How Information Systems Came to Rule the World

The book offers a fresh perspective on information systems, a field of study and practice currently undergoing substantial upheaval, even as it expands rapidly and widely with new technologies and applications.

Autorentext

E. Burton Swanson is Research Professor of Information Systems at UCLA's Anderson School, USA.

Inhalt

1. Quo vadis, information systems?; 2. Why do firms have information systems?; 3. What information is provided by information systems?; 4. Why is everyone now an information system user?; 5. How did information systems come to rule the world?; 6. How do human practices change with information systems?; 7. How can information systems make a better world?