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Technology and Innovation

2011

Work System Method

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The Work System Method: Systems Thinking For Business Professionals, Steven Alter Jan 2011

The Work System Method: Systems Thinking For Business Professionals, Steven Alter

Business Analytics and Information Systems

No abstract provided.


Extending A Systems Analysis Method For Business Professionals, Steven Alter Jan 2011

Extending A Systems Analysis Method For Business Professionals, Steven Alter

Business Analytics and Information Systems

Despite having been explored, described, theorized, and measured in hundreds of IS research articles, frequent difficulties related to user participation and business/IT communication persist in relation to project management, specification of requirements, implementation in organizations, business/IT alignment, and IS failures. We report on an extension of a long term design sci-ence research project that previously demonstrated a possible path toward ad-dressing these longstanding problems by empowering business professionals to analyze systems in business terms rather than in formalisms for IT specialists. Previous research demonstrated that most of 75 working business professionals with extensive business experience were able to use the …


Extending A Systems Analysis Method For Business Professionals, Steven Alter Jan 2011

Extending A Systems Analysis Method For Business Professionals, Steven Alter

Steven Alter

Despite having been explored, described, theorized, and measured in hundreds of IS research articles, frequent difficulties related to user participation and business/IT communication persist in relation to project management, specification of requirements, implementation in organizations, business/IT alignment, and IS failures. We report on an extension of a long term design sci-ence research project that previously demonstrated a possible path toward ad-dressing these longstanding problems by empowering business professionals to analyze systems in business terms rather than in formalisms for IT specialists. Previous research demonstrated that most of 75 working business professionals with extensive business experience were able to use the …


The Work System Method: Systems Thinking For Business Professionals, Steven Alter Jan 2011

The Work System Method: Systems Thinking For Business Professionals, Steven Alter

Steven Alter

No abstract provided.