Building Sustainable Information Systems [Paperback]

Information Systems (IS) as a discipline draws on diverse areas including, technology, organisational theory, management and social science. The field is recognized as very broad and encompassing many themes and areas. However, the development of artefacts, or information systems development (ISD), in the broadest sense, is a central concern of the discipline. Significantly, ISD impacts on the organisational and societal contexts through the use of the artefacts constructed by the development. Today, that impact also needs to be evaluated in terms of its effects on the environment. Sustainable, or green, IT is a catch-all term used to describe the development, manufacture, management, use and disposal of ICT in a way that minimizes damage to the environment. As a result, the term has many different meanings, depending on the role assumed in the life span of the ICT artefact. The theme of the proposed work is to critically examine the whole range of issues around ISD from the perspective of sustainability. Sustainable IT is an emerging theme in academic research and industry practice in response to an individual concern for the environment and the embryonic regulatory environments being enacted globally to address the environmental impact of ICT. In this work we intend to bring together in one volume the diverse research around the development of sustainable IS.Preface.- Managing Sustainable Informations Systems Development - Culture, Balance, Mindfulness.- The Role of Trust in the Initial Adoption of Identity Management Systems.- A Conceptual Framework for Aligning Business and Information Systems from Organisational Learning Perspective.- Business and ICT Alignment in Higher Education: A Case Study in Measuring Maturity.- Investigating Post-Outsourcing Decisions: Using the Intellectual Capital View.- Improved Initial Class Diagrams with ATSA: OO.- Information Systems for the Social Wellbeing of Senior Australians.- A Framework for Evaluating the Impact of High BlCï