Preface i IJITSA 1 ( 2 ) : July - December 2008

IS Design Considerations for an Innovative Service BPO: Insights from a Banking Case Study

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The Systems Approach View from Professor Andrew P. Sage: An Interview

Copyright © 2008, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. Andrew P. Sage is the Founding Dean Emeritus University Professor, and First American Bank Professor in the Systems Engineering and Operation Research Department at George Mason University in USA. Professor Sage is recognized as one of the shapers of the Sys...

Analytical analysis of the “collapse-revival” effect in the Jaynes–Cummings model

Article history: Received 29 July 2008 Received in revised form 1 December 2008 Accepted 3 December 2008 Available online 10 December 2008 Communicated by P.R. Holland PACS: 42.50.Ct 42.50.Md

Software Engineering and the Systems Approach: A Conversation with Barry Boehm

Do We Mean Information Systems or Systems of Information?

AbSTRAcT This article raises questions about the nature of information systems and the way they are designed and developed, and suggests areas where IS researchers may wish to investigate. I raise the issue whether the domain of information systems should be thought of in terms of systems of information rather than through the mnemonic IS which might help highlight wider considerations. In the ...