Information Systems in Management Science---The Calculus of Information

Andrew Vazsonyi
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Andrew Vazsonyi: Graduate School of Management, University of Rochester

Interfaces, 1976, vol. 6, issue 4, 90-95

Abstract: If we ever develop a theory of management information systems, we should be able to dispel the semantic pollution so rampant in this field. In earlier columns [Vazsonyi, Andrew. 1973. Semantic pollution in information systems. Interfaces 3 (4, August); How to do away with semantic pollution in information systems. Interfaces 4 (1, November).], I touched on problems of semantics, and now, I discuss specifically what we need to do to clarify some of the confusion about MIS. So let me pose the question: What is the meaning of information?

Date: 1976
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