1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455791203321

Autore

Bell Simon <1957 July 30->

Titolo

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

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910711104703321

Autore

Brown Walter E

Titolo

Hydrated calcium and calcium-sodium carbonates : progress report / / Walter E. Brown, Brian Dickens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gaithersburg, MD : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, , 1968

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

NBS report ; ; 9918

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownWalter E

DickensBrian

Soggetti

Calcium carbonate - Testing

Dentistry - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

1968.

Contributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.

Title from PDF title page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781217503321

Autore

Grannis Rick <1965->

Titolo

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

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.