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<div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);line-height:17px"><div style="line-height:17px;text-indent:0px !important"><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Courier New'">Apologies for the re-posting, but there were problems with the links in my original post. </font></div><div style="line-height:17px;text-indent:0px !important"><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Courier New'"><br></font></div></span><div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace">Just to reiterate, I'm setting up a web-site aimed at bringing together academics and public sector managers with a common interest in using IT to re-design public services. The core idea is that managers need to see their primary task as systems design. The web-site is somewhat embryonic, but you are invited to have a look at my work-in-progress. See:</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace"><br><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:'Courier New';line-height:17px"><a href="http://www.managingbydesign.net/" style="text-indent:0px !important;line-height:17px;font-weight:inherit;text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(0, 104, 207);cursor:pointer" target="_blank">http://www.managingbydesign.net/</a></span><br><br>I think that this agenda affords great opportunities for the IS research community, which I have attempted to argue in a recent(ish) opinion piece in EJIS, see: <br><br><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0, 104, 207);font-family:'Courier New';line-height:17px"><a href="http://www.managingbydesign.net/index.php/information-systems" target="_blank">http://www.managingbydesign.net/index.php/information-systems</a></span><br><br>A sample copy of the opening chapter of my recent book "Managing as designing in the public services: beyond technomagic" may be found on the web-site. I am particularly interested in garnering case studies and articles, especially of a critical nature. <br><br>Any feedback would be gratefully appreciated... it would be great to hear from anyone interested in collaborating in this development.<br><br>David Wastell (Professor of Information Systems, Nottingham University Business School)</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0, 104, 207);font-family:'Courier New';line-height:17px"><br></span></div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" color="#0068cf" face="'Courier New'"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height:17px"><br></span></font><div dir="ltr"> </div></div> </div></div> </div></div> </div></body>
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