TC 8 - Information Systems - Aims and Scopes
est. 1966,
revised 1990
AIMS
To promote and
encourage interactions among professionals from practice and research and
advancement of investigation of concepts, methods, techniques, tools, and
issues related to information systems in organisations.
SCOPE
The planning,
analysis, design, construction, modification, implementation, utilization,
evaluation, and management of information systems that use information
technology to support and coordinate organisational
activities including:
effective utilization of information technologies in organisational context;
interdependencies of information technologies and organisational structure, relationships and interaction;
evaluation and management of information systems;
analysis, design, construction, modification and implementation of
computer-based information systems for organisations;
management of knowledge, information, and data in organisations;
information systems applications in organisations
such as transaction processing, routine data processing, decision support,
office support, computer-integrated manufacturing, expert support, executive
support and support for strategic advantage plus the coordination and interaction
of such applications;
relevant research and practice from associated fields such as
computer science, operations management, economics, organisation
theory, cognitive science, knowledge engineering, and systems theory.
WG
8.1 - Design and Evaluation of Information Systems
est.
1976, revised 1990 and 1992
AIMS
The planning, analysis, design and evaluation of information
systems for organisations.
SCOPE
Identify concepts and develop theories relevant to the planning,
analysis, design and evaluation of information systems;
Develop languages, techniques, tools and methods for applying
these concepts and theories to the:
- planning
- requirements analysis and determination, and specification
- design
- evolution of information systems, and their verification, validation and
overall evaluation;
Develop methodologies for the analysis, evaluation and selection
of information systems development methods;
Take cognizance of relevant work from associated fields - such as
computer science, software engineering, knowledge engineering, cognitive
science, management science, organisation theory and
systems theory - and apply the findings to the development of information
systems.
WG
8.2 - The Interaction of Information Systems and the Organization
est. 1977, rev. 2005
AIMS
·
To develop integrative frameworks that
facilitate recognition and transfer or relevant knowledge about the role
and uses of IT. Such frameworks can be based on a wide range of disciplines.
these frameworks should be open to all research traditions and lines of
research which further the study of the uses of IT in organizational contexts., and can also include the critical questioning of
their relevance for the scope and aims of WG 8.2.
·
To build theories and generate evidence about the role and impact
of IT in specific organizational contexts.
·
To improve the ways and means by which organizations design,
implement and maintain IT.
·
To nurture a critical discourse about the role which IT plays in
the lives of people as individuals and as members of complex social
institutions such as government, community, business, professional societies
and other forms of social associations.
·
To engage in ethical discourse about the practices and dilemmas
which arise in the development, use and consequences of IT, or in research
about such technology.
SCOPE
Working Group
8.2 is concerned with the generation and dissemination of descriptive and
normative knowledge about the development and use of information technologies
in organizational contexts, both broadly defined. By information technology
(IT), we mean technologies that can be used to store, transfer, process or represent information. By organizational context,
we mean the institutional arrangements in which information is used or created.
Descriptively, the WG seeks to generate and disseminate knowledge about and
improve understand of the role and impact of information technology across a
range of social levels (society, organization,
individual) and across a diversity of spheres (marketplace, workplace, home,
community). Normatively, it seeks to improve the design and application of
information technologies that are both useful and effective for individuals,
groups, organizations and society at large.
WG
8.3 - Decision Support Systems
est.
1981
AIMS
The development
of approaches for applying information systems technology to increase the
effectiveness of decision-makers in situations where the computer system can
support and enhance human judgements in the
performance of tasks that have elements which cannot be specified in advance.
SCOPE
To improve ways
of synthesizing and applying relevant work from resource disciplines to
practical implementations of systems that enhance decision support capability;
The resource
disciplines include
information technology
artificial intelligence
cognitive psychology
decision theory
organisational theory
operations research and modeling.
WG
8.4 - E-Business Information Systems:
Multi-disciplinary research and practice
est.
1986, rev. 2001, 2002
AIMS
To promote collaboration across disciplines in E-Business research
and practice.
SCOPE
This working group provides a reference point and a focus for
multi-disciplinary research and practice in E-Business. The intention is to
extend the community's focus on E-Business to recognize, acknowledge and
facilitate research and practice as it crosses the boundaries of IS,
organizational, consumer, community, industry and national domains.
Where researchers and practitioners focus on specific issues and technologies, eg smart-card developments, mobile technologies or
organizational adoption of IT practices then that research is more properly
located within existing working groups. Where that work is cross or
multi-disciplinary it can be located here.
WG
8.5 Information Systems in Public Administration
est.
1988
AIMS
To improve the quality of information systems in public
administration at international, national, regional and local levels. The Working Group's
special emphasis is on the relationship between central and local use of
information systems and the provision of citizen services, together with the
accomplishment of social goals.
SCOPE
analyse information processing policies in
public administration;
discuss specific applications of information systems in public
administration;
analyse the impacts of information systems on
public administration;
apply the results of other IFIP Working Groups, and specifically
of TC 8 Working Groups, to public administration.
WG
8.6 - Transfer and Diffusion of Information Technology
est.
1994
AIMS
To foster understanding and improve research in practice, methods,
and techniques in the transfer and diffusion of information technology within
systems that are developed and in the develop-ment
process.
SCOPE
Diffusion, transfer, and implementation of both mature and
immature information technologies and systems in organizations and among
organizations, sectors, and countries.
Transfer of technology to be incorporated in systems for customers
and clients.
Transfer of both system and development technologies to
technologists, developers, managers, and sponsors of systems.
Development of frameworks, models, and terminology for information
technology transfer and diffusion.
Identification of risk factors and barriers to success in
technology transfer and strategies for addressing them.
Conditions or scenarios under which specific transfer and
diffusion techniques are applicable.
Methods to evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness, and value of
technology transfer programs and approaches, including time and effort
estimators and metrics.
Organization design and process issues related to technology
transfer and diffusion.
Case studies of technology transfer and diffusion to provide
instances to guide research, development, and practice.
Standards and intellectual property issues that inhibit or
facilitate information technology transfer.
WG 8.8
- Smart Cards
est.
1998, rev. 2001
AIMS
Smart cards are to be understood as personal, portable, flexible, secure
tokens that form an integral part of a larger information infrastructure.
Therefore the aims of WG 8.8 are:
to encourage interaction between the numerous actors in the smart
card area.
to create a common and coherent approach of a specific
methodology.
to address the background technologies of component architectures;
for example dedicated chips, security devices, memory management.
to specify and design smart card operating systems.
to identify and develop relationship between different themes of
information systems and smart cards, for example promote the theme of smart
cards as a widely distributed data base.
to identify interfaces between smart cards as an active components
of distributed systems and networks.
to promote a global security analysis of information systems using
smart cards.
to investigate the field of applications of smart cards and
propose a scheme for a design methodology.
to create new models for information systems which use smart cards.
to participate to advanced standardization discussions and
propositions.
SCOPE
The study of smart cards as an innovative component of widely distributed
systems. The scope includes all the aspects of smart cards design and
applications:
Technology with hardware, software and security specific
requirements.
Application design with a special emphasis on development
methodology of distributed systems.
Service providing including analysis of transactions, protocols
and more generally speaking, the process of a top down design of smart cards
projects.
The interaction of smart card related technology with society,
economics, public services and organizations.
WG 8.9-
est.
2006
AIMS
Provide a forum for international collaboration and dissemination
of research and best practices in the enterprise information systems area
Establish close cooperation between academics and practitioners in
the area of enterprise information systems
Increase the impact of research, and use development in the area
of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
To study the design, implementation and use of Enterprise Resource
Planning Systems
SCOPE
Concepts, theories, techniques, and implementation relevant to
enterprise information systems
Identification of best practices encountered in the use of present
day Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Management of
Utilization of Enterprise Resource Planning in small and Medium
enterprises
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in the public sector
Applications of enterprise information systems in a supply chain
environment
Enterprise-control system integration