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On the discipline of information systems
Author(s) -
Backhouse J.,
Liebenau J.,
Land F.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
information systems journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.635
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2575
pISSN - 1350-1917
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2575.1991.tb00024.x
Subject(s) - clarity , order (exchange) , character (mathematics) , information system , epistemology , sociology , public relations , engineering ethics , political science , business , engineering , law , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , finance
Abstract. Although information systems is growing rapidly, it has little theoretical clarity. An article in the Times Higher Education Supplement of March 1989 by Liebenau and Backhouse sparked a debate on the character of information systems as a discipline. This paper reviews that debate, bringing out the main points of many of the discussants, and presents an analysis which is intended to carry the discussion further in order to help clarify and to galvanize opinion.