An innovative methodology for the development of information systems with an application to the Teachers Training College in Makkah Al-Mukkaramah, Saudi Arabia
The main aim of the Teachers' Training College (ITC) in Makkah Al-Mukkaramah,
Saudi Arabia, is to develop an interest in scientific research and reading, and to
conduct meaningful conversations so that pupils are trained to be good housewives,
experienced researchers and professional educators in order to use their abilities to
develop the Saudi community scientifically, socially, mentally and physically. The
information system at TTC has a number of problems, particularly difficulties which
are connected to the rapid increase in student records, the duplication of records, the
fact that student information is distributed in different departments, the lack of
information control, the insufficient number of information professionals, the lack of
training, the shortcomings in satisfying user needs, deficiencies in the ICT
infrastructure, and the absence of security planning. The senior management of the
Teachers' Training College knows that the organisation has information-related
problems, with information overload being a particularly prominent issue. However,
these managers seem powerless to identify the root causes, being neither able to
identify the source of the problems nor the people responsible for them.
This research aims to study the methodological context in which recommendations
for change can be made, and to apply an appropriate methodology (or multimethodology)
to the development of an information system for use in the Teachers'
Training College in Makkah Al-Mukkaramah. [Continues.
