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Direct linkThompson, Nik; Toohey, Danny – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2014
This teaching case discusses the analysis of an electronic voting system. The development of the case was motivated by research into information security and management, but as it includes procedural aspects, organizational structure and personnel, it is a suitable basis for all aspects of systems analysis, planning and design tasks. The material…
Descriptors: Voting, Systems Analysis, Undergraduate Study, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
Download full textCox, John C.; Webster, Robert L.; Hammond, Kevin L. – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
This study investigates the use of using complexity theory--the study of nonlinear dynamical systems of which chaos and catastrophe theory are subsets--in the analysis of a non temporal data set to derive valuable insights into the functioning of university schools of business. The approach is unusual in that studies of nonlinearity in complex…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Educational Theories, Problem Sets, Problem Solving
Osborne, Larry N.; Nakamura, Margaret – 2000
This textbook covering the basic techniques of systems analysis targeted to the librarian or information professional contains the following chapters: (1) Understanding Systems Analysis; (2) The Historical Development of Systems Analysis; (3) The Human Element; (4) Identifying and Defining Problems; (5) Collecting Data; (6) Analyzing and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Analysis, Flow Charts, Information Services
Pfeiffer, John – 1968
A demand for more and better education has driven educators to seek the help of systems analysis in the process of decision making. Basic to the entire systems notion is the concept of a model, a simplified but controllable version of the real world. The systems approach, once the problem is defined, is to specify the subfunctions and…
Descriptors: Critical Path Method, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Hanson, E. Mark; Brown, Michael E. – 1977
Patterns of problem-solving activity in one middle-class urban high school are examined and a problem solving model rooted in a conceptual framework of contingency theory is presented. Contingency theory stresses that as political, economic, and social conditions in an organization's environment become problematic, the internal structures of the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies, Data Analysis, Educational Administration
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
