What is the contemporary approaches to information system?

Contemporary Approaches to information systems

Although information systems are a collection of electrical and mechanical devices, they require the organization, and the people that work within the organization for them to be successful.

Technical Approach

• The technical approach uses mathematical models to test the capabilities of information systems.

These disciplines include:

• Computer Science - concerned with methods of computability, computation,and data storage and access.

• Management Science - emphasized the development of models for decision making, and management practices.

Operations Research - focuses on mathematical techniques for optimizing selected parameters of organizations.(inventory control, transaction costs).

Behavioral Approach

• Deals with behavioral issues that arise in the development, and long term maintenance of the information system.

• Different disciplines, such as psychologists, sociologists, Economists, study information systems, and the impacts they have in the organizational environment.

Behavioral changes can occur within the organization during, and after information system development. The key to this approach is to find the solution to the behavior, which is not a technical issue.