{"title":"Innovation adoption of EDI","authors":"D. Drury, A. Farhoomand","doi":"10.4018/IRMJ.1996070101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IRMJ.1996070101","url":null,"abstract":"Innovation has become not only the domain of a few progressive enterprises but the key to survival and success of the many. Innovative changes in management practices can assist in ensuring survival in an increasingly competitive world. The management systems in place are critical to exploiting technological, process, and product innovations. This empirical study of 379 organizations compares organizations in various stages of adoption. An administrative innovation approach is used in order to examine the internal effects of adoption. Specific issues evaluated are the effects on users regarding satisfaction with training, involvement and participation and the MIS/User interface. Nonadopters are found to lack accurate information regarding the costs and standards of EDI. Management attitude is found to increase in importance across the adoption stages. In comparing early and late adopters, significant differences are found particularly regarding information output, participation and involvement. Timing difficulties are found not to relate to product factors but to user issues. The study provides recommendations for overcoming these difficulties and evaluates the administrative innovation approach to investigating systems adoption.","PeriodicalId":44735,"journal":{"name":"Information Resources Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"1996-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70476613","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}
{"title":"Situated Method Engineering","authors":"K. V. Slooten","doi":"10.4018/IRMJ.1996070103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IRMJ.1996070103","url":null,"abstract":"Organizations have to change their systems development methods due to changing situations. Situated methods take into account the contingencies of a systems development project improving the effectiveness of systems development. Situated method engineering must be implemented as a learning process supported by situation-specific development strategies and integrating method fragments from different methods. Field studies show the need for and the feasibility of situated method engineering. Several method engineering instruments are available and have been explored during the field studies.","PeriodicalId":44735,"journal":{"name":"Information Resources Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"1996-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70476177","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}
{"title":"Exploring the Relationship Between EUC Problems and Success","authors":"T. Guimaraes, M. Igbaria","doi":"10.4018/IRMJ.1996040101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IRMJ.1996040101","url":null,"abstract":"As the importance of End User Computing EUC to organizations increases, so does the need for understanding its problems and payoffs. This field study investigates the relationship between EUC problems and its success from an organizational viewpoint. The field test used 252 internal auditing directors from companies with a wide range of gross revenues and IS budgets, and a wide variety of industry types. The four dimensions underlying EUC problems previously proposed were confirmed: end user management and control, IS-user relationship, support and integration, and IS management control and planning. As hypothesized, EUC problems were found to be inversely related to EUC success. Among the EUC problems, IS-user relationship is found to be the most important determinant of EUC success. Implications of the findings for practicing information system managers and directions for future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":44735,"journal":{"name":"Information Resources Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"1996-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70476558","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}
{"title":"A Methodology for Managing Information-Based Risk","authors":"K. Engemann, H. Miller","doi":"10.4018/IRMJ.1996040102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IRMJ.1996040102","url":null,"abstract":"Organizations often think of information security as a technological issue best left to technical specialists. While many security strategies undoubtedly rely on hardware and software solutions, the management processes surrounding security and the ongoing commitment of business and operations managers to security issues are no less important. In this paper we discuss a three-phase methodology for managing information-based risks, and present results of how a large money center bank implemented the methodology at numerous locations around the world. Our discussion focuses on the methodology, the implementation process, the results, and how similar efforts can be used in designing management processes to improve the security of information assets.","PeriodicalId":44735,"journal":{"name":"Information Resources Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"1996-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70476566","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}
{"title":"Migration to a New Electronic Mail System: Users' Attitudes and Management Support for Achieving Use","authors":"G. Blau, Steven C. Currall, William A. Kleintop","doi":"10.4018/IRMJ.1996040103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IRMJ.1996040103","url":null,"abstract":"Using a pre-and post-implementation design and 114 respondents, this study tested a model of end users' migration from an existing electronic mail E-mail system to a new E-mail system with both similar and different features. Hierarchical regression results indicated that as users' expectations of the usefulness and ease of using the new E-mail system increased their pre-implementation attitude toward the new system also increased. Expectations of usefulness, ease of use, and post-implementation training were found not to contribute to the actual use of the new system. Employees' sense of participation in implementing the new system and their experience using E-mail systems were strongly related to actual use of the new system. Results and limitations of this study are discussed, as well as future research issues and implications for practice.","PeriodicalId":44735,"journal":{"name":"Information Resources Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"1996-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70476606","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}
{"title":"The Relative Importance of Computer-Mediated Information Versus Conventional Non-Computer-Mediated Information in Public Managerial Decision Making","authors":"Zhiyong Lan, C. Scott","doi":"10.4018/IRMJ.1996010103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IRMJ.1996010103","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the relevance of computer-mediated information to organizational decision making in today's state and local government agencies. It examines the extent to which computer-mediated information is available to, and utilized by, organizational decision makers when compared to more conventional information media such as formal upper-management directives, person-to-person conversations, or personal knowledge. Findings suggest that computer-mediated information plays an important role in organizational decision making, even though its utilization is perceived to be less than its availability. Managers reported using computer-mediated information across various decision situations routine, nonroutine, high risk, and low risk, with varying emphasis. The study also reveals that in spite of the pervasiveness of information technology, managers today still rely on their personal knowledge for organizational decision making more than they do on any other information media, including computer-mediated information. The paper concludes with a discussion of how these findings shed light on our understanding of the appropriate role of computer-mediated information in managerial decision making and on the direction of our future research.","PeriodicalId":44735,"journal":{"name":"Information Resources Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70476551","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}
{"title":"The Impact of User Satisfaction on Computer-Mediated Communication Acceptance: A Causal Path Model","authors":"A. Abdul-Gader","doi":"10.4018/IRMJ.1996010102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IRMJ.1996010102","url":null,"abstract":"An increasing number of business organizations rely on Computer-Mediated Communication Systems CMCS to enhance management communication. After identifying the underlying factor structure of CMCS user satisfaction, this study tests a causal path model that examines the impact of CMCS user satisfaction on CMCS acceptance. A structural equation modeling approach LISREL was used to analyze data from 136 CMCS users who have been using CMCS for an extended period of time. Research measurements exhibit satisfactory levels of reliability, convergence, and discriminant validity. The results indicated that satisfaction, among other determinants of CMCS acceptance, accounted for the highest variation in CMCS acceptance. Several research and organizational implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":44735,"journal":{"name":"Information Resources Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70476548","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}
{"title":"Assessing the Impact of Information Centers on End-User Computing and Company Performance","authors":"T. Guimaraes","doi":"10.4018/IRMJ.1996010101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IRMJ.1996010101","url":null,"abstract":"As company investment in end-user computing EUC grows so does the need for the organization to provide end-user support and training; encourage resource sharing; establish mechanisms for management and operational control over data resources, systems quality assurance, and resource acquisition. To satisfy these needs, many organizations have established information centers IC. ICs have been shown to be very dynamic organizations which are continuously evolving and vary dramatically from company to company in terms of location, resources available, and the types of services provided. This study surveyed 215 organizations to assess present shifts in EUC and IC activities, as well as the impact of IC performance on EUC overall company effectiveness and payoffs from EUC. The results show among other things that in many organizations the EUC support burden is being shifted to IS departments, to outsiders, and to the end-users themselves; that EUC support is indeed a requirement for overall EUC effectiveness and for the company to derive payoffs from the EUC investment","PeriodicalId":44735,"journal":{"name":"Information Resources Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70476542","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}
{"title":"Factors Influencing Successful Implementation of Computer Based Technologies in Knowledge-Intensive Activities","authors":"G. Capaldo, M. Raffa, G. Zollo","doi":"10.4018/IRMJ.1995100103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IRMJ.1995100103","url":null,"abstract":"The mission of the paper is to make a contribution to increasing the understanding of implementation process of Computer Based Technologies CBTs in \"knowledge-intensive activities\", i.e. the activities that are mainly based on high technical and professional skills. A model of the organizational aspects influencing the implementation process, developed on the basis of the literature and the authors' research, is presented. On the basis of this model, the authors studied the implementation process of CBTs in software production activities of eight Italian firms, representative of industrial and service sectors. From the discussion of results of the study, implications both for the theory and for the management of the implementation process are derived.","PeriodicalId":44735,"journal":{"name":"Information Resources Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70476512","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}
{"title":"Perceptual Congruence and Systems Development Cost Estimation","authors":"A. Lederer, J. Prasad","doi":"10.4018/IRMJ.1995100102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IRMJ.1995100102","url":null,"abstract":"Information systems cost estimating is an important concern for information resource management. Information systems cost estimators and non-estimators those IS professionals not responsible for cost estimating have different roles, responsibilities, and objectives. They might consequently be expected to have different perceptions of the estimating process. Previous research has shown that perceptual congruence-the degree to which individuals view matters similarly-is associated with favorable organizational consequences. A study of information systems cost estimators and non-estimators at 112 organizations compared and contrasted their perceptions of the cost estimating process and its success. Estimators and non-estimators did not differ substantially in their views of the uses of the estimate, the basis for estimating, the influences on the estimate, and management practices for estimating. They did differ in their perceptions of the importance of the estimate, their satisfaction with the estimating process, their estimating accuracy, and the causes of inaccurate estimates. The similarities and differences provide implications for researchers and information resource managers.","PeriodicalId":44735,"journal":{"name":"Information Resources Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70476507","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}