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A framework for understanding Information Technology resources (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding Information Technology resources. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (265-308). IGI Global

Chapter 7: Information systems developers make use of information technology resources. IT resources might include, for example, tools like editors, compilers, linkers and debuggers (usually now integrated into development environment software) the l... Read More about A framework for understanding Information Technology resources.

A framework for understanding information systems development (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding information systems development. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (224-264). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch006

Chapter 6: This chapter explores how Dooyeweerd’s philosophy might help us understand the challenges and issues in ISD as they are seen from an everyday perspective. The information system that is developed includes both the technical artefact or sy... Read More about A framework for understanding information systems development.

A framework for understanding the nature of computers and information (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding the nature of computers and information. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (174-223). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch005

Chapter 5: "What is a computer?" and "What is information?" are questions that the reflective user will sometimes ponder. These questions do not refer to what the computer means to us, subjectively (or intersubjectively) nor as enabling particular ap... Read More about A framework for understanding the nature of computers and information.

A framework for understanding human use of computers (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding human use of computers. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (120-173). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch004

Chapter 4: This chapter seeks to open it up further and explore how Dooyeweerd’s philosophy can be used to understand human use of computers (HUC) by exposing some of the challenges and issues therein and enable us to formulate a framework for unders... Read More about A framework for understanding human use of computers.

Some portions of Dooyeweerd's positive philosophy (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). Some portions of Dooyeweerd's positive philosophy. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (62-118). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch003

Chapter 3: This chapter explains some portions of Dooyeweerd’s positive philosophy which author has found useful in understanding IS. It covers Dooyeweerd’s theory of modal spheres (aspects), his theory of things, his theory of knowing, experience an... Read More about Some portions of Dooyeweerd's positive philosophy.

A framework for understanding Information Technology as ecology (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding Information Technology as ecology. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (309-337). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch008

Information technology (IT) deeply influences the way we live, our assumptions, aspirations, expectations, habits -- our very life-and-world-views (LWVs). It has become an environment in which we live and work, a kind of ecology in which modern life... Read More about A framework for understanding Information Technology as ecology.

Maintenance based on limited data (2008)
Book Chapter
Percy, D. (2008). Maintenance based on limited data. In K. Kobbacy, & D. Murthy (Eds.), Complex System Maintenance Handbook (133-154). London: Springer

Preventive maintenance models for complex systems (2008)
Book Chapter
Percy, D. (2008). Preventive maintenance models for complex systems. In K. Kobbacy, & D. Murthy (Eds.), Complex Systems Maintenance Handbook (179-207). London: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-011-7_8

Preventive maintenance (PM) of repairable systems can be very beneficial in reducing repair and replacement costs, and in improving system availability, by reducing the need for corrective maintenance (CM). Strategies for scheduling PM are often base... Read More about Preventive maintenance models for complex systems.

The customer rules and other e-shopping myths (2008)
Book Chapter
McLean, R., & Richardson, H. (2008). The customer rules and other e-shopping myths. In D. Oliver, C. Romm, & F. Sudweeks (Eds.), Self Service in the Internet Age. Springer

This chapter discusses self-service and the Internet in the context of two studies, based in the UK, and undertaken during 1998-2005. They are united by a common framework of critically analyzing discourses of e-shopping in the ‘digital age’. Firstl... Read More about The customer rules and other e-shopping myths.

Scholarly collaboration across time zones (2008)
Book Chapter
Lynch, K., Heinze, A., & Scott, E. (2008). Scholarly collaboration across time zones. In J. Salmons, & L. Wilson (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration and Organizational Synergy (237-249). London: Information Science Reference

The barriers to global collaboration of yesteryear were, for example, country boundaries and time zones. Today however, in a world where communication is thriving on new technologies, these barriers have been overcome, not only by the technology itse... Read More about Scholarly collaboration across time zones.

Condition-based maintenance modelling (2008)
Book Chapter
Wang, W. (2008). Condition-based maintenance modelling. In K. Kobbacy, & D. Murthy (Eds.), Complex system maintenance handbook (111-132). Springer

Delay time modelling (2008)
Book Chapter
Wang, W. (2008). Delay time modelling. In K. Kobbacy, & D. Murthey (Eds.), Complex system maintenance handbook (345-372). Springer

Concept of sustainable development in regions (2008)
Book Chapter
Rembielak-Vitchev, G., & Rutkowska, M. (2008). Concept of sustainable development in regions. In Hradecké Ekonomické Dny 2009 (Hradec Economic Day 2008) (127-131). Hradec Králové, Czech Republic: Univerzita Hradec Králové

Pension insurances in Great Britain (2007)
Book Chapter
Rembielak-Vitchev, G., Kudlaszyk, A., & Rutkowska, M. (2007). Pension insurances in Great Britain. In Hradecké Ekonomicke Dny 2007 (Hradec Economic Day 2007) (451-454). Hradec Králové, Czech Republic: Univerzita Hradec Králové