Inf. Syst. Manag.Pub Date : 1998-03-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43184.15.2.19980301/31114.3
Richard L. Ptak
{"title":"Designing A Business-Justified Intranet Project","authors":"Richard L. Ptak","doi":"10.1201/1078/43184.15.2.19980301/31114.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43184.15.2.19980301/31114.3","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The ubiquity of both intranets and success stories about their rich returns on investment may provide solid foundation for their recommendation but does not lessen the need for a disciplined project and evaluation process. Using the methodology presented here for identifying and designing a business-justified intranet project helps minimize egregious errors and ensure the commitment, resources, and interest necessary for long-term success.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134126054","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 : 1998-03-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43184.15.2.19980301/31126.15
W. Gower
{"title":"oPlanning an is Staffing Model","authors":"W. Gower","doi":"10.1201/1078/43184.15.2.19980301/31126.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43184.15.2.19980301/31126.15","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In an IS world characterized by high stress and low unemployment, IS executives must not only secure scarce talent but also ensure that staffing patterns optimally meet corporate and IT goals. the staffing model presented here offers a new way of looking at IS culture, bringing IS in tandem with the strategic direction of the organization, and fostering ongoing, global assessment of overall IS performance.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116947178","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 : 1998-03-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43184.15.2.19980301/31118.7
Dien D. Phan
{"title":"Software Quality Management Strategies: The IBM Lesson","authors":"Dien D. Phan","doi":"10.1201/1078/43184.15.2.19980301/31118.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43184.15.2.19980301/31118.7","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Despite continuous improvements during the past decades, controlling software quality remains the major challenge in software development projects. A look at the strategies, process, and management techniques used to improve the quality of software during the development of the AS/400 Operating System Release 1 (OS/400 R.1) at IBM Rochester yields valuable lessons and success factors for today's software development and quality efforts.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126973672","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 : 1998-03-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43184.15.2.19980301/31119.8
Adam S. Huarng, R. Krovi
{"title":"An Object-Based Infrastructure for IRM","authors":"Adam S. Huarng, R. Krovi","doi":"10.1201/1078/43184.15.2.19980301/31119.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43184.15.2.19980301/31119.8","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Information resource management has lost some of its popularity – a victim of the increasing complexity of both information technology and the models needed to represent it. An object-oriented approach is able to organize the complexity of an information resource management system while retaining an illusion of simplicity with practical benefits for managing information resource consumption, costs, and needs.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"321 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116774802","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 : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1080/10580539708907051
A. Fadlalla, N. Gorla
{"title":"Survey of DBMS Use and Satisfaction","authors":"A. Fadlalla, N. Gorla","doi":"10.1080/10580539708907051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10580539708907051","url":null,"abstract":"User–friendly PC–based data base management systems (DBMSs) have not displaced their mainframe counterparts. On the contrary, this survey reveals that an overwhelming majority of corporate users employ one of two mainframe–based systems, citing vendor support, performance, and reliability as their reasons for doing so.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"139 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127334757","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 : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1080/10580539708907050
Joel Gerston
{"title":"Outsourcing in Client/Server Environments","authors":"Joel Gerston","doi":"10.1080/10580539708907050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10580539708907050","url":null,"abstract":"The growing heterogeneity of client/server environments and current state of tool immaturity challenge the skills of IT organizations while increasing management and support costs. Selectively outsourcing nonstrategic client/server tasks that are not performed cost–effectively in–house helps IT managers close the skills gap and improve productivity, reduce costs, and focus on core competencies and initiatives.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125909895","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 : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1080/10580539708907080
Morey Stettner
{"title":"Improving Communication with Nontechnicians","authors":"Morey Stettner","doi":"10.1080/10580539708907080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10580539708907080","url":null,"abstract":"Tailoring one's comments to fit a nontechnician's preferred mode of expression and tying a proposal to the benchmarks senior executives commonly use to measure profitability are only some of the techniques presented for winning over nontechnical audiences.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126676023","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 : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1201/1078/43187.16.1.19990101/31167.13
J. Hoven
{"title":"Information Resource Management: Stewards of Data","authors":"J. Hoven","doi":"10.1201/1078/43187.16.1.19990101/31167.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1201/1078/43187.16.1.19990101/31167.13","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Information resource management is the professional administration, through planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling, of significant items of knowledge so that the data resources of the enterprise can be drawn on and used effectively. Increasingly, IRM is being associated with the notion of stewardship, which is responsible for ensuring effective and efficient management and using the enterprise's data resources.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"198 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128202015","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 : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1080/10580539608906974
Roger T. Sobkowiak, R. E. LeBleu
{"title":"Repositioning HR Information Systems - Empowering Employees Through Information","authors":"Roger T. Sobkowiak, R. E. LeBleu","doi":"10.1080/10580539608906974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10580539608906974","url":null,"abstract":"Are the human resource function and its systems becoming obsolete? Making the jump from auditor to employee enabler can open up new career opportunities for the human resource function and provide strategic advantage to the organization.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"74 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130061979","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 : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.1080/10580539608906984
Clinton O. Longenecker, J. Simonetti, Mark Mulias
{"title":"Survival Skills for the IS Professional","authors":"Clinton O. Longenecker, J. Simonetti, Mark Mulias","doi":"10.1080/10580539608906984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10580539608906984","url":null,"abstract":"IS professionals can only dream of the days when technical brilliance alone was enough to ensure a successful career. Now business acumen and a strong understanding of customer expectations are vital to long-term career survival. Based on their study of 75 experienced IS professionals, the authors present guidelines for fostering the development of customer-oriented IS professionals.","PeriodicalId":117295,"journal":{"name":"Inf. Syst. Manag.","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133691098","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}