John Leslie King (born 22 August 1951) is a W.W. Bishop Professor at the

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. His main works deal with computerization in the public sector and municipalities, as well as other organizations. He has also worked on privacy issues and some of the primary computerization projects such as project

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. He is the author (together with

Kalle Lyytinen Kalle Lyytinen (born August 19, 1953 in Helsinki) is the Iris S. Wolstein Professor of Management Design at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management, where he is also director of their Doctor of Management program. His rese ...

) of ''Information systems: the state of the field'', published by Wiley in 2006, which, according to WorldCat, is held in 126 libraries. He is a former editor-in-chief of ''

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''. Prof. King has a BA in Philosophy, and graduated with a PhD from the

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School of Administration. Today the School of Administration in UC Irvine is the

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Personal website at U. Mich.
{{DEFAULTSORT:King, John Leslie University of California, Irvine alumni Living people Computer scientists Information systems researchers University of Michigan faculty 1951 births