Analyzing the IS 2010 Model Curriculum for Evidence of the Systems Approach

2017 ◽  
pp. 2185-2198
Author(s):  
George Schell ◽  
Richard Mathieu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Curriculum Guidelines

The systems approach is frequently associated with solving large-scale, complex problems and is regarded as a foundation for systems engineering and decision-making. Components of the systems approach are too frequently missing from information systems programs in business schools. The purpose of this paper is to determine the degree to which the IS 2010: Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs contains the systems approach in its learning objectives as well as specific course content. By examining the curriculum guidelines a preliminary judgment can be made concerning evidence of the systems approach having a broad implementation across information systems programs. The paper concludes with a discussion of the importance of the systems approach in the IS curriculum and establishing the systems approach as a theme in the curriculum of IS programs.

Analyzing the IS 2010 Model Curriculum for Evidence of the Systems Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
George Schell ◽  
Richard Mathieu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Curriculum Guidelines

The systems approach is frequently associated with solving large-scale, complex problems and is regarded as a foundation for systems engineering and decision-making. Components of the systems approach are too frequently missing from information systems programs in business schools. The purpose of this paper is to determine the degree to which the IS 2010: Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs contains the systems approach in its learning objectives as well as specific course content. By examining the curriculum guidelines a preliminary judgment can be made concerning evidence of the systems approach having a broad implementation across information systems programs. The paper concludes with a discussion of the importance of the systems approach in the IS curriculum and establishing the systems approach as a theme in the curriculum of IS programs.

The Importance of Systems Methodologies for Industrial and Scientific National Wealthy and Development

2012 ◽  
pp. 40-54
Author(s):  
Miroljub Kljajic
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Production Management ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Scientific Databases ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between industrial and scientific knowledge and systems methodologies is discussed in this paper. As the measure of the former on the macro level, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is assumed to be the consequence of systems’ Research and Development (R&D), which is estimated indirectly by the number of articles published in academic journals in the last 40 years. It is assumed that Production, Management and Information Systems (IS) can be considered suitable main representatives of the quality of organizational processes and that GDP is their consequence. In turn, the Systems Approach (SA), Systems Engineering (SE), Operational Research (OR), Information Systems Development (ISD) and Simulation represent the methodology set for coping with organizational complex processes. We looked for the articles containing the aforementioned variables as topic keywords in core scientific databases. Results show a sufficient correlation between the number of publications and the GDP.

ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS OPERATION SUPPORT BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF USER REQUESTS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Н.Б. БАКАНОВА ◽  
Т.В. АТАНАСОВА
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Automated Analysis ◽  
Information Network ◽  
Service Center ◽  
Distributed Information

Рассматривается метод автоматизированного анализа обращений пользователей, поступающих в Центр обслуживания крупномасштабной распределенной информационной сети. Метод базируется на выявлении проблематики поступающих обращений и предложений, связанных с функционированием информационных комплексов организации. Проведено исследование по функционированию сети на основе анализа обращений пользователей. Показано, что оперативная обработка обращений и принятие решений по их исполнению позволит обеспечить эффективное обслуживание информационной сети организации. A method of automated analysis of user requests arriving at the service center of a large-scale distributed information network isconsidered. The method is based on identifying the problems of incoming requests and proposals related to the functioning of the organization's information systems. A study on the functioning of the network based on the analysis of user requestswas carried out. It isshownthat the promptprocessing of requests and decision-making on their execution will ensure effective maintenance of the organization's information network.

Technology and Decision Making: Some Aspects of the Development of OGAS

Slavic Review ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Conyngham
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Technical Program ◽  
Economic Management ◽  
The Past ◽  
Scientific Technical ◽  
And Control

During the past decade, the most important large-scale effort to expand the decision-making and control capabilities of the Soviet economic management system has been the scientific-technical program for creating an integrated nationwide management information system. Formally designated as the Obshchegosudarstvennaia sistema sbora i obrabotki informatsii (dannykh) dlia ncheta, planirovaniia i upravleniia narodnym khosiaistvom (All-State System for the Collection and Processing of Information for Reporting, Planning, and Management of the National Economy), the system is more happily described by its acronym OGAS.1 It is an outgrowth of the rapid expansion of the systems approach (particularly its cybernetic expression) to the rationalization of management, and has developed into the technological variant of reform and an evident alternative and successor to the ill-fated economic reforms of 1965. As a system, OGAS has been projected as a solution to many of the fundamental economic, social, and organizational problems resulting from Soviet socioeconomic development.

scholarly journals Some thoughts on systems in management

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-21
Author(s):  
K. Sandrock
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Satisfactory Solution ◽  
Problem Situations ◽  
Scientific Problem Solving ◽  
Meta Level ◽  
Classical Technique ◽  
Structure Problem ◽  
Area Of Concern

In order to deal successfully with planning and decision-making, managers have come to make extensive use of scientific problem-solving disciplines. Now a well-defined problem can come to a satisfactory solution. Indeed, the difficulty lies in trying to determine exactly what the real problems are, and to stop focusing on their symptoms. In this respect, classical methods of using technology are not adequate to deal with complex situations. What is required is a change in the approach to the examination of problem areas. It is suggested that thinking should be navigated away from the deliberate narrowing down of the area of concern (reductionism), towards a richer, and broader systemic orientation. In order to structure problem situations at this meta-level, the concepts of systems engineering can be of value. This article attempts to illustrate briefly in what respects the systems approach differs from classical technique oriented approaches; and how systems thinking may be used in dealing with situations in which there are many considerations.Met die oog op geslaagde hantering van beplanning en besluitneming, maak bestuurders in die jongste tyd op groot skaal gebruik van wetenskaplike dissiplines vir probleemoplossing. Nou kan 'n goed-gedefinieerde probleem tot by 'n bevredigende oplossing kom. Daar moet bepaal word wat die werklike probleme is, en nie op simptome gekonsentreer word nie. In hierdie opsig is klassieke metodes van tegnologieaanwending nie voldoende om komplekse situasies te hanteer nie. Wat benodig word, is 'n verandering in die benadering tot die ondersoek van probleemgebiede. Dit word voorgestel dat die dinkproses weggestuur moet word van die doelbewuste venouing van die area van ondersoek (reduksionisme) in die rigting van 'n ryker, en breer sistemiese orientasie. Ten einde probleemsituasies op hierdie meta-vlak te struktureer, kan die konsepte van die sisteembenadering van waarde wees. Hierdie artikel poog om aan te toon in watter opsigte die sisteembenadering van klassieke tegniek- georienteerde benaderings verskil; en hoe sisteemdenke gebruik kan word in die hantering van situasies wat kompleks is.

scholarly journals IS 2010: Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heikki Topi ◽  
Joseph S. Valacich ◽  
Ryan T. Wright ◽  
Kate Kaiser ◽  
Jr. Nunamaker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Curriculum Guidelines

The Importance of Systems Methodologies for Industrial and Scientific National Wealthy and Development

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-45
Author(s):  
Miroljub Kljajic
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Production Management ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Scientific Databases ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between industrial and scientific knowledge and systems methodologies is discussed in this paper. As the measure of the former on the macro level, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is assumed to be the consequence of systems’ Research and Development (R&D), which is estimated indirectly by the number of articles published in academic journals in the last 40 years. It is assumed that Production, Management and Information Systems (IS) can be considered suitable main representatives of the quality of organizational processes and that GDP is their consequence. In turn, the Systems Approach (SA), Systems Engineering (SE), Operational Research (OR), Information Systems Development (ISD) and Simulation represent the methodology set for coping with organizational complex processes. We looked for the articles containing the aforementioned variables as topic keywords in core scientific databases. Results show a sufficient correlation between the number of publications and the GDP.

scholarly journals The Relevance of Systems Methodologies in the Development of Organizational Systems

Organizacija ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 119-128
Author(s):  
Miroljub Kljajić
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Production Management ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
System Development ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Organizational Systems ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Systems Research

The Relevance of Systems Methodologies in the Development of Organizational SystemsThe relationship between systems development and systems methodologies is discussed in this paper. As the measure of system development on the macro level, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is assumed to be the consequence of systems Research and Development (R&D), which is estimated indirectly by the number of published articles in the last 40 years. It was supposed that profit and governmental organizations are systems comprised of Production, Management and Information Systems (IS), and that their quality performance is related with its income generation, which in the future would impact the overall GDP of a country. Under such view, we also assume that such organizational processes are qualitatively improved by the application of knowledge generated by research publications, and in this study, we research for the specific case of the Systems Approach (SA), Systems Engineering (SE), Operational Research (OR), Information Systems Development (ISD) and Simulation, as the research topics for coping with organizational improvement. We looked for the articles containing the afore-mentioned variables as topic keywords, which indicate sufficient correlations with GDP and carrying information on sustainable development. We found a positive trend in the evolution of research methodologies, such as SE, ISD and OR, towards a Systems Approach and Simulation as a holistic methodology. As a result, we have proved the dynamic hypothesis of a high correlation between GDP of Top 10 + Slovenia and R&D expressed by the above-mentioned variables.

Using Systems Engineering for the Development of Decision Making Support Systems (DMSS)

2013 ◽  
pp. 23-42
Author(s):  
S. Vallance ◽  
A. Duffy ◽  
R. I. Whitfield ◽  
K. Mendibil ◽  
A. Hird ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
System Development ◽  
Development Methodology ◽  
System Development Methodologies ◽  
Decision Making Support

Decision Making Support Systems (DMSS) can mitigate the risks involved in highly uncertain processes where novelty is high, such as NPD resource management. However such systems manipulate complex organisational information and require embedding within the business it operates within. There is a risk of poor acceptance in the business if the DMSS does not take into account a number of business related considerations. Utilising a systems approach literature was analysed, from which a set of considerations pertinent to the development of DMSS was elicited. Through the assessment of a number of System Development Methodologies (SDM), it was found that no one System Development Methodology (SDM) took into account all considerations identified. There is therefore a clear gap in current research and a real need for such a methodology which addresses the considerations identified.

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