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作者:ALAVI, M
摘要:National Commissions and Scholarly reports on the status Of contemporary higher education have frequently been critical of the college experience; the emphasis on transmitting fixed bodies of information and a failure to develop problem solving and critical thinking skills have been cited as serious weaknesses in higher education systems. Colleges and universities have additional reasons to redevelop central pedagogies for students. Individuals need to learn at higher rates of effectiveness an...
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作者:LEE, AS
摘要:This study provides an account of how richness Occurs in communication that uses electronic mail. In examining actual e-mail exchanged among managers in a corporation, the study interprets the managerial use of the communication medium of electronic mail as the users themselves understand and experience it. Employing the research approach of interpretivism in general and hermeneutics in particular, the study finds that richness or leanness is not an inherent property of the electronic-mail med...
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作者:DAVENPORT, TH; STODDARD, DB
作者单位:Harvard University
摘要:Reengineering is a powerful change approach that can bring about radical improvements in business processes. However, the popular management literature has created more myth than practical methodology regarding reengineering. It has relied more heavily on hype than on research, common sense, or lessons of the past. In this paper, we attempt to ''demythologize'' some key aspects of reengineering by describing what we have observed in our research and Practice. Seven reengineering myths are iden...
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作者:TRUMAN, GE; BAROUDI, JJ
摘要:This paper examines the extent to which gender discrimination is a force affecting the senior managerial ranks of the information systems (IS) occupation. While the employment trends of women in the IS occupation is encouraging, data are presented that suggest that IS may not be immune to the problems of gender discrimination. Analyzing data gathered by the Society for Information Management (SIM), a problem suggestive of discriminatory practices was found. Women receive lower salaries than me...
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作者:IVES, B
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作者:IGBARIA, M; PARASURAMAN, S; BADAWY, MK
作者单位:Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
摘要:This study assesses the job involvement of 464 professionals and managers in the information systems (IS) field and investigates the role of involvement in influencing the quality of work life. Results show significant variation in the level of job involvement displayed by IS employees and differential patterns of relationships among the study variables for IS personnel with low, moderate, and high levels of job involvement. The findings indicate that involvement serves as a complex moderator ...