How to Set up and Run Information Systems : A Non-Specialist's Guide

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455791203321
• Autore: Bell Simon <1957 July 30->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, June 2003; Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]
• ISBN: 1-280-47589-7; 1-84977-159-6; 1-136-56393-8; 9786610475896; 600-00-0270-X; 1-4175-2216-X
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Disciplina: 004.21
• Soggetti: System design; System analysis; Electronic digital computers; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: How to Set Up Information Systems A non-specialist's guide to the Multiview approach; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction to the Book; Purpose; Tools and methodology; Structure; Chapters; Appendices; Glossary of buzzwords; Suggested reading and references; CHAPTER 1 Information Systems and Organizations; Introduction; Information systems: A catalogue of failures?; Conclusions; Exercise; CHAPTER 2What is Systems Analysis and Systems Design?; Introduction; Basics of a systems analysis and systems design methodologyExample of a systems analysis and systems design methodology in action; The reductionist; The systemic; What is the research approach and methodology of this book?; Conclusion; Exercise; CHAPTER 3The Role of the Systems Planner or Systems Analyst; You the analyst: First ; thoughts; The history of the analyst; You the analyst: Second thoughts; Present reflection and self analysis; Reflecting on the development of the analyst; Conclusions; Exercise; CHAPTER 4Terms of Reference and Selecting our Planning/Development Tools: Sequence and ScheduleThe reality of analysis: Terms of reference; Understanding the information environment: Information audit; The context of an analysis methodology: Selecting the right tools; The soft systems approach; Information modelling; Social and technical requirements; Human-computer interface; Technical aspects; Ways of using Multiview; Conclusion; Exercise; CHAPTER 5What is the Problem? The Human Activity System: Making a Model; Introduction to the human activity system; The rich picture; Preparation; The primary components of the rich picture: StructuresThe primary components of the rich picture: Processes; Putting together the rich picture; The root definition; Introduction; Three examples of CATWOE; The new system (in concept); Introduction; Conceptual model/systems model; Conceptual model: Main activities for the information system project; Systems model: Main systems involved in the information system; Final considerations; Conclusions; Exercise; Part 1: The human activity system phase; Part 2: On root definitions and systems models; Part 3: Developing a systems model; CHAPTER 6Information Modelling: Making a Workable SystemIntroduction to information modelling; Entities, attributes, functions and events; Entity models/tables; Attributes; Functional decomposition; Double checking on entities and functions; Events; Tying it all together; Conclusions; Exercise; CHAPTER 7Technical Needs, Social Needs: Getting the Right Balance; Introduction to socio-technical systems; Predict future environment analysis; Outline social and technical objectives; Social objectives of the proposed information system; Technical objectives of the proposed information system; Generate social and technical alternatives
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation

From the ground up [[electronic resource] ] : translating geography into community through neighbor networks / / Rick Grannis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781217503321
• Autore: Grannis Rick <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-283-16361-6; 9786613163615; 1-4008-3057-5
• Edizione: [Course Book]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.3/3620973
• Soggetti: Community life; Neighborhoods; Communities; Ecology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-235) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Neighborhoods and neighboring -- The stages of neighboring -- Reconceptualizing stage 1 neighboring -- Reconceptualizing stage 1 neighbor networks -- Selection and influence -- Respondents, interviews, and other data -- Selecting stage 1 neighbors -- Unintentional encounters -- Stage 3 neighbors and tertiary streets -- The importance of neighbor networks -- Network influence theory -- Influence networks in a college town -- Influence networks in a gang barrio -- Implications.
• Sommario/riassunto: Where do neighborhoods come from and why do certain resources and effects--such as social capital and collective efficacy--bundle together in some neighborhoods and not in others? From the Ground Up argues that neighborhood communities emerge from neighbor networks, and shows that these social relations are unique because of particular geographic qualities. Highlighting the linked importance of geography and children to the emergence of neighborhood communities, Rick Grannis models how neighboring progresses through four stages: when geography allows individuals to be conveniently available to one another; when they have passive contacts or unintentional encounters; ; when they actually initiate contact; and when they engage in activities indicating trust or shared norms and values. Seamlessly integrating discussions of geography, household characteristics, and lifestyle, Grannis demonstrates that neighborhood communities exhibit dynamic processes throughout the different stages. He examines the households that relocate in order to choose their neighbors, the choices of interactions that develop, and the exchange of beliefs and influence that impact neighborhood communities over time. Grannis also introduces and explores two geographic concepts--t-communities and street islands--to capture the subtle features constraining residents' perceptions of their environment and community. Basing findings on thousands of interviews conducted through door-to-door canvassing in the Los Angeles area as well as other neighborhood communities, From the Ground Up reveals the different ways neighborhoods function and why these differences matter.