Formulating Design Principles For Management Information Systems

Abstract

There is a need to incorporate both formal and informal modes of generating information in the concept of information systems. Further, the model (s) used to accomplish this integration should be structured so as to illustrate the alternatives available relative to designing or adapting an information system. The models discussed provide a basis for formulating design principles as well as illustrating alternative system structures.

Résumé

Il est nécessaire d’incorporer dans la conception de systémes d’information des modes tant formels qu’informels de geénération de l’information, De plus, les modéles utilisés pour atteindre cette intégration devraient être structurés de façon à montrer les possibilités offertes é celui qui conçoit ou adapte un systéme d’information, Les modéles discutés dans cet article fournissent une base pour la formulation de principes de conception ainsi qu’une illustration des structures possibles pour le systéme.

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Notes on contributors

John Henderson

JOHN C. HENDERSON (PH D, University of Texas, Austin) is an Associate professor and director of the Center for Information Systems Research at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. Before joining the faculty at Florida State University, he was an assistant professor of Management Science at Ohio State University and a visiting assistant professor of Decision Science at the wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. John's current research, teaching, and consulting interests focus on MIS planning and design and the implementation of Decision Support Systems. His work has appeared in the Academy of Management Review, Management Science, MIS Quarterly, and IEEE Transactions. He is a member of the Institute of Management Science, American Institute of Decision Sciences, and the Society for General Systems Research.

Reuben Mcdaniel

REUBEN R. MCDANIEL, JR. received the BS degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, the MS degree from the University of Akron, Akron, OH, and the ED D degree from Indiana University, Bloomington.

He is an associate professor of Alanagement at the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught at Florida State University and Baldwin-Wallace College. Prior to his teaching career he spent ten years in industry. Included in that experience was five years of service as an engineer for the Univac Division of Sperry Rand Corporation.

He is the author (with K. Knight) of Organizations: An Information System Perspective, as well as numerous journal articles on the application of organizational theory. His current research interests are information systems theory and the management of human services.

Dr McDaniel is a member of the Academy of Management, the American Institute for Decision Science, and the Academy of Political and Social Sciences.