University-wide general-interest on-line information systems that work-and that you can afford

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Strauss
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
General Interest ◽  
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Information Systems Outsourcing

2010 ◽  
pp. 412-427
Author(s):  
Ana André ◽  
Fernanda Sampaio
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Common View ◽  
Risks And Benefits ◽  
Strategic Option ◽  
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Great Relevance ◽  
Is Outsourcing

Information Systems (IS) Outsourcing has emerged as a strategic option to be considered and has been increasingly adopted by managers. However, many contracts still fail during their initial years, meaning that Outsourcing has also been subject to strong criticism. There are advantages to Outsourcing but also significant risks associated to it, and the assessment of both is therefore of great relevance for informed decision-making. The objective of this chapter is to determine to what extent a common view about risks and benefits associated to IS Outsourcing is shared by the Portuguese market players: Service Providers, Clients and Opinion Makers. In order to accomplish this, an on-line Delphi study was conducted, combined with the Q-sort technique, which allowed to obtain the perspective of each player on the risks and benefits IS Outsourcing. Comparing these perspectives it was possible to understand that the market players don’t share the same point of view.

On-Line Analytical Processing at Washtenaw Mortgage

2011 ◽  
pp. 196-216
Author(s):  
John H. Heinrichs ◽  
William J. Doll
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Market Analysis ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Executive Information Systems ◽  
Analysis Application ◽  
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Stage Process ◽  
Analytical Processing ◽  
On Line Analytical Processing ◽  
Strategic Market

In an ever-changing, competitive marketplace, executive information systems (EIS) promise the ability to simultaneously assess factors in both the internal and external environment, enabling a timely competitive response. EIS are enjoying a renaissance due to the recent emergence of on-line analytical processing (OLAP) capabilities. OLAPs power, flexibility and ease of use supports mental model (knowledge) creation better than traditional executive information systems. This case study allows you to examine the usefulness and ease of use of OLAP technology for strategic market analysis at Washtenaw Mortgage Company, a firm in the mortgage wholesale industry. The key to improving competitive performance is not the technology, but rather, how the technology is utilized to focus managements analysis. Gaining strategic insights requires three ingredients people, process, and technology. A three-stage process used for implementing an OLAP strategic market analysis application is presented. OLAP technology marks an evolutionary improvement in EIS software. The potential of this technology, however, is not likely to be realized without a better understanding of the process for achieving management focus.

On-Line Analytical Processing at Washtenaw Mortgage Company

2011 ◽  
pp. 196-216
Author(s):  
John H. Heinrichs ◽  
William J. Doll
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Market Analysis ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Executive Information Systems ◽  
Analysis Application ◽  
On Line ◽  
Stage Process ◽  
Analytical Processing ◽  
On Line Analytical Processing ◽  
Strategic Market

In an ever-changing, competitive marketplace, executive information systems (EIS) promise the ability to simultaneously assess factors in both the internal and external environment, enabling a timely competitive response. EIS is enjoying a renaissance due to the recent emergence of on-line analytical processing (OLAP) capabilities. OLAP’s power, flexibility and ease of use supports mental model (knowledge) creation better than traditional executive information systems. This case study allows you to examine the usefulness and ease of use of OLAP technology for strategic market analysis at “Washtenaw Mortgage Company”, a firm in the mortgage wholesale industry. The key to improving competitive performance is not the technology, but rather, how the technology is utilized to focus management’s analysis. Gaining strategic insights requires three ingredients – people, process, and technology. A three-stage process used for implementing an OLAP strategic market analysis application is presented. OLAP technology marks an evolutionary improvement in EIS software. The potential of this technology, however, is not likely to be realized without a better understanding of the process for achieving management focus.

Information Systems Development and the Need for Computer Aided Method Engineering

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Ajantha Dahanayake
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Process Development ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Information Systems Development ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Business Change ◽  
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Control Decision

The business issues of today are global in nature, for instance, organizational objectives may be as varied as increasing profits, obtaining faster product life cycles, or increasing the competition at a global level. To get more value out of a business, people tend to re-engineer the business process. Development of information systems today is mostly the process of bringing improvements to the existing system, as part of a large business change initiative, and systems development efforts that do not address these problems tend to be incomplete or inefficient. As a result, the introduction of various applications and architectures is becoming increasingly common. New and different technologies such as telecommunication, artificial intelligence, image processing, multimedia, object orientation, as well as various applications such as batch or on-line transaction processing, process control, decision support, and work flow support are increasingly being introduced to improve the performance of business processes. Information systems development is changing, and the types of systems being built are much more varied and complex.

Linking Patient Information Systems to Bibliographic Resources

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (02) ◽  
pp. 122-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Cimino
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Patient Information ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Retrieval Strategy ◽  
Experimental Systems ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
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AbstractMedical informatics researchers have explored a number of ways to integrate medical information resources into patient care systems. Particular attention has been given to the integration of on-line bibliographic resources. This paper presents an information model which breaks down the integration task into three components, each of which answers a question: what is the user’s question?, where can the answer be found?, and how is the retrieval strategy composed? Twelve experimental systems are reviewed and their methods for addressing one or more of these questions are described.

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