{"id":219,"date":"2012-07-23T23:59:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T04:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/oxb00a\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2018-09-21T00:35:29","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T05:35:29","slug":"system-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/oxb00a\/system-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Systems Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles West Churchman was a philosopher, systems scientist, and a visionary in systems design.\u00a0His writings emphasize the importance of attention to nature\u00a0in our\u00a0design efforts; thus, our design of systems should be cognizant of an ultimate Creator (see The Design of Inquiring Systems, Basic Concepts of Systems and Organizations<\/em>, Basic Books, New York (1971). Before she died in 2009, Churchman’s wife made this comment about her husband:<\/p>\n

“Academic philosophy wasn’t satisfying to him. He demanded that philosophy have meaning in the world. He wanted to insert an ethical dimension into science. And he really made it his job to remind all these CEOs that they had ethical responsibilities.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Before his death in 2004, Churchman\u00a0received the 1999 LEO Award for Lifetime Exceptional Achievement in Information Systems.\u00a0 This award is presented by AIS, a student chapter of which resides\u00a0at ACU, for which I am an advisor.<\/p>\n

With Churchman’s\u00a0vision in mind, I have sought to direct my research towards improving the design and use of information systems for the good of business and the individuals they serve.\u00a0 Links to representative\u00a0samples\u00a0of this research are included in the following narrative:<\/p>\n

Raghu, T.S., Sinha, R., Vinze, A., Burton, O. (2009).\u00a0\u00a0 Willingness to Pay in an Open Source Software Environment<\/a>. Information Systems Research, Jun2009, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p218-236, 19p. (H-Index of 135)<\/em><\/p>\n

This paper was part of a five year effort with researchers at Arizona State University.\u00a0 Although originally part of my dissertation, I moved into a different area to support the development of a system to address bioterrorism detection for the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, based in Phoenix, AZ.\u00a0 This work also produced two conference papers which I presented at the Americas Conference for Information Systems AMCIS)\u00a0in 2003<\/a>, which is the national conference for AIS.\u00a0 Information Systems Research<\/em> (ISR) is regarded as a Tier 1 Research 1 level publication in the IS\u00a0academic community.<\/p>\n

Challenges for Bioterrorism Preparedness in Public Health Decision Processes and Resources<\/a>\u00a0(2008), in Hsinchun Chen, T.S. Raghu, Ram Ramesh,\u00a0 Ajay Vinze & Daniel Zeng (Eds.), Chapter III.2, Article 2012, Handbooks in Information Systems (HIS-V002), National Security,<\/em> London, UK: Elsevier Science, with M. Ipe. The link is to the publisher’s announcement.\u00a0 I can provide direct access to the article, given more time, if needed.<\/p>\n

I led the development of this\u00a0book chapter\u00a0with an ASU assistant professor in human resources.\u00a0 The link provides access to the Table of Contents for the text offered through Elsevier Science Publications.\u00a0 This\u00a0contribution is Chapter 12 of the text as shown on the tab.\u00a0 This work resulted from\u00a0my involvement as a clinical researcher\u00a0for the Center for the Advancement of Business\u00a0through Information Technology\u00a0(CABIT) in our support of Maricopa County bioterrorism preparedness.<\/p>\n

Assessing the Structural Development & Propagation of Information In Natural Communication Processes<\/a>, Christian Business Faculty Conference, October 2007, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA.<\/p>\n

This work was one of the first\u00a0extensions to my research at ASU that\u00a0was developed after I joined ACU in 2007.\u00a0 This paper serves to integrate natural design principles in the\u00a0analysis of communication processes in the design of surveillance systems.<\/p>\n

I’ve also began a research stream on Network theory and how design characteristics impact social structures.\u00a0 This work has been presented at the Christian Scholars Conference in 2017<\/a> and 2018<\/a>.\u00a0 Links to each presentation have been included in the appropriate conference date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charles West Churchman was a philosopher, systems scientist, and a visionary in systems design.\u00a0His writings emphasize the importance of attention to nature\u00a0in our\u00a0design efforts; thus, our design of systems should be cognizant of an ultimate Creator (see The Design of Inquiring Systems, Basic Concepts of Systems and Organizations, Basic Books, New York (1971). Before she … <\/p>\n

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