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ABSTRACT
The importance of information in the world and the so-called information society places information systems
in the center of organizations sustainability. The authors are all both producers and consumers of economic
information, there aren’t any owners of it and there isn´t any real domain over economic information sys-
tems, infrastructures and technologies and particularly over communications. Organizations and economic
agents are pieces from a dynamic “puzzle” that adjust itself according to the requirements of consumers and
users of information and communication technologies, promoting new developments in markets and society.
These challenges display the relevance of all who assume the responsibility for management of information
and technologies systems which can affect the normal functioning of markets and economic organizations.
Sustainability questions focus themselves on the articulation from several economic agents, on the manage-
ment of information and technological resources and on the effciency of markets, aiming to grant a peaceful
and consolidated continuity of society. Beyond several factors which can be considered relevant to achieve
organizational sustainability in the frame of information and knowledge society, there are some nuclear pillars
in which managers and organizations need to develop competences. In this theoretical approach, supported in
a focus group research, the authors aim to propose and evaluate a group of key elements to be measured for
a proper evaluation of organizations sustainability in the context of information society, taking in view future
empirical studies and the application of the concept in management tasks. This article is a development, made
by invitation of the scientifc committee, of the investigation presented in the “Centeris 2012 International
Conference” held in Vilamoura (Portugal).
Some Information Systems
Requirements in View of
Organizational Sustainability
in an Information Society
Francisco Madeira Esteves, Microsoft Corporation, Lisboa, Portugal
Pedro Fernandes Anunciação, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Superior School of
Management Sciences, Setubal, Portugal
João Rocha Santos, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Superior School of Management
Sciences, Setubal, Portugal
Keywords: Economic Organizations, Information and Communication Technologies, Information Society,
Management, Sustainability
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2014010102