How to Set Up Information Systems

Simon Bell is Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at the Open University and lead author of Sustainability Indicators and its sequel, Measuring Sustainability. Trevor Wood-Harper is Professor of Information Systems at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), a Professor at the University of South Australia, Adelaide, and author and editor of 15 books and reports.

Information Systems and Organization * What is Systems Analysis and Systems Design? * The Role of the Systems Planner or Systems Analyst * Selecting Planning and Development Tools * The Human Activity System: Making a Model * Information Modelling: Making a Workable System * Technical and Social Needs: The Balance * The Human-Computer Interface * Technical Aspects: What is Needed? * Total Design, Training, Hardware, Software and Implementation * Glossary, Appendices, Further Reading, Index