Managing Information Technology in Small Business: Challenges and Solutions

Managing Information Technology in Small Business: Challenges and Solutions
Author: Burgess, Stephen
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2001-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1591400120

In many countries, small businesses comprise over 95% of the proportion of private businesses and approximately half of the private workforce, with information technology being used in over 90% of these businesses. As a result, governments worldwide are placing increasing importance upon the success of small business enterpreneurs and are providing increased resources to support this emphasis. Managing Information Technology in Small Business: Challanges and Solutions presents research in areas such as IT performance, electronic commerce, Internet adoption, and IT planning methodologies and focuses on how these areas impact small businesses.

Challenges of Information Technology Education in the 21st Century

Challenges of Information Technology Education in the 21st Century
Author: Cohen, Eli B.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2001-07-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1591400236

Challenges of Information Technology Education in the 21st Century strives to address a variety of pertinent questions surrounding the rapidly changing area of IT education, such as: What topics are important for the 21st Century? How does the Internet change the task of teaching? What is the role of the professor in a world of online learning? This exciting book will be an invaluable resource for educators in the field of information technology.

Issues & Trends of Information Technology Management in Contemporary Organizations

Issues & Trends of Information Technology Management in Contemporary Organizations
Author: Information Resources Management Association. International Conference
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 878
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781930708396

As the field of information technology continues to grow and expand, it impacts more and more organizations worldwide. The leaders within these organizations are challenged on a continuous basis to develop and implement programs that successfully apply information technology applications. This is a collection of unique perspectives on the issues surrounding IT in organizations and the ways in which these issues are addressed. This valuable book is a compilation of the latest research in the area of IT utilization and management.

Information Systems Development

Information Systems Development
Author: Marite Kirikova
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1461501679

This book is the result of the 11 th International Conference on Information Systems Development -Methods and Tools, Theory and Practice, held in Riga, Latvia, September 12-14,2002. The purpose of this conference was to address issues facing academia and industry when specifying, developing, managing, reengineering and improving information systems. Recently many new concepts and approaches have emerged in the Information Systems Development (ISD) field. Various theories, methodologies, methods and tools available to system developers also created new problems, such as choosing the most effective approach for a specific task, or solving problems of advanced technology integration into information systems. This conference provides a meeting place for ISD researchers and practitioners from Eastern and Western Europe as well as from other parts of the world. Main objectives of this conference are to share scientific knowledge and interests and to establish strong professional ties among the participants. The 11th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD'02) continues the tradition started with the first Polish-Scandinavian Seminar on Current Trends in Information Systems Development Methodologies, held in Gdansk, Poland in 1988. Through the years this Seminar has evolved into the International Conference on Information Systems Development. ISD'02 is the first ISD conference held in Eastern Europe, namely, in Latvia, one of the three Baltic countries.

Business Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications

Business Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 2319
Release: 2010-06-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1615209700

Business Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications offers a complete view of current business information systems within organizations and the advancements that technology has provided to the business community. This four-volume reference uncovers how technological advancements have revolutionized financial transactions, management infrastructure, and knowledge workers.

Global Perspective of Information Technology Management

Global Perspective of Information Technology Management
Author: Tan, Felix B.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2001-07-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1931777322

Managing information technology (IT) on a global scale presents a number of opportunities and challenges. IT can drive the change in global business strategies and improve international coordination. At the same time, IT can be an impediment to achieving globalization. IT as an enabler of and inhibitor to globalization raises interesting questions. Global Perspective of Information Technology Management provides a collection of research works that address relevant IT management issues from a global perspective. As the world economy becomes more interdependent and competition for business continues to be more globally oriented, it has, likewise, become necessary to address the issues of IT management from a broader global focus.

Information Technology Management in Developing Countries

Information Technology Management in Developing Countries
Author: Dadashzadeh, Mohammad
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2001-07-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1931777233

The IT revolution has affected the entire world by producing a new, Internet-based, digital economy. The challenges faced by developing countries in hamessing the full potential of IT are not really very different from those that confronted the U.S. in its journey toward the Internet economy. Information Technology Management in Developing Countries discusses the possible pitfalls and triumphs involved when implementing this entity into the structure of a developing country.

Measuring the Value of Information Technology

Measuring the Value of Information Technology
Author: van der Zee, Ing. Han T.M.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2001-07-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1591400104

Business managers, management consultants and researchers regularly question whether and how the contribution of IT to business performance can be measured. This book contributes to the art and science of the expost valuation of IT, by posing and answering key management questions, offering insights into the value of IT once it has been developed, implemented and used. Measuring the Value of Information Technology empowers its readers to systematically, effectively and consistently measure the value of information technology.