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Measurement as an MIS foundation

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Richard O. Mason,

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ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems, Volume 14, Issue 1

Pages 27 - 29

https://doi.org/10.1145/1017702.1017708

Published: 01 September 1982 Publication History

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Seven aspects of measurement are of particular importance in terms of MIS foundations: (1) scientific and technical characteristics, (2) basic design choices, (3) level of information and decision support, (4) managerial functions supported, (5) organizational focus, (6) information system component origin, and (7) behavioral dimensions. A brief summary of these aspects is presented, and it is argued that measurement deserves recognition as one of the most important foundations of MIS.

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ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems Volume 14, Issue 1

Information systems and its underlying disciplines: selected papers from the International Conference on Information Systems

Fall 1982

55 pages

ISSN:0095-0033

EISSN:1532-0936

DOI:10.1145/1017702

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Subramanian ANilakanta S(1994)MeasurementInformation and Management10.1016/0378-7206(94)90003-526:1(13-20)Online publication date: 3-Jan-1994
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Paradice D(1992)SIMON: an object-oriented information system for coordinating strategies and operationsIEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics10.1109/21.15595122:3(513-525)Online publication date: Jan-1992
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Gorla N(1989)Identifying MIS research issues using a research frameworkInformation and Management10.1016/0378-7206(89)90015-317:3(131-141)Online publication date: 1-Oct-1989
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/0378-7206%2889%2990015-3

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