What's the matter with the information technology workforce?

First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manimegalai M. Subramaniam ◽  
Kathleen Burnett
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Topic Maps ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
Innovation Infrastructure ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Definition Of Information ◽  
Information Technology Workforce

Information technology and the information technology workforce are essential to Internet innovation, infrastructure, development, and maintenance. A comprehensive and dynamic definition of information technology will help develop and coordinate interventions to ensure that a viable, diverse, and talented workforce is available to support information technology innovation, development, implementation, maintenance and application. A viable, diverse, and talented workforce is essential if the United States is to remain competitive in the economy. It is therefore necessary to establish consensus among information technology stakeholders on a definition of information technology prior to proceeding with classification of the workforce and development of educational programs. Wiki and ontology (Topic Maps) are two recent information technology innovations that provide the technological infrastructure necessary to achieve these goals.

scholarly journals Panel Report onEC–IT Products

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-255
Author(s):  
PAOLA CONCONI ◽  
ROBERT HOWSE
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
European Union ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Tech ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Panel Report ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Definition Of Information ◽  
The Eu

AbstractAt the heart of the dispute onEC–IT Products1is the definition of information-technology (IT) products and the question of how to treat increasingly multifunctional high-tech goods. The dispute was triggered by various measures introduced by the European Union, resulting in the imposition of duties of up to 14% pertaining to the tariff treatment of certain multifunctional IT products. The complaining parties (the United States, along with Japan and Taiwan) argued that, by introducing these duties, the EU had violated the 1996 Information Technology Agreement (ITA). The WTO Panel Report, circulated on 16 August 2010, ruled in favor of the complaining parties, and ordered the EU to repeal the measures leading to the dutiable treatment of the products at stake. We argue that the Panel's ruling enhances the credibility of trade-policy liberalization in the high-tech sector, fostering the development of new technologies.

The Effect of Organizational Commitment on Project Outcomes under Common Agency

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-71
Author(s):  
Bruce E. Hurst ◽  
Michael H. McGivern
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Project Success ◽  
The United States ◽  
Common Agency ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Information Technology Project ◽  
Definition Of

This research was undertaken to look at possible ways to broaden the definition of project management success beyond the tradition measures of time, cost, and scope. The research was designed to determine if the human organization comprised of layers of relationships and governance would or could change and reduce the high failure rate attributed to IT projects. The human aspect of conflicting organizational goals, those established by the information technology principal and the business unit principal with the project manager acting as agent, was the foundation for the study. The study expanded project management theory as it related to three variables: organizational commitment, project governance, and complex agency relationships. This was accomplished through a survey distributed to 403 information technology project managers in the United States designed to measure the three variables against the dependent variable project success. The results indicated that governance, organizational commitment, and the effects of common agency on a project manager's performance in meeting what might be conflicting success criteria do have a positive correlation. This research could provide new directions for researchers, project management practitioners, and strategic corporate planners when establishing project success criterion.

scholarly journals Productive and Technological Innovation Infrastructure of the Regions of Russia

REGIONOLOGY ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 436-460
Author(s):  
Arthur M. Nosonov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Regional Innovation Systems ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Innovation Infrastructure ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Regions Of Russia

Introduction. In the modern world, socio-economic and political leadership of a country is based on the generation of new knowledge, its commercialization and use in all areas of human activity, it being an important prerequisite for improving the competitiveness of the state. To achieve this goal, individual elements of the national innovation system including the main components of the innovation infrastructure are being formed in many constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Materials and Methods. The constituent entities of the Russian Federation are the object of the research, the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the main components of the innovative productive and technological infrastructure being the subject of the study. A typology of Russia’s regions in terms of the development of their innovative productive and technological infrastructure was carried out. To calculate the integral index of the level of infrastructure development, linear scaling was applied; the number of different objects of productive and technological infrastructure in each region was used as the input indicator. Results. The types of the regions of Russia have been singled out according to the level of development of the productive and technological infrastructure and their brief description has been given. One and the same type includes territories having a similar structure and level of saturation with objects of productive and technological infrastructure which is manifested indirectly in the main results of the innovation activities of the regions. It has been revealed that more than half of the regions of Russia have a low level of development of the productive and technological infrastructure, a small number of regions are characterized by a high level of infrastructure development, in other constituent entities of the Russian Federation an average level of innovation infrastructure development has been noted. Discussion and Conclusion. The level of the innovative development of the regions of Russia largely depends on the degree of development of the productive and technological infrastructure. Further progress of the productive and technological component of the regional innovation systems is associated with the development of effective marketing mechanisms for the commercialization of innovations, with the improvement of the quality of education and its focus on the issues of innovation. The results of the research can be used by decision makers to substantiate the diversification of regional innovation systems in accordance with the priority directions of the technological development of the country.

The Effect of Organizational Commitment on Project Outcomes under Common Agency

2016 ◽  
pp. 1527-1550
Author(s):  
Bruce E. Hurst ◽  
Michael H. McGivern
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Project Success ◽  
The United States ◽  
Common Agency ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Information Technology Project ◽  
Definition Of

This research was undertaken to look at possible ways to broaden the definition of project management success beyond the tradition measures of time, cost, and scope. The research was designed to determine if the human organization comprised of layers of relationships and governance would or could change and reduce the high failure rate attributed to IT projects. The human aspect of conflicting organizational goals, those established by the information technology principal and the business unit principal with the project manager acting as agent, was the foundation for the study. The study expanded project management theory as it related to three variables: organizational commitment, project governance, and complex agency relationships. This was accomplished through a survey distributed to 403 information technology project managers in the United States designed to measure the three variables against the dependent variable project success. The results indicated that governance, organizational commitment, and the effects of common agency on a project manager's performance in meeting what might be conflicting success criteria do have a positive correlation. This research could provide new directions for researchers, project management practitioners, and strategic corporate planners when establishing project success criterion.

Unintended Consequences of Definitions of IT Professionals

2011 ◽  
pp. 1184-1190
Author(s):  
Wendy Cukier
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Multiple Paths ◽  
Technology Professional ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Definition Of Information

Attention to women’s low participation in information technology is framed in Canada and elsewhere in terms of concern over availability of well-qualified human resources (ITAC & IDC, 2002) as well as equity issues (Applewhite, 2002; Ramsey & McCorduck, 2005). In most of these discussions, IT Professional is equated with Computer Scientist or Engineer in spite of the evidence that the profession is more diverse. This article suggests that while those directions are worthwhile, the very definition of “information technology professional” framed in the discourse may have unintended consequences which tend to exclude women. Framed by the literatures on gender and institutionalization of professions, this article applies critical discourse analysis to a variety of “texts” concerning the IT profession in Canada as well as available empirical data. Critical discourse analysis focuses on surfacing the political structures which underlie taken for granted assumptions (Fairclough, 1995). We maintain that while it is critically important to continue to attract females to study computer science and engineering, it is equally important to ensure that multiple paths are available and respected and that narrow definitions are not systemic barriers to the participation of women in the IT profession. In addition, more inclusive definitions which broaden the perspective on information technology (and match the reality of the industry) will promote good technology practices.

scholarly journals Definition of Information Technology Architectures for Continuous Data Management and Medical Device Integration in Diabetes

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 899-905 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Elena Hernando ◽  
Mario Pascual ◽  
Carlos H. Salvador ◽  
Gema García-Sáez ◽  
Agustín Rodríguez-Herrero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Medical Device ◽  
Continuous Data ◽  
Device Integration ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Definition Of Information

scholarly journals The concept of creating an information technology of process formation of the main educational programs based on professional competencies

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilia Motaylenko
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Conceptual Scheme ◽  
Process Formation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Definition Of Information

<em>This paper gives the definition of information technology, describes the concept of creating an Information Technology of process formation of Main Educational Programs (IT MEP) based on professional competences and gives conceptual scheme of creating IT MEP.</em>

scholarly journals Theoretical and Methodological Provisions of Institutional Support for the Technological Competitiveness of the Economy: Essence, Functions, Tasks

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (49) ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
Y. P. Berezivskyi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Economy ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Innovation Infrastructure ◽  
Technological Growth ◽  
Unique Approach ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Implementation Of Innovations ◽  
Technological Competitiveness

Technological competitiveness of the economy is a very dynamic concept, associated with the rapid growth of production and implementation of innovations and technologies. The latter are continuously increasing their importance in ensuring the socio-economic development of the state. The evolution of scientific approaches to interpreting innovation infrastructure through a number of systemic features of institutional support for technological competitiveness of the economy is studied. The meaning of the definitions «infrastructure of technological activity» and «technological infrastructure» is substantiated. On analyzing the development of innovation infrastructure in the marketing behavior of the national economy, the author determined general properties of the innovation and market infrastructure. It is concluded that innovation infrastructure plays the main role in the technological growth of various sectors of the national economy. It is proved that the systemic-functional approach is the most common approach to interpreting the innovation infrastructure of the national economy. It is concluded that most studies reveal the meaning of the functions of a usual innovation infrastructure, and less attention is paid to the functions and tasks characteristic for the infrastructure of the technological competitiveness of the national economy. Within the comprehensive theoretical definition of the important role infrastructure of technological competitiveness plays in innovation and technological growth of the national economy, its main functions (the innovative and regenerative, investing and stimulating, supporting, transformational, coordinating, resources-accumulating, consolidating, and process-stimulating) and tasks are defined The results of generalizing the existing approaches make it possible to form a unique approach to interpreting the definition of the «infrastructure of technological competitiveness».

Information Intensive Industries in Metropolitan Areas of the United States of America

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 1603-1618 ◽  
Author(s):  
M P Drennan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Producer Services ◽  
Location Pattern ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Definition Of Information

In this paper the metropolitan geography of information intensive industries in the United States is analyzed. Such industries are a subset of Porat's definition of information industries and correspond to what Noyelle and Stanback as well as Hepworth among others have called producer services. Economic forces which have fueled the expansion of information intensive industries are identified and their growth is measured relative to overall real GNP growth. Examination of employment and other data for twenty-four of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States reveals substantial diversity in the degree of concentration of information intensive industries. Furthermore, there appears to be a divergent location-pattern for producer services compared with headquarters. Regression analysis supports this divergent location-pattern.

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