From natural to transcendental systems
the attributes and systems connectivity problems of "what is an information system?"
pp. 35-39
in: Robert L. Flood, Michael C. Jackson, Paul Keys (eds), Systems prospects, Berlin, Springer, 1989Abstract
The notion of an information system is an ill-understood one. The most commonly held view is that it is something to do with computers, but exactly what is not at all clear. Some writers equate the term "information system" with computers, whilst others go so far as to suggest that computers are redundant. Instead, the organisation is seen as an information system, computerised or not. Hence, the spectrum runs from information system = computers, to information system = people in organisations, with most current users of the term falling somewhere in between.