Considering Complex Objectives and Scarce Resources in Information Systems' Analysis.

Autor/in	Crowther, Warren
Titel	Considering Complex Objectives and Scarce Resources in Information Systems' Analysis.
Quelle	(1985), (20 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Access to Information; Action Research; Cost Effectiveness; Developing Nations; Information Needs; Information Retrieval; Information Services; Information Systems; Information Theory; Political Attitudes; Productivity; Resources; Systems Analysis; User Needs (Information); User Satisfaction (Information) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Information need; Informationsbedürfnis; Informationstätigkeit; Informationstheorie; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Produktivität; Betriebsmittel; Hilfsmittel; System analysis; Systemanalyse; Benutzerbedürfnis; Benutzerfreundlichkeit
Abstract	The low efficacy of many of the library and large-scale information systems that have been implemented in the developing countries has been disappointing, and their appropriateness is often questioned in the governmental and educational institutions of more industrialized countries beset by budget-crunching and a very dynamic transformation of information requirements. This article examines the conceptual and practical deficiencies of current misapplications of the systems approach, which result in inappropriate or disappointing systems. It suggests that more importance should be given to the analysis of opportunity costs and contingencies when scarce resources are at stake, and to the consideration of the complex objectives of the institutions that are to benefit from these systems; the choice of information technologies and the economic evaluation of the options must respond to these conditions. It is also suggested that action research principles can help overcome many of the conceptual and practical problems in systems analyses. (Author/KM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC