Systems Engineering in Public Administration (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Systems Engineering in Public Administration 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 10
Editor's Preface 6
Acknowledgments 8
Reference 8
Chapter 1. CSCW in Public Administration: a review 12
Abstract 12
1. THE PROBLEM WITH EXISTING SYSTEMS 12
2. CSCW: SUPPORTING TEAMWORK 13
3 . SPECIFYING THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF WORK 15
4 . THE SPECIFICITY OF CSCW FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 17
5. REDESIGNING ORGANISATIONS 20
6. REDESIGNING WORK PROCEDURES 20
7. REDESIGNING SUPPORT CAPABILITIES 23
8. REFERENCES 26
9. NOTES 28
CHAPTER 2. 
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ABSTRACT 30
1. INTRODUCTION 30
2. SYSTEMS ENGINEERING APPROACHES METHODOLOGY 31
3. EXPERIMENTAL BACKGROUND OF NETWORKING 33
4. TECHNOLOGICAL PARADIGMS AND SOCIAL VALUE CATEGORIES 36
5. NETWORKING ORIENTED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN METHODOLOGY OF IPS ARCHITECTURE 39
CONCLUSIONS 43
REFERENCES 44
Chapter 3. 
48 
Abstract 48
1 DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM 48
2 PROBLEMS DURING A SYSTEM CONCEPTION 51
3 CHARACTERIZATION OF EXPERT SYSTEMS 52
4 REALIZATION 54
5 CONCLUSIONS 61
REFERENCES 62
Chapter 4. 
64 
Abstract 64
Introduction 64
2. The "Unna" System Architecture 68
3. Impact on the Organisational Structure 80
4. Conclusions 83
References 84
CHAPTER 5. 
94 
ABSTRACT 94
1. INTRODUCTION 95
2. RESEARCH STRATEGY 96
3. DYNAMIC MODELLING 98
4. AMSTERDAM MUNICIPAL POLICE FORCE 100
5. CASE STUDY RESEARCH 101
6. CONCLUSIONS 104
REFERENCES 105
Chapter 6. 
108 
ABSTRACT 108
1. INTRODUCTION 109
2. AUTOPOIESIS SYSTEM-THEORETIC CONCEPTS 109
3. SEMIOTIC EMBODIMENT OF AUTOPOIESIS 112
4. IMPLICATIONS FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 116
5. CONCLUSIONS 118
REFERENCES 118
Chapter 7. 
120 
1 Introduction 120
2 The problem domains of systems engineering in public administration 120
3 Systems engineering as modelling process 121
4 Systems engineering as object-oriented modelling 123
5 Further transformations from the descriptive models to the design models 133
6 Conclusions 133
References 134
Chapter 8. 
136 
1. INTRODUCTION 136
2. MODELLING 138
3. INTRODUCING THE HEURISTICS 149
4. INTERIM RESULTS 152
5. SYSTEMS EVALUATION AND CONCLUDING THESES 153
REFERENCES 154
Chapter 9. 
156 
Abstract 156
1. INTRODUCTION 156
2. CATEGORIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION 157
3. CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS 158
4. COMMON PLAN CREATION BY DECONTEXTUATION 162
5. CONCLUSION 166
References 166
Chapter 10. 
168 
Abstract 168
1. INTRODUCTION 168
2. THE NEEDS FOR COMPLEX MODELING OF DECISION-INFORMATION SYSTEMS 169
3. METHOD ELEMENTS 170
4. MODEL OF DECISION-MAKING HUMAN IN IS 172
5. EXAMPLE OF DECISION-MAKERS MODELING IN IS IMPROVEMENT FOR LOCAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 173
6. CONCLUSIONS 174
REFERENCES 174
IFIP 176
Organisational Structure 176
IFIP's MISSION STATEMENT 178
Principal Elements 178
Note to Conference Organizers 179
IFIP TRANSACTIONS 179