Preface -- Chapter 1. Toward an interdisciplinary engineering and management of complex IT-intensive organizational systems: a systems view / Manuel Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Moti Frank, David B. Paradice, Francisco Cervantes, Guisseppi A. Forgionne -- Chapter 2. A question for research: do we mean information systems or systems of information? / Frank Stowell -- Chapter 3. On the study of complexity in information systems / James Courtney, Yasmin Merali, David Paradice, Eleanor Wynn -- Chapter 4. Importance of systems engineering in the development of information systems / Miroljub Kljajić, John V. Farr -- Chapter 5. Towards a wider application of the systems approach in information systems and software engineering / Doncho Petkov, Denis Edgar-Nevill, Raymond Madachy, Rory O'Connor -- Chapter 6. Pluralism, realism, and truth: the keys to knowledge in information systems research / John Mingers -- Chapter 7. Information-as-system in information systems: a systems thinking perspective / Tuan M. Nguyen, Huy V. Vo -- Chapter 8. An analysis of the imbursement of currency in a debt-based money-information system / G. A. Swanson -- Chapter 9. A complex adaptive systems-based enterprise knowledge sharing model / Cynthia T. Small, Andrew P. Sage -- Chapter 10. A conceptual descriptive-comparative study of models and standards of processes in SE, SwE, and IT disciplines using the theory of systems / Manuel Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Rory O'Connor, Francisco Alvarez, Jorge Macías-Lúevano.

Chapter 11. Integrating the fragmented pieces of IS research paradigms and frameworks: a systems approach / Manuel Mora, Ovsei Gelman, Guisseppi Forgionne, Doncho Petkov, Jeimy Cano -- Chapter 12. System-of-systems cost estimation: analysis of lead system integrator engineering activities / Jo Ann Lane, Barry Boehm -- Chapter 13. Could the work system method embrace systems concepts more fully? / Steven Alter -- Chapter 14. Information and knowledge perspectives in systems engineering and management for innovation and productivity through enterprise resource planning / Stephen V. Stephenson, Andrew P. Sage -- Chapter 15. A critical systems view of power-ethics interactions in information systems evaluation / José-Rodrigo Córdoba -- Chapter 16. Information technology industry dynamics: impact of disruptive innovation strategy / Nicholas C. Georgantzas, Evangelos Katsamakas -- Chapter 17. Using a systems thinking perspective to construct and apply an evaluation approach of technology-based information systems / Hajer Kefi -- Chapter 18. The distribution of a management control system in an organization / Alfonso A. Reyes -- Chapter 19. Making the case for critical realism: examining the implementation of automated performance management systems / Phillip Dobson, John Myles, Paul Jackson -- Compilation of References -- About the contributors -- Index.