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Implementing Information Systems With Stakeholder Analysis: A Case Study, Michael D. Myers

Journal of International Information Management

Despite the proliferation of information technology, the implementation of information systems remains problematic. While some organizations have been successful in implementing information systems, many systems fail to live up to expectations and some end up as disasters. This article describes how stakeholder analysis was used in the successful implementation of a decision support system in the Nev/ Zealand army. The system gives legal advice to New Zealand Army commanders about the laws of armed conflict.

December 1993, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

The Unsung heroes of the Brush Fire Wars

Squirrels and owis and Flies, of My

Going Global may be the answer

Are you prepared for a “Dear John” letter?

Bankruptcy isn’t the only way

The state of banking in the inland empire

Counties escape S&P credit watch

Recourse or nonrecourse: Is that the Question

New Wave of home shopping

IE healthcare supplement

Renewed Investment in Real estate

Wine, Food & all that Jazz

November 1993, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

The Low-Down on State Tax Revenues

Business Ethics or Censorship?

Counting on Factors

Managing Growth Could Be Key

Following Your Dreams

Does Your Health Depend on Management

Retail Predictions

Small Businesses and Cellular

A Golden Getaway

Hey, Bill!

Bankruptcy Benefits

Palm Springs Gets Federal Support

October 1993, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Where Will Water Come From In the Future?

Space: The Final Frontier

Looking for a Bite?

The Value of CD’s Climbing

Up, Up and Away

Goin’ Solo on a Harley

Breaking Records With Electricity

Computers in the Palm of Your Hand

Lock out Long Distance Pirates

The Ultimate in Home Theater

Protecting Your Company’s Assets

September 1993, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

City Bites Bullet on Empire Bay

The Arrogance of Power

Who is Right About NAFTA?

IE Banks Struggle to Keep Pace

Easing the Estate Tax Burden

A Survival Guide to Health Care Reform

County Health Care Escapes Budget Ax

Colton Med Center in Critical Condition

Where Will Real Estate Capital Come From

CHEERS Debuts in San Bernardino

August 1993, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Madonna Shakes up KPMG Peat Marwick

Future of AQMD’s Program Hazy

Fire Department Best Prepared for Emergency

A Place for the Birds

Is Second Trust deed a real Bargain

What to look for when selecting a Bank

Shortage of skilled Labor Poses Threat

High Desert Hitches County to Economic Wagon

Settlement Proposed for Glen Ivy Owners

To color or not to Color, that is the question

Evaluate the effectiveness of Your company’s identity

Face of Radio Changing in Inland Empire

July 1993, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Economist predicts Housing, Job Boom for Inland Empire

Riverside County welfare Program “GAINing” National Respect

Getting a Bank Loan: A real “Catch 22”

Ontario Metal Recycling profits from “Junk Business”

No lack of Water but lack of Wisdom

Engineering the Environment of the Inland Empire

Business and Education forming Partnerships for the Future

After one year Orbach and Suzuki Still face Tough Times

Woman-Owned businesses on Rise

Agriculture is one Business that is here to stay in California

April 1993, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Cover Story: The Business of Baseball

Norton Air Force Base

Union Exec Doesn’t Give Up

Air Quality Management District Sorely Needs Reform

Industrial Real Estate 1992 Summary IEW

Education in California

Dan Rather Addresses Inland Empire About Journalism, History, Politics

Cardiac 2000’s “Hearty, Healthy” Look to the Future

California’s Unitary Tax Needs Overhaul

SBA Lending and the Clinton Administration

Soils Wineries Review

Buckshot Marketing vs. Marksmanship

A Quiet Evolution

Getting the Word Out

March 1993, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Mission Inn Reopens 3

Health Quackery:

National Scandal 3

''Market Approach"

to Air Pollution

Control 5

OIC: An Alternative to

Workers' Comp 6

Negative Market

Conditions--Positive

Responses 8

How to Minimize

Your Risk of an IRS

Audit 10

Commentary:

Inland Empire

Economic Summit 10

Stock Market Reels

in Clinton's Wake 11

SBA Loan Program:

Gold Mine 14

Leases Now Need

Telecommunications

Clauses 15

Car Lovers Turn

Pro, Wheel and Deal 17

California Anti-

Apprenticeship

Repeal 18

Will California Get

It Right in 1993? 19

Today's Leaders Look

at Tomorrow 19

The Future of Victor

Valley 19

Turnaround

Entrepreneur:

Charles A. …

February 1993, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Glut of Inland Empire Office Space: Feast or Famine? 3

Snow Skiing: The Local Industry as Big as a Glacier! 3

Workers' Comp Insurance Jump May Close S.B. Firm 5

Fleecing the State: Workers' Comp Fraud 8

Get the Money You Need by Knowing SBA Loan Basics 9

"December Surprise": The Predicted Banking Disaster was a False Alarm 12

"Red Tape'' and the Future of Banking 13

Health Care Quality in the '90s 14

SB55: Complete Workers' Compentsation Overhaul Proposed 19

Award Winning CHI Program Assures Continuous Healthcare Improvement Redlands Community Hospital 21

If Pediatric Immunizations are Abandoned, Epidemics May …

February 1993, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Glut of Inland Empire

Office Space: Feast or

Famine?

Snow Skiing: The

Local Industry as Big

as a Glacier!

Workers' Comp

Insurance Jump

May Close S.B. Firm

Fleecing the State:

Workers' Comp

Fraud

Get the Money You

Need by Knowing

SBA Loan Basics

"December Surprise":

The Predicted Banking

Disaster was a False Alarm

"Red Tape'' and the

Future of Banking

Health Care Quality in the '90s

SB55: Complete

Workers' Compensation Overhaul Proposed

Award Winning CHI

Program Assures

Continuous Healthcare

Improvement Redlands

Community hospitals

If pediatric immunizations are abandoned, epidemics may return

NAFB: Environmental cleanup and politics

Senior Olympics palm springs …

Data Base Management And Quality Control Approaches: Users And Developers, Kamvar Farahbod, Jay Varzandeh

Journal of International Information Management

The widepsread use of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, the quest for Total Quality Management, and the increasing role of technology management have given an added importance to today's application of DBMS and the accuracy of its data. Indeed, the empirical evidence has documented data inaccuracy as the most (difficult part of implementing information systems softwares. This paper explores the process of building a data base necessary to ensure the quality of the data for conversion into information. This article also illustrates the application of quality control techniques for maintaining data base quality.

End User Computing: A Critique Of The Empirical Literature, C. Steven Hunt, Ilyoo Hong

Journal of International Information Management

This manuscript is an attempt to provide the reader with synopses of relevant research pertaining to the EUC literature. References included in [this paper for review address some of the most germane topics in IT management. With the recently increasing recognition that end users are a major player in the acquisition, use, and management of computer resources in business organizations, a host of researchers have examined diverse changes that have occurred in the computing environment in order to explore various issues associated with enduser computing (EUC). This paper suggests that past EUC research has extensively examined the effects of MIS …

Factors Determining The Behavior And Effectiveness Of Personal Decision Support Systems Users: An Examination Of Fishbein's Model, Jack Teh, L. A. Digman

Journal of International Information Management

Personal computing, and the microcomputer which support it, are referred to as Personal Decision Support Systems (PDSS) (Lehman, 1985). Empirical studies regarding personal computing have been of the general field study type, primarily examining trends and/or establishing the basic concept of personal computing. This research builds and empirically tests a research model that conceptualizes some "impact" variables which are internal to the user, as intervening in the relationship between the "situational" or external variables identified by previous MIS research and system success (utilization, decision performance, and satisfaction). This study employs a framework, based on Fishbein and Ajzen's intention-behavior model (1975), …

The State Of Information Technology In China, David A. Rosenthal, Cecilia Wagner

Journal of International Information Management

In order to increase the modernization of its society, the Chinese government has marked Information Technology as an enabler of this goal. The implementation of this goal has been in progress for over 15 years. Many landmarks have been reached in hardware manufacturing and software development. However there still remains significant impediments that inhibit rapid growth of this technology into Chinese organizations. This paper will discuss what these obstades are and how the Chinese government is attempting to remedy them.

Health Care Information Systems Management: Structure And Infrastructure, Binshan Lin

Journal of International Information Management

The practice of medicine is inextricably entwined with the management of health care information system (HCIS). Major problems with HCIS are that it has not evolved from the needs of end users, and lacks of an organizational base^ to manage the HCIS in the health care environment. The object of this paper is to examine a direction to effectively support and enhance the health care activities through managing HCIS. An integrated focus is provided through a framework for analyzing the structure and infrastructure of HCIS in hospitals.

Incorporating Object Analysis And Design Into A Structured Information Systems Development Life Cycle, David C. Wallace

Journal of International Information Management

An object approach to information system development should be incorporated into the structured system design life cycle (SDLC) during the analysis and design phases. The tools of the structured approach (data flow diagrams, data structures, data stores, etc.) help to identify the relationships that exist between the data stores and the entities (objects) within an information system. This is only a starting point at which the IS developer further evaluates me informational needs that are required within the information system. A listing of the data structures is generated to assodate the specific data elements that comprise each data structure. A …

Impediments To Information Technology Utilization In A Developing Nation M Africa, Ravinder Nath

Journal of International Information Management

With an increasing awareness of the role of information technology (IT) in improving internal efficiency and conducting business in the emerging global economy, organizations in the developing nations, like their counterparts in the developed countries, are taking a keen interest in IT-based solutions to their problems. Yet they face unique problems that impede their ability to adopt FT. This research identifies these problems in Zimbabwe - a developing nation in Southern Africa. The results are based on a two-stage study consisting of interviews with 12 MIS managers, and responses to a questiormaire instrument by 88 middle- and upperlevel managers in …

Neural Networks: The Natural Road To Artificial Iiitelligence, Mohammad Dadashzadeh, Behnam Bahr

Journal of International Information Management

Despite the many advances of artificial intelligence (Al) technology, most notably in the area of expert systems, efforts to build intelligent systems that would approach the commonsense reasoning and sensory abilities of even a small child have not been rewarding. A small, but growing number of researches believe that the existing AI toolboxes of symbolic representation and heuristic search may not hold the answer, and that massively parallel networks of simple neuron-like processing elements may hold the key. In this overview article, we examine the use of neurally inspired concepts in the construction of intelligent machines, and address their practical …

An Econometric Analysis Of The Desktop Computer Hardware Market, Brian D. Lynch, Frank M. Lin, Winston T. Lin, H. Raghav Rao

Journal of International Information Management

The purpose of this study was to compare six competing econometric models which depict the relationship between hardware characteristics and machine cost for the desktop computer market. The Box-Cox methodology and multiyear data were used to facilitate this comparison. The analysis validated that the Box-Cox methodology is a viable means for evaluating competing model formulations within the field of information systems research. The results were consistent with past research that suggested a double natural log model formulation for representing the functional relationships among variables when modeling machine cost as a function of hardware attributes. Further, the more complex power transformation …

Applying A Systems Approach To Mis Design For Occupational Health Care Delivery, Charmayne Cullom

Journal of International Information Management

Decision making in occupational health care management is complex due to the various parties involved in receiving, delivering, and/or paying for^ these services. This paper presents the view of MIS to support occupational health care as a system using Anthony's Paradigm to provide the decision making structure. Informational requirements reflect the hierarchy of strategic, tactical, and operational levels. A matrix of occupational health care services, responsibilities, and participants is utilized. Such matrix provides the foundation to couple needs and requirements of all participants with information system specifications.

Personal Computers And Powerful Preseritations, J. Douglas Gibb

Journal of International Information Management

Some of the best public speakers use personal computers to prepare their talks. They keep a file of speaking materials: quotations, examples, statistics, stories, poems, visual aids, and structured experiences. These items which they keep ori a disk become nuggets of thought and are like money in the bank—always ready when theiy need them. Speaking is not communicating unless some of these materials are used.

Business Visualization: More I Effective Management Tools For Observation, Dynamic Measurement And Control, Hal Records, Alan Olinsky

Journal of International Information Management

Increased global competition and continual pressure to produce more work with fewer resources has become the hallmark of the 1990s. Businesses are taking steps to meet these new challenges by downsizing for better control, using networks (Valovic, 1992) and data communications for rapid response, and purchasing personal tools such as word processing programs, spreadsheets, graphics and desktop publishing programs for an increase of manager productivity. But are these steps sufficient? In order to be more profitable in today's fast-paced and ever-changing environment, business managers at the strategic, tactical and operational levels must be able to visualize their operating data in …

Software Review: Os/2 2.0, Robert D. Wilson

Journal of International Information Management

Since I don't write advertising copy, what you read here may be different from what the few others who do write about IBM's new operating system OS/2 have had to say. You may have noticed that more ink has been devoted to an operating system, IH leave it unnamed, that has yet to be retailed than to OS/2 which has been on the desk for more than a year.

Effects Of Dogmatism On Computer Literacy*, Floyd J. Brock, Chatles E. Paddock, Wayne E. Thomsen

Journal of International Information Management

Dogmatism and other individual characteristics affect the level of computer literacy (information fundamentals) reached in the introductory courses in Management Information Systems (MIS), perhaps as much as the investment education institution have made in software and hardware. This paper reports on the results of a questionnaire on computer literacy, dogmatism, and KolVs Learning Styles Inventory (KLSI) given to 80 students at the end of an introductory MIS course. Differences in the literacy and learning styles were analyzed from the perspective of dogmatism. The results indicated thai the scores in dogmatism inversely matched the scores in computer literacy. The effects of …

Software Review: Atlas *018, Robert D. Wilson

Journal of International Information Management

Atlas*015 (AGIS) from Strategic Mapping Inc., is more than a sophisticated graphical database or mapping program for the personal computer. It is software that performs complex spatial analyses of data within a geographical framework. A geographic information system (CIS), gives the user the ability to associate virtually any event or transaction with a geographic location. From there sophisticated analyses of your data can be conducted. GISs go far beyond the more common thematic mapping programs.

Are Business Students Computer Literate?, Syed Shahabuddin

Journal of International Information Management

In the modem world, a person without a computer knowledge will be considered a "crippled" person. The knowledge of computer is crucial for business managers, however. A computer literate person is one who understands the computer technology, can use the computer, and is able to understand its limitations. Realizing a need for computer literacy, colleges and universities require students to take at least a course in computer. This trend started in 1980 and now most students could be considered computer literate. This paper summarizes the results of the surveys in 1985, 1987, and 1992 of the students in the introductory …

Orion: A Menu-Driveri Source Code Generator For End Users, Jay M. Lightfoot

Journal of International Information Management

Low software development productivity is a major concern for corporations. This paper describes one approach to improve productivity by allowing end users to build their own business data processing systems. The approach uses Orion, a menu-driven software development tool. Orion generates source level COBOL programs that compile and run without modification. The tool does not require end users to know COBOL or high-level query languages. Orion was used for nearly two years to build real business systems. The approach resulted in a significant improvement in software development productivity.

A Group Decision Support System For The Asian Pacific Rim, Milan Aiken, Chi Hwang, Joseph Paolillo, Daeryong Kim, Long-Chuan Lu

Journal of International Information Management

The vast majority of research on Group Decision Support Systems (GDSSs) has been conducted on American groups using English. However, other nationalities using other languages may also benefit from this new technology. The GDSS developed at the University of Mississippi supports over a dozen languages including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Malay which are particularly relevant to organizations on the Asian Pacific rim. Three pilot studies of Japanese, Chinese, and Malaysian students using the GDSS demonstrate that these groups can benefit from the technology.

Use Of Expert Systems In Harmonizing International Accounting Reports, Mohammad S. Bazaz, Ravi Parameswaran

Journal of International Information Management

A significant problem in international accounting is the presence of a variety of accounting and disclosure standards that have been adopted by various countries as they match their national information needs to specific formats. Efforts at harmonization of world-wide financial statements have been less than successful. The needs in the 1990s suggest the need for an expedient solution to this problem. The current paper addresses this problem and suggests an information systems approach—a new approach—namely the development of an expert system which would be capable of translating disclosure in a particular country standard to one that meets internationally acceptable accounting …