Igor Titus Hawryszkiewycz (born c. 1948) is an American computer scientist, organizational theorist, and Professor at the School of Systems, Management and Leadership of the

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, known for his work in the field of

database systems In computing, a database is an organized collection of Data (computing), data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, Application software, applications, and ...

systems analysis Systems analysis is "the process of studying a procedure or business to identify its goal and purposes and create systems and procedures that will efficiently achieve them". Another view sees systems analysis as a problem-solving technique that ...

, and

knowledge management Knowledge management (KM) is the set of procedures for producing, disseminating, utilizing, and overseeing an organization's knowledge and data. It alludes to a multidisciplinary strategy that maximizes knowledge utilization to accomplish organ ...

Biography

Hawryszkiewycz obtained his PhD in computer science from

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in 1973"Igor Hawryszkiewycz, Professor and Head of School of Systems, Management and Leadership at University of Technology, Sydney." at linkedin.com. Accessed 2015-03-19. with the thesis, entitled "Semantics of data base systems." developed within the

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. Hawryszkiewycz started his academic career as lecturer in information Systems at the

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in 1975. Since 1986 he is Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney and Head of its Department of Information Systems. From 1989 to 1993 he also directed its Key Center of Advanced Computing Sciences. Hawryszkiewycz's research interest is focussed on "developing design thinking environments to provide business solutions in complex environments by integrating processes, knowledge, and social networking... ndfacilitating agility and evolution of business systems through collaboration."

Selected publications

* I.T. Hawryszkiewycz. ''Semantics of data base systems.'' PhD thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (1973) * Hawryszkiewycz, Igor Titus, and I. T. Hawryszkiewycz. ''Database analysis and design.'' Chicago, IL: Science Research Associates, 1984. * Hawryszkiewycz, Igor T. ''Introduction to systems analysis and design.'' Prentice Hall PTR, 1994. * Hawryszkiewycz, Igor. ''Knowledge Management: Organizing Knowledge Based Enterprises.'' Palgrave Macmillan P." (2009) Articles, a selection * Hawryszkiewycz, Igor.
A metamodel for modeling collaborative system
s." (2005).

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Igor Hawryszkiewycz , University of Technology, Sydney
1940s births Living people American business theorists American computer scientists MIT School of Engineering alumni Academic staff of the University of Technology Sydney Year of birth missing (living people) {{Compu-bio-stub