Engineering approach and socio-tech approach.

Introduction Developing an information system is a human's action that attempts to create an appropriated information system, which can help an organization to get more competitiveness by solving problems. In this article, two typical approaches will be discussed, one is engineering approach, which had been extremely influential a decade ago, the other is socio-tech approach that has been widely mentioned and applied in contemporary information system development. The engineering approach, according to Dillon, can be …

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