Paul Beynon-Davies

Paul Beynon-Davies (born 1957) is a British academic, author and consultant.

Paul Beynon-Davies
Born	1957 (1957) Rhondda, Wales
Occupation(s)	Academic, author, consultant
Website	http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/carbs/faculty/beynon-daviesp/index.html

Biography

Born in Rhondda, Wales, he received his Bachelor of Science in Economics and Social Science and PhD in Computing from the University of Wales College, Cardiff.^[1]

Before taking up an academic post, he worked for several years in the UK as a computer programmer and business analyst, in both the public and private sectors.^[2] He entered academia in the mid-1980s and has held positions at the University of Glamorgan, Swansea University and most recently Cardiff University. His inter-disciplinary interests began with this PhD thesis, which considered the application of computing in ethnography.

Beynon-Davies is currently a professor emeritus at the Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University and still lives in South Wales. He is married with three children.

Books

• Systemes d'information. Afnor. Translated by David Avison. (1992)
• Expert Database Systems: A Gentle Introduction. McGraw-Hill, Basingstoke. (1991)
• Relational Database Systems. McGraw-Hill, Basingstoke. (1991)
• Knowledge Engineering for Information Systems. McGraw-Hill, Basingstoke. (1992)
• Relational Database Design. McGraw-Hill, Basingstoke. (1992)
• Analysing Information Systems Failures: A Practical Approach. Pitman/THES Publications, London, UK. (1997)
• Information Systems Development: An Introduction to Information Systems Engineering. 3rd Ed. Macmillan. (1998)
• Systemy Baz Danych. Warsaw, Wydawnictwa Naukowo-Techniczne. (1998)
• Inzynieria Systemow Informacyjnych. Warsaw, Wydawnictwa Naukowo-Techniczne. (1999)
• Information Systems: An Introduction to Informatics in Organisations. Palgrave, Basingstoke, UK. (2002) ISBN 0-333-96390-3
• e-Business. Palgrave, Basingstoke. (2004) ISBN 1-4039-1348-X
• Database Systems. 3rd Edition. Palgrave, Basingstoke, UK. (2004) ISBN 1-4039-1601-2
• Significance: Exploring the Nature of Information, Systems and Technology (2011) ISBN 0-230-27519-2
• Business Information Systems. 2nd edition. Palgrave, Basingstoke. (2013) ISBN 978-0-230-20368-6
• e-Business. 2nd edition. Palgrave, Basingstoke. (2013) ISBN 1-4039-1348-X
• Business Information Systems. 3rd edition. Red Globe Press. (2019) ISBN 978-1-352-00738-1
• Business Analysis and Design: Understanding Innovation in Organisation. Palgrave Macmillan. (2021) ISBN 978-3030679613
• Data and Society. World Scientific Publishing. (2021) ISBN 978-9811237249