Showing papers in "International Journal of Information Management in 1987"

TL;DR: Based on field work carried out in 71 manufacturing firms during 1986, a number of key personal factors influencing information behavior are isolated as mentioned in this paper. The implications of these factors for the take-up of information resource management ideas are examined.

TL;DR: The AMADEUS project attempts to redress the fragmentation of contemporary methods by enabling the integration of different contemporary development methods at the semantic level by enabling system developers to view information system development in a unified way.

TL;DR: It is argued that there are, in fact, a variety of systems strategies available for supporting information management in organizations even when these are not conceived of as being machines.

TL;DR: International survey data is presented on a number of different strategies that have been used to enable Information Departments better to meet enduser demands and factors which lead to the adoption of different Strategies in different circumstances are considered.

TL;DR: The National Health Service in England is an information intensive organization and yet has made very little systematic or coherent use of information for management purposes as mentioned in this paper, and the authors of this paper outline the growing pressures upon managers to specify their information requirements, and suggest some reasons why managers in the National health service are finding the task difficult.

TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of the key factors of these requirements is essential for the design of a proper EOS interface, including attributes of customers, products/services, and control function required for a business transaction.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the terminological confusion underlying the study of information use, and review the major studies in the field, concluding that confusion in research methods is inextricably linked to a lack of clarity in terminology.

TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of 40 organizations has been used to identify the problems considered more important and more frequently encountered by top executives using computers for decision support, and several implications and conclusions are drawn which may lead to the improvement of service and management of computerized decision support for top managers.

TL;DR: In this article, the implications of recent and future technological changes and choices in the banking industry are examined, and an approach attempts to integrate classification of technological changes with study of banking operations and competition and cooperation within and between banking and financial organizations.

TL;DR: A cost analysis of two popular manufacturing information systems is performed and the relative cost-effectiveness of these two systems is hypothesized and then validated using a random survey of manufacturing firms across the USA.

TL;DR: The paper examines the major characteristics of the two types of online service in terms of customer base, pricing policy, growth rates, etc., and draws conclusions as to why bibliographic information online is so unimportant, and so unprofitable, compared to financial information services.

TL;DR: It follows that a competent analysis of corporate information requirements and a specification of the characteristics of data collection, communication and processing needed to satisfy them, both depend on an appropriate form of systems analysis.

TL;DR: The authors presented des reseaux, systemes et bases de donnees europeennes sur l'information dans le domaine de l'education: EURYDICE, ADION (Automated Documentation and Information system for literature on education in the Netherlands), EPIC (Education Policy Information Centre), EMIE (Education Management Information Exchange), SKOLVUX, base de donnes sur les ecoles et formations britanniques

TL;DR: In this paper, the International Market Information Network (IMIN) is proposed to provide high quality international market information in a cost-effective way, which can readily cover market research on different types of consumer as well as producer goods.