Despite people's best efforts information systems are particularlyprone to failure. Some systems never materialize, others appearlate and/or over budget and those that are implemented often failto deliver the promised levels of performance. The consequences ofthese failures affect people throughout the organization concernedand beyond, sometimes to the point where they even threaten acompany's future survival. They also damage the companiesthat develop and supply such systems. Worse still, the sametypes of problems occur ...
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Despite people's best efforts information systems are particularlyprone to failure. Some systems never materialize, others appearlate and/or over budget and those that are implemented often failto deliver the promised levels of performance. The consequences ofthese failures affect people throughout the organization concernedand beyond, sometimes to the point where they even threaten acompany's future survival. They also damage the companiesthat develop and supply such systems. Worse still, the sametypes of problems occur again and again; even the most exhaustivemethods are not able to ensure success. This book aims to help all those people involved withinformation systems to break that repeating pattern offailure. Using real life examples it introduces asophisticated approach based around the notion of system to come togrips with the causes of actual and potential failure. Itpresents a model of a system capable of action without failure thatcan be used as a yardstick to judge existing and plannedinformation systems and suggest measures that need to be taken toachieve success.
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Add this copy of Information Systems: Achieving Success By Avoiding to cart. $38.96, good condition, Sold by Cambridge Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, Gloucestershire, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2005 by Wiley.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 9780470862551.
Add this copy of Information Systems to cart. $59.00, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by John Wiley &Sons.
