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作者:SPRAGUE, RH
摘要:Harnessing information technology to manage documents is one of the most important challenges facing IS managers in this decade. It is important because most of the valuable information in organizations is in the form of documents such as business forms, reports, letters, memos, policy statements, contracts, agreements, etc. Moreover, most of the important business processes in organizations are based on, or driven by, document flows. Electronic Document Management (EDM) promises major product...
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作者:IVES, B
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作者:GILL, TG
摘要:Expert systems (ES) were among the earliest branches of artificial intelligence (AI) to be commercialized. But how successful have they actually been? Many well-publicized applications have proven to be pure hype, numerous AI vendors have failed or been completely reorganized, major companies have reduced or eliminated their commitment to expert systems, and even Wall Street has become disillusioned-a predicted $4 billion market proving to be smaller by an order of magnitude. Yet, in spite of ...
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作者:IGBARIA, M; BAROUDI, JJ
作者单位:New York University
摘要:Despite the significant demographic changes in the work force projected by the year 2000 and beyond, little empirical research has been made on the obstacles faced by women in the field of computing. Since career advancement prospects are especially salient for IS employees, and IS workers are considered a distinct occupational group, it is important to understand the career advancement prospects of IS employees. This study examines the impact of gender on job performance evaluations, job perf...
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作者:IVES, B
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作者:ZMUD, B
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作者:YOON, YH; GUIMARAES, T; ONEAL, Q
作者单位:International Business Machines (IBM); IBM USA; Tennessee Technological University
摘要:As the widespread use and company dependency on expert systems (ES) increase, so does the need to assess their value and to ensure implementation success. This study identifies and emprically tests eight major variables proposed in the literature as determinants of ES success, in this case measured in terms of users satisfaction. IBM's Corporate Manufacturing Expert Systems Project Center collected information from 69 project managers to support the study. The results clearly support the hypot...
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作者:IVES, B
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作者:IVES, B
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作者:TODD, PA; MCKEEN, JD; GALLUPE, RB
摘要:Changes in the knowledge and skill requirements of information systems (IS) positions were examined by analyzing the content of advertisements for IS professionals placed in four major newspapers over the 20-year period 1970-1990. Three types of jobs were examined: programmers, systems analysts, and IS managers. The analysis of the frequency of phrases in these advertisements suggests that job ads for programmers have changed very little-technical requirements remain high, and business and sys...