Evaluating Evolutionary Information Systems

2002 ◽  
pp. 255-273
Author(s):  
Nandish V. Patel
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Cost Accounting ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Evolutionary Information ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Evaluation Techniques

Until the beginning of the 1990s, information systems (IS) were generally viewed as largely a support for business activity and were justified using cost accounting techniques. A proposed system would be developed if it could be shown that it would reduce operating costs or result in other productivity increases. No consideration was given to other benefits of an intangible or even strategic nature. As the deployment of information technology (IT) spread from operational to tactical support, the need to assess or evaluate its contribution to organisational performance and organisational reconfiguration attracted researchers’ interests. Yet the same genre of cost accounting based evaluation techniques were used.

Evaluating Evolutionary Information Systems

2001 ◽  
pp. 130-143
Author(s):  
Nandish V. Patel
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Essential Feature ◽  
Cost Accounting ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Evolutionary Information ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Web Based ◽  
New Era ◽  
Business Executives

Until the beginning of the 1990s, information systems (IS) were generally viewed as largely a support for business activity and were justified using cost accounting techniques. A proposed system would be developed if it could be shown that it would reduce operating costs or result in other productivity increases. No consideration was given to other benefits of an intangible or even strategic nature. As the deployment of information technology (IT) spread from operational to tactical support, the need to assess or evaluate its contribution to organisational performance and organisational reconfiguration attracted researchers’ interests. Yet the same genre of cost accounting based evaluation techniques were used. Now, as we enter the new century, IS are regarded as an essential feature of doing business, and many new kinds of businesses, such as Web-based ones, organise their business activity around IT, rather than organise the IT around the business. Executives especially regard IS as strategic tools. We are in an era of Internet-based businesses, reconfiguration of business processes with integrated IT/IS, and traditional businesses which now have to use the World Wide Web to remain viable. In this new era, the approach to IT/IS evaluation is still typically controlled using budgets and year-to-year comparisons, and by comparisons with other business costs such as human resource or production costs. With this plethora of IT/IS deployment, the actual benefits to business of introducing and using IS are proving inherently difficult to measure.

Measuring Ethical Reasoning of IT Professionals and Students

2011 ◽  
pp. 440-444
Author(s):  
Mohammad Abdolmohammadi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Organizational Stakeholders

Information technology (IT) professionals are entrusted with the design, implementation, and operation of the information systems that support key business processes within organizations. Many organizational stakeholders such as management, investors, and regulators expect these professionals to act ethically, as these systems must accurately reflect all business activity. This expectation has been particularly heightened in the early 2000s due to the substantial business scandals in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere.

Using information technology to integrate social and ethical issues into the computer science and information systems curriculum

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary J. Granger ◽  
Elizabeth S. Adams ◽  
Christina Björkman ◽  
Don Gotterbarn ◽  
Diana D. Juettner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Social And Ethical Issues ◽  
Information Systems Curriculum

The Future of the Information Systems Discipline: A Response to Walsham

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore T. March ◽  
Fred Niederman
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Look Ahead ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Future ◽  
Other Information ◽  
The Right

We must look ahead at today's radical changes in technology, not just as forecasters but as actors charged with designing and bringing about a sustainable and acceptable world. New knowledge gives us power for change: for good or ill, for knowledge is neutral. The problems we face go well beyond technology: problems of living in harmony with nature, and most important, living in harmony with each other. Information technology, so closely tied to the properties of the human mind, can give us, if we ask the right questions, the special insights we need to advance these goals. Herbert A. Simon (2000)

Sistem Informasi Penjualan Online di Universitas Katolik Santo Thomas (Tokounika) Berbasis Web Menggunakan Metode Feature Driven Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
Andy Paul Harianja ◽  
Iwada Grawilser Talunohi
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business Students ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Sales ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
Business Entities

The development of the field of information technology is very rapid, therefore many companies, industries, shops and other business entities are using information systems to increase their business. Online sales information systems are used to carry out business processes such as distribution, sales, purchasing, marketing of goods or services by using communication networks and the internet. Online sales information systems can help people who do not have a place or shop to carry out their business. Students in this case, especially at the Catholic University of Santo Thomas, are an opportunity to take advantage of this facility in carrying out their business, especially if they do not have a place or shop to carry out their business. For this reason, an online sales information system was built that can be accessed through the website.

Impact of Information Technology Risks on Information Systems Security: A Field Study of Telecommunication Companies in Yemen

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-157
Author(s):  
Mohammed A. Alrubaidi ◽  
Nabil Hassan Abdo Al-Hemyari
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Systems Security ◽  
Telecommunication Companies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed to assess the impact of information technology risks on security of information systems by following an analytical method based on the structural equation modeling (SEM). The study population was seven telecommunication companies in Yemen. A questionnaire was distributed to 356 participants, but only 218 forms were valid for analysis. The data was analyzed by the partial least squares (PLS). The study findings revealed that information technology risks had a negative impact on the security of information systems. The study recommended that the security of information systems should be strengthened so as to maintain the confidentiality of information, its availability and safety from risks, and to cope with speedy developments in information and communication technology.

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