and sustainable-these are the features expected from enterprises in the 21st century [1]. To obtain these features enterprises need appropriate models of functioning. The Viable Systems Model (VSM) [2] has been suggested as an alternative for highly competitive enterprise models [3, 4, 5]. The VSM is rooted in the ideas of cybernetics [6] and comprises five mutually related systems [5]: System ...

A set of research methodologies has been explored for use in the general field of IS research; each being appropriate for different aspects of research study depending on the domain and philosophical position of the researcher. Consensus has not been reached on one framework classifying all research approaches suitable for IS. Attempts at such classifications are usually framed around different...

This article traces past research on the application of the systems approach to information systems development within the disciplines of information systems and software engineering. Their origins historically are related to a number of areas, including general systems theory. While potential improvement of software development practices is linked by some leading experts to the application of ...

The move towards technological ubiquity is allowing a more idiosyncratic and dynamic working environment to emerge that may result in the restructuring of information communication technologies, and changes in their use through different user groups’ actions. Taking a ‘practice’ lens to human agency, we explore the evolving roles of, and relationships between these user groups and their appropr...

Requirements are the heart of Information Systems development because they determine how the system will operate. Therefore, requirements elicitation is a critical activity of the information systems development life cycle. Recognizing the importance of collaborative work and the huge difficulty of gathering stakeholders at the same time and place, researches have been proposing web collaborati...

Business executives and systems professionals are frequently confronted with suggestions to use information technology (IT) strategically. While this advice has had a number o f positive effects, including broadening the thinking about how IT can be used, it has at the same time failed to suggest the significant difficulties in actually implementing these systems. The paper highlights a dozen s...

In this paper we consider the synergy between two areas of IS literature: that concerned with the evaluation of information systems and that concerned with explaining the phenomenon of IS failure. On the basis of an analysis of both such areas a model is developed which attempts to integrate IS evaluation into the life-cycle of information systems development. The model clearly links the issue ...

pacs is used as a way to store images and matches well with the workflow in the radiology department and can spread to other parts of hospital. integration with other pacs and other hospital systems like radiology information system (ris), hospital information system (his), and electronic patient records has been completely done, but there are still problems. pacs also provide good conditions f...

introduction: employee empowerment is a process that requires appropriate conditions in the organization. the application of information systems in the health sector as a pragmatic approach and critical element in empowering employees provides the possibility of enhancement of the capacities and development capabilities of human resources. the purpose of this study was to investigate the relati...

Before Information Systems are developed, they must have undergone a process called Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using appropriate methodology. The SDLC consists of phases varying from author to author. However, an information systems project can only be successful with intense interaction amongst project manager, systems analyst, system designers and the end users. Viewed from the pro...