Showing papers in "International Journal of Information Management in 1992"

TL;DR: In this article, a set of criteria for managers to make these decisions is given and examples of such outsourcing are discussed, where managers tell what projects are likely candidates for outsourcing and which should be kept in-house.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate critical information system (IS) issues from an international perspective and reveal that an information revolution is sweeping through the economies of member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between source use and three characteristics of work -work complexity, decision-maker discretion, and activity duration, and found that an inverse relationship was found between the use of internal files and work complexity, and the extent of use of consultancy reports, conference papers and academic journals.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined how the EIS can effectively support decisions which will impact the profitability of the organization, and how they can be effectively combined into one system by looking at the internal components of the eis.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison between the application of computers and other information technology (IT) in China and the West is made, and the environment in terms of culture and the stages of growth model in an attempt to answer those questions, and improve understanding.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the mandatory use of structured systems analysis and design methodology (SSADM) in the development of information systems for the United Kingdom National Health Service may be promoting a damagingly narrow view of information system and failing to generate sufficient information awareness amongst system managers and users.

TL;DR: These research findings show that the required breadth of expertise in IT, needed by the general manager of the 1990s, can only be partially developed by teaching methods limited to talk, chalk and computer studio training.

TL;DR: Information Systems Managers of over 200 large Australian and New Zealand private and public sector ornanizations were surveyed in 1990 as part of an ongoing series of studies focusing on information systems needs, processes and priorities as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The various dimensions of the problem are presented, specific steps that can be taken to improve the management of information security are suggested, and several research directions are pointed to.

TL;DR: A framework linking information management and the process of sustaining competitiveness is presented in this paper, where the success of information management strategy of Nippon Steel Corporation is due to (a) intensive scanning for new information; (b) identifying new business opportunities using IT; (c) rapid information assimilation through organizational learning; (d) information fusion for generating new innovations; (e) intensive use of information through learning by doing and learning by using; (f) building competence for achieving new business through tie-ups and rapid commercial utilization of already available technologies; and (h)

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identified the major factors that impact software maintenance efforts from the perspective of a manager, and identified three classes of factors: technological, administrative, and behavioral.

TL;DR: The conclusion is drawn that the skills and knowledge of LIS graduates are relevant and applicable to a great deal of information work in the NHS.

TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of decision support systems (DSS) users indicated that user-friendliness has a positive association with decision quality and overall satisfaction, but has no significant relationship with time savings and cost effectiveness.

TL;DR: An overview of several resourceful companies that have used telecommunications as a strategic weapon is presented and a new model is presented for the creative planning of a strategic telecommunications system.

TL;DR: This work presents algorithms for doing document reuse, describes some computer tools which have been built to support this reuse, and provides real examples.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors employed a systematic model -the project implementation profile (PIP) - as a framework for the investigation of the vagaries of CHART(II) project development in a large Hong Kong company.

TL;DR: In this article, progress in introducing information technology to support administrative and managerial functions in British Local Education Authorities and their schools since 1983 is traced and some likely areas of future difficulty are outlined.

TL;DR: In this paper, an approach to keeping potential synergy in place, through analysis of scale and scope economies, is presented, based on practitioners' views, emphasizing the risk of overestimating the advantage of decentralized information management.