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作者：IVES, B; RUBIN, R
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作者：CHIDAMBARAM, L; JONES, B
作者单位：Eastern Kentucky University
摘要：Economic, social, and political institutions worldwide are relying increasingly on communication technology to perform a variety of functions: holding electronic town meetings where hundreds of people in numerous cities participate simultaneously; forging strategic links with business partners, thereby forming ''virtual corporations'' that can be instantly disbanded; redefining the conventional notion of a college campus by offering classes via interactive media to non-traditional students; an...
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作者：PINSONNEAULT, A; KRAEMER, KL
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Irvine
摘要：This article reviews studies that examine the impact of information technology (IT) on the number of middle managers in of organizations. Contradictory evidence is found to suggest, paradoxically, that IT both increases and decreases the number of the middle managers. This ''empirical paradox'' is resolved by looking at the effects of IT on middle managers as contingent upon the degree of centralization of computing decisions, and of organizational decisions more broadly. When both computing d...
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作者：TRAUTH, EM; FARWELL, DW; LEE, D
作者单位：Suffolk University
摘要：Recent changes in information systems technologies, applications, and personnel require us to reconsider the skills for tomorrow's IS professionals. This study uses data from four groups-IS managers, end-user managers, IS consultants, and IS professors-to identify the key skills and knowledge that will be required of future IS professionals. These requirements were then compared with current IS academic programs. The results reveal that despite a shared vision of the future IS professional, th...
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作者：KENDALL, JE; KENDALL, KE
摘要：Metaphors are the cognitive lenses we use to make sense of all situations. Intimately interconnected with the way we think, metaphors are fundamental in shaping reality. Building on work about metaphor's in organizational life, this paper examines the language of information systems users in 16 different organizations. The results confirm the existence of six main metaphors (journey, war, game, organism, society, and machine) and adds three metaphors that also emerged from the language of IS u...
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作者：EARL, MJ
摘要：Strategic information systems planning (SISP) remains a top concern of many organizations. Accordingly, researchers have investigated SISP practice and proposed both formal methods and principles of good practice. SISP cannot be understood by considering formal methods alone. The processes of planning and the implementation of plans are equally important. However, there have been very few field investigations of these phenomena. This study examines SISP experience in 27 companies and, unusuall...
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作者：BARKI, H; RIVARD, S; TALBOT, J
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作者：DAVIS, SA; BOSTROM, RP
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：End-user computing has become an area of major importance to organizations over the past several years. As non-professional computer users come to rely on computer systems to perform more and more of their basic tasks, MIS managers need to ensure that those individuals learn to use software packages effectively. Two common, and often complementary, approaches for achieving this goal have been to develop in-house training programs and to utilize computer systems that are ''user friendly. '' Usi...
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作者：DESANCTIS, G
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作者：BELCHER, LW; WATSON, HJ
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要：Corporate-wide efforts to eliminate unnecessary expenses prompted Conoco's decision to assess the benefits and costs of its executive information system (EIS). Because there was no accepted methodology for doing this, one was developed and successfully used. First, system usage statistics were collected in order to identify which applications were being used in each department, who was using them, and how often. Key users were then interviewed to further support the assessment of the tangible ...
