International Perspectives on Information Systems: A Social and Organizational Dimension

Aimed at supporting information systems courses incorporating a behavioral element or sociology courses with an information systems content, this collection of 13 essays offers perspectives on how humans interact with technology on societal, organizational, and individual levels. Mainly oriented towards business uses of information systems, contributors from Europe and the US explore such topics as the cultural gaps between systems developers, upper management, and low-level users; the social contextualization of software design; and strategies for the introduction of multimedia systems. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.