Nowadays, many industrial countries are being transformed from industrial economies to knowledge and information-based service economies, whereas manufacturing has been moving to low-wage countries i.e. China, India etc. In knowledge societies, information and knowledge are key parts in creating wealth. To achieve growth de-1376 Z. Manoussaridis, C. Mamaloukas and M. Sagheb-Tehrani velopment, there is a need to continuously distributing or creating new knowledge and information. Appropriate information systems are needed to optimize the ‡ow of information and knowledge in the organizations to help planners and decision makers.Better information systems can increase the e¤ectiveness and the quality of crucial activities like spatial analysis, strategic objectives setting, long-range planning and decision-making. Respectively, this e¤ect can enhance the potentials for growth development of a regional or a national economy. The dimension of an information system's role and responsibility can play a signi…cant role in the outset of the information systems development (ISD) process. These aspects have not been the subject of much debate and attention in ISD. In this paper an attempt is made to conceptualize the dimension of information systems'roles and responsibilities. This comprises an initial step towards exploration of the relationship between the dimension of information systems'roles and responsibilities and ISD and respectively their potential impact in growth development performances.Mathematics Subject Classi…cation: 68U35