- Ron Weber -
Professor Ron Weber undertakes research and teaching in the information
systems area. Currently, he has three major areas of research interest.
First, he is concerned with building formal models of information systems.
The purpose of this research is to enable better analysis and design of
information systems. Second, he is concerned with control and audit of computer
systems. In particular, he has been examining the impact of new technology
on the controls used in information systems and the audit procedures used
to evaluate the reliability of these controls. Third, he has been concerned
with building theories to account for information systems planning practices.
The purpose of these theories is to allow a better understanding of why
we observe diverse information systems planning practices in organizations
and how we might improve these practices. Ron consults in the areas of information
systems planning and control and audit of information systems. During 1996
he was Shaw Foundation visiting professor at Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore.