The Big Picture—Information Technology in Enterprises

2005 ◽

pp. 1-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Sean B. Eom

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Information Systems ◽

Recent Survey ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Technology Infrastructure ◽

Information Technology Infrastructure ◽

The Past ◽

Research Theme ◽

Organizational Information ◽

Big Picture

One of the important roles of information technology is to permit firms to manage organizational interdependence. Over the past two decades, the concept of inter-organizational information systems (IOISs) has emerged as a strategic tool for achieving competitive advantages and IOISs have been a major research theme. Many well-known examples of information systems that provide competitive advantages discussed in the literature are those of IOISs. This chapter provides the readers with a brief overview of foundational concepts, definitions, and the information technology infrastructure of IOIS. Finally, the chapter systematically classifies the IOIS literature of 192 bibliographic items into 10 subspecialties. Therefore, along with this survey of 192 bibliographic items, readers are referred to Ngai and Wat’s recent survey (Ngai & Wat, 2002) to comprehend the big picture of IOISs.

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Understanding Mobile Negotiation

10.1093/oso/9780190625504.003.0012 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Keri K. Stephens

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Mobile Devices ◽

Mobile Communication ◽

Big Picture ◽

Communication Practices ◽

Communication Control ◽

Job Role ◽

And Control ◽

Half Decade

There are four contributions of this book that are illustrated in this chapter. Being able to provide a two and a half–decade longitudinal perspective on how mobile devices have diffused into organizations allows a big-picture understanding of communication practices. The chapter shows how the society-level phenomenon of information technology consumerization, combined with norms of connectedness, can be overlaid with the struggles for control that organizations and individuals experience. The data also illustrates the nuances of the affordance of reachability and that people must learn to negotiate their unavailability as well as their availability. Perceived acceptability of mobile communication at work is harder to negotiate but still possible, depending on the level of job prestige and job-role requirements. Finally, there’s a dialectic of control because organizations and their members have both dependence on and control over one another. It’s a seesaw, a tug-of-war, and a negotiation for mobile-communication control.

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPETENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR IN LATVIA

Environment Technology Resources Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference ◽

10.17770/etr2019vol2.4168 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 98

Author(s):

Andris Natrins ◽

Lasma Supe ◽

Elina Mikelsone ◽

Andris Sarnovics

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Literature Review ◽

Technology Management ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Research Team ◽

Financial Sector ◽

Technology Competency ◽

Big Picture ◽

Develop Technology ◽

Competency Management

Digital transformation is penetrating financial sector. Financial sector is challenged by new start-up companies who combine finance and technology, thereby creating disruptive innovations. The authors perform a study on information technology impact on competency management in the financial sector of Latvia based on the technology management competency model.The authors have executed extensive academic literature review and interviews with leading fintech industry experts. The research team performed mixed research combining qualitative and qualitative methods. The process of the quantitative research was designed as a collection of publicly available financial statement data from lursoft.lv (enterprise database) for selected fintech companies and the analysis of financial data by comparing different fintech companies. The process of the qualitative research was designed as face-to-face expert interviews and the definition of central interview questions for the research based on the literature review and related sub-questions. The authors use the one-way analysis of variance technique and prove that competency management differs among fintech companies by comparing average turnover per employee of platform and credit companies. The finding persuades the authors to propose a fundamental fintech competency model to ensure competitiveness and sustainability of fintech companies.The objective of the research is to define a fundamental set of competencies linked with information technology management for financial sector companies to maintain competitiveness. Results prove that current set of competencies employed by fintech companies represents sufficient technical competencies. The conclusions demonstrate that fintech companies tend to have different competency management models. The research team concludes that soft skills development, data analytics using advanced data analytic tools, technology awareness, the ability and experience to use open source technology tools to develop technology solutions without deep technology competency, the ability to see the big picture, and interconnections between processes are competencies of the future.

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Dental health services research utilizing comprehensive clinical databases and information technology

Journal of Dental Education ◽

10.1002/j.0022-0337.1997.61.1.tb03111.x ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 61 (1) ◽

pp. 47-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

WJ Hayden

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Health Services Research ◽

Health Services ◽

Dental Health ◽

Services Research ◽

Dental Health Services ◽

Clinical Databases

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Business: The Electronic Health Record: Front Line Experience

Perspectives on Administration and Supervision ◽

10.1044/aas21.1.18 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 18-22

Author(s):

Rosemary Griffin

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Information Technology ◽

Electronic Health Record ◽

Financial Incentives ◽

Best Practice ◽

Health Care Systems ◽

The United States ◽

Health Record ◽

Health Trends ◽

Electronic Health

National legislation is in place to facilitate reform of the United States health care industry. The Health Care Information Technology and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) offers financial incentives to hospitals, physicians, and individual providers to establish an electronic health record that ultimately will link with the health information technology of other health care systems and providers. The information collected will facilitate patient safety, promote best practice, and track health trends such as smoking and childhood obesity.

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