Assessing the Factors Influencing Information Technology Investment Decisions: A Survey of Sampled Public Sector Organizations in Tanzania

2011 ◽  
pp. 385-399
Author(s):  
Obadiah Machupa ◽  
Elias Otaigo ◽  
Daniel Koloseni ◽  
Faith Shimba
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Technology Investment ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Information Technology Investment

Examining the Approach Used for Information Technology Investment Decisions by Practitioners Responsible for IT Planning in Namibia

2009 ◽  
pp. 402-407
Author(s):  
Karna Naidoo
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Technology Investment ◽  
It Planning ◽  
Information Technology Investment ◽  
Systems Maintenance ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

Despite the technological progress made by organisations in Namibia, the impact of IT has not been studied. The existing definition of IT is not comprehensive enough to include all relevant IT expenditures. No return calculations are made, though managers are showing growing concern at the increasing IT costs. The purpose of this article is to determine what organisations in Namibia use as basis for investing in IT. In interviews with six organisations in Namibia, it was determined how they define and manage their investment in IT. Some conclusions can be drawn, the first being that organisations need to look at their definition of IT to include all aspects of IT like communication systems, maintenance, etc. the second implication is that somebody must be appointed to take responsibility for managing the IT investment.

Examining the Approach Used for Information Technology Investment Decisions by Practitioners Responsible for IT Planning in Namibia

2011 ◽  
pp. 182-189
Author(s):  
Karna Naidoo
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Technology Investment ◽  
It Planning ◽  
Information Technology Investment ◽  
Systems Maintenance ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

Despite the technological progress made by organisations in Namibia, the impact of IT has not been studied. The existing definition of IT is not comprehensive enough to include all relevant IT expenditures. No return calculations are made, though managers are showing growing concern at the increasing IT costs. The purpose of this article is to determine what organisations in Namibia use as basis for investing in IT. In interviews with six organisations in Namibia, it was determined how they define and manage their investment in IT. Some conclusions can be drawn, the first being that organisations need to look at their definition of IT to include all aspects of IT like communication systems, maintenance, etc. the second implication is that somebody must be appointed to take responsibility for managing the IT investment.

The Evaluation of Risky Information Technology Investment Decisions

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob M. Rose ◽  
Anna M. Rose ◽  
Carolyn Strand Norman
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Prospect Theory ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Risk Averse ◽  
It Investment ◽  
Technology Investment ◽  
Risk Seeking ◽  
Information Technology Investment ◽  
Domain Information

This research proposes that the risk preferences of decision evaluators and the decision “domain” systematically influence evaluations of decision makers' information technology (IT) investment decisions. Results of an experiment with 160 M.B.A. student participants indicate that risk-seeking evaluators rate IT investment decisions higher than do risk-averse evaluators. Further, decision evaluators are influenced by the gain and loss decision domains when evaluating a decision maker's risky information technology investment decisions. The findings indicate that providing decision domain information to decision evaluators leads to systematic differences in IT investment evaluations. A key contribution of this study is the discovery of the relevance of prospect theory to IT evaluation processes.

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