Bringing global information systems into business

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-205
Author(s):  
K Jakobs
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Global Information Systems

Nurses' Use of Global Information Systems for Provision of Outreach Reproductive Health Services to Internally Displaced Persons

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (S1) ◽  
pp. s35-s38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masood A. Shaikh
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Global Information Systems ◽  
Reproductive Healthcare

AbstractIntroduction:A long and protracted civil war compounded by the occurrence of nature-related disasters have forced thousands of Somalis to take refuge in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) to escape violence and seek shelter. Dwellers of these camps have limited accessibility to and affordability of the fractured healthcare facilities located in nearby towns. A free, outreach, mobile, reproductive healthcare delivery system staffed with nurses and using an ambulance guided by a global information systems (GIS) map was established to address the accessibility and affordability issues hindering provision of quality reproductive healthcare to the women in the IDP camps and in the outskirts of Baidoa City, Somalia.Methods:All 14 IDP camps in Baidoa City were visited to determine the number of families/huts, and to acquire their global positioning system (GPS) central point locations. Global information systems (GIS) shape files containing major roads, river, and dwellings, and straight-line distances from the base clinic to each IDP camp were computed. The objective of creating and using this specially designed map was to help nurses in determining which camps realistically could be visited on a given day, and how best to access them considering the security situation and the condition of rain-affected areas in the city.Results:Use of the GIS map was instrumental in facilitating the delivery of healthcare services to IDPs and ensuring that resources were adequately utilized. Free healthcare services were provided each work day for the month long duration of the project; 3,095 consultations were provided, inclusive of 948 consultations for children under the age of 16 years, and delivery of three babies.Conclusions:Creation and use of a simple, need-specific GIS map in this pilot project effectively aided the logistical planning and delivery of mobile, outreach reproductive health services by directing the ambulance and nurses safely to accessible IDP camps in an area marred with long and protracted disasters from both natural and human causes.

Challenges of Managing the Global IS/IT Workforce

2008 ◽  
pp. 2645-2659
Author(s):  
Rosann Webb Collins ◽  
Stanley J. Birkin
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
It Workforce ◽  
Labor Statistics ◽  
Unique Nature ◽  
Global Operations ◽  
Global Information Systems

The trend toward globalization of business has increased the need for global information systems that enable and support global operations. In order to develop and support global information systems, organizations must employ a global IS/IT workforce. This chapter details the unique nature of this global IS/IT workforce, identifies and discusses specific challenges to the management of these employees, and describes strategies for addressing these challenges. Relevant prior research on this topic in the management and MIS disciplines, labor statistics, as well as prior and ongoing research by the authors, are used to support this discussion.

One Size Does Not Fit All

2011 ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Gerald Grant
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Global Organizations ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Global Information Systems

Managers, IT practitioners, and IS researchers are easily seduced by the latest information technology wave. Consequently, we tend not to question conventional assumptions about the implementation of IT systems in organizations. Instead of providing managers with directions, IS researchers can sometimes turn into prognosticators of the latest information technology fad. We call on researchers to delve below the surface of new IT trends to expose inconsistencies between technological promises and the reality of deploying information systems in global organizations. Many IS researchers are turning their attention to the area of global information management (Gallupe and Tan, 1999). This journal is a vehicle for publishing such research work. Interest in integrated global information systems is fueled both by the developments in information and communications technologies and the trends in business towards globalization of products and markets. Conventional wisdom suggests that businesses operating in global markets would benefit from implementing global information systems and achieve economies of scale and scope. This may be true in some cases, but does it hold for all cases? I suggest it may not. In certain cases deploying global IT systems could lead to diseconomies of scale.

Transnational ERP Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 143-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesar Alexandre de Souza ◽  
Ronaldo Zwicker
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Systems Requirements ◽  
Global Information Systems ◽  
Global Systems

The development of global information systems infrastructure of enterprises offers many challenges, like the need to balance local and global systems requirements. The use of ERP systems (Enterprise Resource Planning) arises as a possible alternative for this development. This chapter aims to identify aspects involved in the use of ERP systems as transnational information systems, through the analysis of three implementation cases of ERP systems at Brazilian subsidiaries of multinational enterprises.

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