Information System Concepts: An Integrated Discipline Emerging : IFIP TC8/WG8.1 International Conference on Information System Concepts: An Integrated ... 1999, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

Editors' Preface. Conference Officers and Committee Members. Information Systems as a Social Science: An Alternative to the FRISCO Formalism; R.K. Stamper. Comments on `Information Systems as a Social Science' by R.K. Stamper; K. Lyytinen. Comments on `Information Systems as a Social Science; by R.K. Stamper; E.D. Falkenberg. Conceptions are Social Constructs - towards a Solid Foundation of the FRISCO Approach; H. von Braun, et al. Comments on `Conceptions are Social Constructs' by H. von Braun, W. Hesse, U. Andelfinger, H.-B. Kittlaus, and G. Scheschonk; H. Kangassalo. An Organisational Theory of Information; A.W. Holt, F. Cardone. Comments on `An Organisational Theory of Information' by A.W. Holt and F. Cardone; R.K. Stamper. A Semiotic Approach to the Design of Agent-mediated E-commerce Systems; S. Chong, K. Liu. Comments on `A Semiotic Approach to the Design of Agent-mediated E-commerce Systems' by S. Chong and K. Liu; J. Krogstie. The Quality of Business Process Modelling Methods: Illustration of a Framework for Understanding Modelling Quality; B.-J. Hommes, V. van Reijswoud. Comments on `The Quality of Business Process Modelling Methods' by B.-J. Hommes and V. van Reijswoud; P.W.G. Bots. Modelling Concurrent Process Coordination in Workflow Specifications; A.P. Barros, A.H.M. ter Hofstede. Comments on `Modelling Concurrent Process Coordination in Workflow Specifications' by A.P. Barros and A.H.M. ter Hofstede; J.L.G. Dietz. An Autopoietic View of the Concept `Information System'; E.-S. Aboud-Zeid. Comments on `An Autopoietic View of the Concept `Information System'' by E.-S. Aboud-Zeid; M. Saeki. Failure, Identity Loss and Living Information Systems; P. Kanellis, et al. Comments on `Failure, Identity Loss and Living Information Systems' by P. Kanellis, M. Lycett and R.J. Paul; K. Lyytinen. An Ontological Evaluation of the OML Metamodel; A.L. Opdahl, et al. Comments on `An Ontological Evaluation of the OML Metamodel' by A.L. Opdahl, B. Henderson-Sellers and F. Barbier; A. Sølvberg. Overviews of Models Defined with Charts of Concepts; X. Castellani. Comments on `Overviews of Models Defined with Charts of Concepts' by X. Castellani; Z. Zhang. Information System? Which One Do you Mean? J.A. Carvalho. Comments on `Information System? Which One Do you Mean?' by J.A. Carvalho; J. Lindsay. The `Information' Concept in FRISCO Compared to Empirical Studies of Information in Decision Making; J. Kaasbøll. Comments on `The `Information' Concept in FRISCO Compared to Empirical Studies of Information in Decision Making' by J. Kaasbøll; D. Bunker. Keynote Address: Formal and Informal Aspects of Intelligent Agent-based Systems; J.-J. Ch. Meyer. Conceptual Foundations of Information Systems: Report on Workshop 1; W. Hesse. Innovation and Standardization in the Information Systems Field: Report on Workshop 2; T.W. Olle. Information System Concepts in Practice: Report on Workshop 3; W. Hengelveld, A.A. Verrijn-Stuart. Index of Contributors. Keyword Index.