Total Information Systems Management A European-Approach HubertÖsterle Institute for Information Management, University ofSt. Gallen, Switzerland Walter Brenner Freiberg University ofMining and Technology, Sachsen, Germany and Konrad HilbersBertlesmann AG, Gütersloh, Germany In the 1980s manyenterprises, usually with the help of external consultants,explored the potential of implementing Information Technology (IT)in the running of their organizations. This book identifies asignificant, gap between the implementation of Information Systems(IS) and business needs. Organizations where enterprise-wide ISarchitectures were developed as part of the corporate policy arenow finding their position has scarcely changed. Total InformationSystems Management illustrates how this lack of progress can insome way be attributed to the gulf which has been created betweenIT and business management. This gulf has arisen due to anobscurity in the distribution of responsibility in large firms anda lack of rigour in the implementation of ambitious plans. Based onempirical research the authors elaborate the important concepts ofIS management. They provide a pragmatic and fully integrated systemof documents and functions, as well as an organizational modelwhich is aimed at bringing synergy to the implementation andmanagement of IS within the organization. Total Information SystemsManagement: A European Approach will be of great value to managersof IS units in middle- and large-sized enterprises and toresearchers in the field of information management and businessadministration. Advanced students on information management andbusiness studies courses will also find the book of interest.
Hubert Osterle
Business & Management Business Technology Gemeinnützige Organisationen Non-Profit Organizations Unternehmenstechnologie Wirtschaft u. Management