International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach (IJITSA)

International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach
(IJITSA)

http://www.igi-global.com/journals/details.asp?id=6720

Publisher: IGI Global

The International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach
(IJITSA) is a refereed, international journal on applied and theoretical
research, aimed at providing coverage of the foundations, challenges,
opportunities, problems, trends, and solutions encountered by both scholars
and practitioners in the field of Information Systems when applying Systems
Approach. 

IJITSA emphasizes the systemic worldview of managerial, organizational and
engineering interaction facets provided by modern complex information
systems and information technologies. The articles published in IJITSA will
focus on Information Systems (IS) and their interactions with Software
Engineering, Systems Engineering, Complex Systems and Philosophy of Systems
Science issues for a better understanding and development of the Information
Systems discipline.

IJITSA will publish papers ­ one issue per semester ­ of high quality, rigor
and relevance on Information Systems that use Systems Approach as a main
method of inquiry under the following categories: (i) theoretical research
papers (from conceptual review and analysis, formal analysis or modeling),
(ii) empirical research papers (from an engineering perspective (e.g.,
papers that report the design, and/or building and/or empirical (even as a
pilot test) evaluation of a system)) or and behavioral papers (e.g. papers
that report survey-based, case study or action research approaches, where
human beings¹ behavior ­including both subjective and objective constructs-
are the main focus of the systems studied in laboratory and field settings).

Papers can have the following single or combined research purposes:
scholastic, instrumental/methodological, exploratory, descriptive,
predictive, explanatory, design and control, evaluative, interpretative or
interventionist. 

The studies can use the following systemic research methodologies or
approaches: conceptual, formal mathematical, systems simulation (discrete,
multi-agent or hybrid), systems dynamics, soft systems, action research,
critical systems, multi-methodology, and their philosophical underpinnings
can be either positivist, interpretative, critical or based in critical
realism. They are expected to be integrated or discussed under the
perspective of the Systems Approach with the long-term aim of obtaining a
unified view of Information Systems.

ISSN: 1935-570X
EISSN: 1935-5718

Editor-in-Chief:

Professor David Paradice
Florida State University
USA

Email: dparadice@cob.fsu.edu

Operational Editor-in-Chief:

Assoc. Professor Manuel Mora
Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes
México

Email: mmora@securenym.net

Content available by subscription.
 
Abstracts available online. Articles available in PDF format.
 
Current Issue: Volume 1 Issue 1 January-June 2008

Date: 3 March 2008