Inf. Syst. Manag.Pub Date : 1999-09-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43189.16.4.19990901/31203.7
Stan Hume, T. Devane, Jill Smith Slater
{"title":"Transforming an Organization Through Prototyping: A Case Study","authors":"Stan Hume, T. Devane, Jill Smith Slater","doi":"10.1201/1078/43189.16.4.19990901/31203.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43189.16.4.19990901/31203.7","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract An organizational prototype is a forum to address simultaneously process, behavioral, and cultural change pursuant to business process redesign (BPR). in this case study, IS personnel facilitated organizational prototypes, thereby extending their knowledge of business systems to a new sphere, facilitating business process redesign. Success of the prototypes led to success in obtaining corporate funding for new client/server systems to support the changes in business operations.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114387125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Inf. Syst. Manag.Pub Date : 1999-06-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31311.3
J. Butler
{"title":"Risk Management Skills Needed in A Packaged Software Environment","authors":"J. Butler","doi":"10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31311.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31311.3","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract More organizations than ever are licensing software, contracting out development projects, and using purchased components in their development efforts. Such innovations can speed development time, reduce project costs, and enable an organization to prosper with a smaller development staff. However, the new development techniques also pose risks. IS managers can help mitigate the danger to their organizations by honing their hard-won abilities, applying them to the new software environment, and learning some new skills.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"29 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126818054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Inf. Syst. Manag.Pub Date : 1999-06-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31316.8
Lawrence A. Gordon, Martin P. Loeb
{"title":"The Y2K Boon to is and Business","authors":"Lawrence A. Gordon, Martin P. Loeb","doi":"10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31316.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31316.8","url":null,"abstract":"Many have predicted that if the millennium bug crashes computers, the economic repercussions will be negative and severe. But those companies that have made their systems Y2K-compliant have realized many positive side effects that have made them more competitive and perform better.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"13 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120908320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Inf. Syst. Manag.Pub Date : 1999-06-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31318.10
Clinton O. Longenecker, Connie J. Schaffer, Joseph A. Scazzero
{"title":"Causes and Consequences of Stress in the it Profession","authors":"Clinton O. Longenecker, Connie J. Schaffer, Joseph A. Scazzero","doi":"10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31318.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31318.10","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Working long hours, rushing to meet unrealistic deadlines, struggling to keep up with ever-advancing technology and ever-changing user demands – these are just some of the conditions that make a career in IT stressful. Fortunately for IT professionals, work-related stress can be effectively managed and thereby mitigated. Identifying the sources of stress on the job is a major step in its management and reduction.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124817902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Inf. Syst. Manag.Pub Date : 1999-06-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31319.11
H. Bidgoli
{"title":"An Integrated Model for Introducing Intranets","authors":"H. Bidgoli","doi":"10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31319.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31319.11","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract An intranet as a new decision-making tool has gained much popularity in recent years. the design and implementation of this powerful decision-making tool is a multifaceted and complex process. This article presents an integrated model for a successful introduction of an intranet into an organization.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"172 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134442712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Inf. Syst. Manag.Pub Date : 1999-06-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31320.12
J. Hoven
{"title":"Key Trends for the New Millennium","authors":"J. Hoven","doi":"10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31320.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31320.12","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The journal's database management columnist takes a look at where packaged applications, the World Wide Web, multimedia, and data warehousing are taking today's database management systems.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"36 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115723765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Inf. Syst. Manag.Pub Date : 1999-06-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31321.13
Ralph L. Kliem
{"title":"Managing the Risks of Outsourcing Agreements","authors":"Ralph L. Kliem","doi":"10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31321.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31321.13","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Outsourcing relieves an organization from the burden of carrying out complex activities. It also relieves an organization over its control of those activities. An organization can minimize this loss of control by managing certain risks associated with outsourcing before it enters into an outsourcing agreement.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124855725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Inf. Syst. Manag.Pub Date : 1999-06-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31317.9
M. O'Hara, R. Watson, C. Kavan
{"title":"Managing the three Levels of Change","authors":"M. O'Hara, R. Watson, C. Kavan","doi":"10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31317.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31317.9","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Change may be introduced into an organization a variety of ways – implementing new technology, employing new people, or in establishing new organizational structures, new policies, or new procedures. Just as change is made up of different components, it comes in varying degrees. A three-level classification of change can help IS managers gain control over the variable components and nature of change.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128946113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Inf. Syst. Manag.Pub Date : 1999-06-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31312.4
Gary Hackbarth, V. Grover
{"title":"The Knowledge Repository: Organizational Memory Information Systems","authors":"Gary Hackbarth, V. Grover","doi":"10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31312.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31312.4","url":null,"abstract":"An organizational memory information system (OMIS) is a tangible conceptualization of the nebulous concept of knowledge. It combines the attributes of culture, history, business process, human memory, and fact into an integrated business system. Such an integrated system can facilitate a major step in the capture of the knowledge assets.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117092144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Inf. Syst. Manag.Pub Date : 1999-06-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31310.2
P. Bingi, Maneesh K. Sharma, J. K. Godla
{"title":"Critical Issues Affecting an ERP Implementation","authors":"P. Bingi, Maneesh K. Sharma, J. K. Godla","doi":"10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31310.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43197.16.3.19990601/31310.2","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Implementing an ERP causes massive change that needs to be carefully managed to reap the benefits of an ERP solution. Critical issues that must be carefully considered to ensure successful implementation include commitment from top management, reengineering of the existing processes, integration of the ERP with other business information systems, selection and management of consultants and employees, and training of employees on the new system.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125631306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}