Reality of Use and Nature of Change in Small Business

2011 ◽  
pp. 217-225
Author(s):  
Wita Wojtkowski ◽  
J. Craig Hardesty
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Appropriate Use ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
Database Technology ◽  
Strategic Issue ◽  
Support Mechanisms ◽  
Temporary Staffing

Through this case we ponder an inescapable issue faced by all small businesses. Of interest are both the positive and negative roles information technology plays when affecting organizational change. We tell a story of a small successful business that is evolving into a larger organization. While this subject brings with it myriad facets, we evaluate the actions taken in terms of technology, staff, and procedures. What learning difficulties did this enterprise face? How did management address these challenges? Why did the original entrepreneur not want to let go when the next generation attempted to implement support mechanisms? What was the outcome? Our case concerns a small service enterprise located in the western United States. There are numerous organizational issues presented in this case. Case Industry: Temporary Staffing and Service Business, OTI Major Technical Issue: Appropriate use of database technology Major Strategic Issue: Sustainable expansion when undergoing technological change Major Players/Leaders: CEO-owner (CO), operational manager (OM), IT technical manager (TM) Case Conclusion/ Recommendation: Inefficient compromise may result when small businesses employ IT to meet an increasingly competitive business environment.

Reality of Use and Nature of Change in Small Business

2011 ◽  
pp. 217-225
Author(s):  
Wita Wojtkowski ◽  
J. Craig Hardesty
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Appropriate Use ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
Database Technology ◽  
Strategic Issue ◽  
Support Mechanisms ◽  
Temporary Staffing

Through this case we ponder an inescapable issue faced by all small businesses. Of interest are both the positive and negative roles information technology plays when affecting organizational change. We tell a story of a small successful business that is evolving into a larger organization. While this subject brings with it myriad facets, we evaluate the actions taken in terms of technology, staff, and procedures. What learning difficulties did this enterprise face? How did management address these challenges? Why the original entrepreneur did not want to let go when the next generation attempted to implement support mechanisms? What was the outcome? Our case concerns a small service enterprise located in the western United States. There are numerous organizational issues presented in this case. • Case Industry: Temporary Staffing and Service Business, OTI • Major Technical Issue: Appropriate use of database technology • Major Strategic Issue: Sustainable expansion when undergoing technological change • Major Players/Leaders: CEO-owner (CO), Operational Manager (OM), IT technical Manager (TM) • Case Conclusion/ Recommendation: Inefficient compromise may result when small businesses employ IT to meet an increasingly competitive business environment.

Accounting Information Technology in Small Businesses: An Inquiry

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Fordham ◽  
Carol W. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Accounting Software ◽  
Integrated Software

ABSTRACT This inquiry addresses the prevalence of computerized accounting information technology in the U.S. small business environment. Academic and practitioner literature gives the impression that small business has widely adopted computerized accounting systems. Our study looked at a broad range of small businesses and found that a large majority are still using accounting practices that do not constitute true integrated computerized accounting systems. Further, of those which are using integrated software, over 90% are using industry-specific software rather than the general-purpose small-business accounting packages which dominate the literature. These results suggest that: (1) penetration of integrated accounting software is not as prevalent in small business as the literature might imply, (2) there is opportunity for research into why business owners do not utilize integrated software, (3) there may be opportunity to help entrepreneurs improve their efficiency and effectiveness, and (4) entrepreneurs using integrating software find benefits beyond simple accounting functions.

Benchmarking the practices of flexibility with maturity models and frameworks of organizational capabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjai Kumar Shukla ◽  
Sushil
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Maturity Models ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Flexibility Maturity

PurposeOrganizational capabilities are crucial to achieve the objectives. A plethora of maturity models is available to guide organizational capabilities that create a perplexing situation about what stuff to improve and what to leave. Therefore, a unified maturity model addressing a wide range of capabilities is a necessity. This paper establishes that a flexibility maturity model is an unified model containing the operational, strategic and human capabilities.Design/methodology/approachThis paper does a comparative analysis/benchmarking studies of different maturity models/frameworks widely used in the information technology (IT) sector with respect to the flexibility maturity model to establish its comprehensiveness and application in the organization to handle multiple goals.FindingsThis study confirms that the flexibility maturity model has the crucial elements of all the maturity models. If the organizations use the flexibility maturity model, they can avoid the burden of complying with multiple ones and become objective-driven rather than compliance-driven.Research limitations/implicationsThe maturity models used in information technology sectors are used. This work will inspire other maturity models to adopt flexibility phenomena.Practical implicationsThe comparative analysis will give confidence in application of flexibility framework. The business environment and strategic options across organizations are inherently different that the flexibility maturity model well handles.Social implicationsA choice is put to an organization to see the comparison tables produced in this paper and choose the right framework according to the prevailing business situation.Originality/valueThis is the first study that makes a conclusion based on comparative benchmarking of existing maturity models.

Characteristics of the ERP Systems Designed for Managing Small Businesses

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petar Hlebarov
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Small Organizations ◽  
Business In Society

This article mainly aims to introduce the particular charactersitics of the ERP systems, used for managing small businesses, by answering several basic questions related to this topic: What do we generally understand by ERP systems? What is the essence of ERP for small business? What is the role of ERP for small business? What do we understand by small business? What are the characteristics of small business? What is the role of small business in society? What are the basic problems of small business? What is today’s business environment? In this respect, the report introduces the essence and the role of the ERP systems used for managing small business organizations in a structured and summarized way. It shows how the specific characteristics of small business and today’s business environment affect the ERP configurations, compared to those used in large organizations. At the end of the paper, a summary is provided of the characteristics of the ERP systems used for managing small organizations.

Impact of a Health Information Technology–Enabled Appropriate Use Criterion on Utilization of Emergency Department CT for Renal Colic

2019 ◽  
Vol 212 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali S. Raja ◽  
Sarvenaz Pourjabbar ◽  
Ivan K. Ip ◽  
Christopher W. Baugh ◽  
Aaron D. Sodickson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Health Information Technology ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Renal Colic ◽  
Appropriate Use

Shaanxi Forest Zoning Management Information System Design and Implementation

2014 ◽  
Vol 519-520 ◽  
pp. 1534-1537
Author(s):  
Shao Bing Zhao ◽  
Jun Yu ◽  
Sheng Jun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information System ◽  
System Design ◽  
Management Information System ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Information System Design ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Database Technology ◽  
Data Inquiry

The article use advanced GIS and spatial database technology to implement the management of delimiting the boundary of forests data, whose functions include the data inquiry and brows, importing and exporting data, reports statistics and making maps. It provides a management system for forest protection and delimiting the boundary of forests administration. Combining the Shaanxi Forest zoning Management Information System, the article introduces the application of geographic information technology in the forest protection and plan.

scholarly journals Building Automation and the Contextualization of Information Technology: The Journey of a Midwestern Community College in the U.S.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Neal Grandgenett ◽  
Pam Perry ◽  
Thomas Pensabene ◽  
Karen Wegner ◽  
Robert Nirenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Community College ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Building Automation ◽  
Technological Education ◽  
It Workforce ◽  
Automation Systems

The buildings in which people work, live, and spend their leisure time are increasingly embedded with sophisticated information technology (IT). This article describes the approach of Metropolitan Community College (MCC) in Omaha, Nebraska of the United States to provide an occupational context to some of their IT coursework by organizing IT instruction around the context of building automation systems (BAS). This contextualization allows IT students not only to study IT as a standalone discipline but also to study its integrated use within a specific occupational context. The article also describes MCC’s focused curriculum design efforts funded by the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education program. These efforts toward BAS-contextualization of the IT curriculum have become a catalyst for systematic contextualization of IT instruction at MCC and support the institution’s broader efforts to become a national model in IT instruction and interdisciplinary engagement within the United States. The research-based approach, activities, and outcomes of this project are all described here, as well as the lessons learned by one community college seeking to make their IT program increasingly relevant to their students and the IT workforce of today.

scholarly journals Role of Information Technology Capabilities on Product Innovation Performance: Mediating Role of Corporate Entrepreneurship

2018 ◽  
pp. 94-121
Author(s):  
Abdul Wahab .
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

Despite the surplus studies demonstrating the significance of information technology capabilities in business growth with innovation, the knowledge of the approaches through which such benefits can be attained and their connections, expertise, and influence to other organizational and managerial aspects are yet limited. Purpose: To fill the research gap by studying the relationship between Information technology capabilities and business innovation within corporate entrepreneurial activities and also examining the mediating effect of Corporate Entrepreneurship, its sustainable approach at managerial level and contribution in market research towards emerging demands of IT. This study is also focusing on the skills, processes, and modifications to achieve such goals; also the implications for the managers dealing with product innovations in dynamic organizations. Design: Selected design for this study is descriptive in nature following a quantitative approach with stratified random sampling technique. The data is collected from 315 IT executive and managers from the population of 50 manufacturing firms in Karachi, Pakistan. Findings: Using data collected from the concerned population in the dynamic business environment, Researcher found the corporate entrepreneurship partially mediating the correlation between product innovation performance and information technology capabilities in an organization. These variables being studied are the observed elements of organizational progress and success; and their impacts on innovation, growth, and success are recognized and attested with the help of hypothesis testing in this research. Significance: This study is providing guide and support to organizations and policymakers incorporate entrepreneurial activities at different firms and managerial levels. Furthermore, this research study fills the existing gap by incorporating corporate entrepreneurship (CE) at the organizational level and contributes to the more robust development, understanding and involvement of IT to improve the overall business value.

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