a conceptual framework for the information system field. Its report, entitled "A Framework of Information System Concepts" (the "FRISCO Report" for short), is available on the World Wide Web via the address: http://www. wi. leidenuniv. nl/~verrynstlfrisco. html or may be downloaded directly as a condensed Word-6 file from: ftp://ftp. leidenuniv. nl/pub/rullfri-full. zip The FRISCO Report forms a significant contribution to the long-lasting quest of our community towards developing a scientific outlook on the field of information systems. Clarifying the varied nature of many diverging views - some of which may not easily be reconciled - the report does propose a coherent, consistent and partially formalised framework of concepts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Germany

    Eckhard D. Falkenberg

  • University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    Kalle Lyytinen

  • University of Leiden, The Netherlands

    Alexander A. Verrijn-Stuart

About the editors

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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