Modern System Analysis and design

About the authors

Jeffrey A. Hoffer(Ph.D., Cornell University) is Professor and Chair of MIS and Decision Sciences at the University of Dayton. Co-author with Fred McFadden and Mary Prescott of Modern Database Management, Fifth Edition, and of Modern Systems Analysis and Design, Second Edition with Joey F. George and Joseph S. Valacich, Dr.Hoffer has authored numerous other books, monographs, and research articles. He is also a founder of TIMS College on Information Systems, the International Conference on Information Systems, and the Association for Information Systems. His current research and teaching interests include systems analysis and design methodologies (comparison of structured and object-oriented methods), database design and administration(re-engineering organizations via data modeling), human-computer interaction (usability of tools and techniques for systems analysis and design), and management of technology(adoption and diffusion,business re-design through technology).

Joey F. George(Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) currently teaches at Louisiana State University. Dr. George has published numerous journal articles, is an Associate Editor of Information Systems Research (ISR),serves on the editorial board for Information Technology and People (ITP), and is the vice program chair for ICIS 1999 in Charlotte as well as being treasurer for the Section on Group Decision and Negotiation of INFORMS. His research focuses on the use of information systems in the workplace, including computer-based monitoring and desktop computing. He's currently investigating deceptive communication in group support systems.

Joseph S. Valacich(Ph.D., University of Arizona) is an Associate Professor of Information Systems and is The George and Carolyn Hubman Distinguished Professor in Information Systems for the College of Business and Economics at Washington State University, Pullman. He is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and is a Charter Member
of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). He is currently serving on the joint ACM-AIS task force designing the curriculum for Master of Science Information Systems Programs. He was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Service Award from the Washington State University College of Business and Economics in 1997, and is vice-chairperson of ICIS 1999 in Charlotte. Dr. Valacich was recently identified as one of the ten-most productive Information Systems researchers in the world and his current research interests include technology-mediated group decision-making, electronic commerce, the diffusion of technology in organizations, and distance learning. Dr. Valacich serves on the editorial board of Small Group Research and is an Associate Editor for MIS Quarterly.