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Determinants Of Knowledge Sharing Behaviors: Developing And Testing An Integrated Theoretical Model, Anitha Chennamaneni Aug 2007

Determinants Of Knowledge Sharing Behaviors: Developing And Testing An Integrated Theoretical Model, Anitha Chennamaneni

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations

Knowledge sharing has been identified as the key enabler of knowledge management. To leverage knowledge resources and to support knowledge sharing, organizations are employing knowledge management systems. While knowledge management systems are important, practical implementations have found that technology alone cannot guarantee that knowledge will be shared. The objective of this research study was to examine factors that promote or discourage knowledge sharing behaviors of knowledge workers in the organizational context. Drawing from multiple streams of research including social psychology, organizational learning, knowledge management, information systems and so forth, this research developed an integrated theoretical model and unveiled three sets …


A Typology Of Cluster Concentrations Based On Factor Conditions Of Production And Evolution Of Supply Chain Infrastructures, Pamela J. Zelbst Aug 2007

A Typology Of Cluster Concentrations Based On Factor Conditions Of Production And Evolution Of Supply Chain Infrastructures, Pamela J. Zelbst

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations

If the reader would imagine a 500 piece picture puzzle of which only one single piece is available for research, then it is obvious that any conclusions concerning the puzzle as a whole would at the very best be limited to what the researcher could extrapolate from that single piece of the puzzle. This study contends that to comprehend the puzzle it must be viewed as a whole picture, admittedly comprised of different pieces, but nonetheless only accurately understandable in regard to interaction and interconnectivities when viewed from a macro perspective. Accordingly, concentrations should be viewed from a holistic, macro …


Towards A Systemic View Of Organizational Dynamic It Capability: An Empirical Assessment, Anurag Jain Aug 2007

Towards A Systemic View Of Organizational Dynamic It Capability: An Empirical Assessment, Anurag Jain

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations

In an increasingly complex world characterized by hyper-competition and turbulence, an organization's ability to sustain its competitive advantages depends not only on how it acquires its capabilities, but also on how it orchestrates the relationships among them. While the resource based view of the firm and the literature on dynamic capabilities have provided strategic insights to the successful deployment and expeditious management of scarce resources, there is very little research on dynamic capabilities from an IT perspective. In particular, there is no common understanding of what the phrase "dynamic IT capability" means or how it can be achieved. This study …


An Empirical Examination Of The Influence Of Information Technology And Trust On Supply Chain Dyad Relationships And Performance, Anil Singh Aug 2007

An Empirical Examination Of The Influence Of Information Technology And Trust On Supply Chain Dyad Relationships And Performance, Anil Singh

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations

Reacting to increased competition, companies are adopting inter-organizational information systems (IOS) that share information across the supply chain partners. This sharing requires trust. To better understand the phenomenon of trust between partners, we develop an integrated model of trust in supply chains with theoretical underpinnings of transaction cost economics and environmental factors like Information Technology and Power. The framework also takes into consideration; the association between trust and final outcome measures such as performance and satisfaction through supply chain relationship. By assessing the interconnectedness of trust in inter-organizational information systems, with environmental factors, our research model will help researchers as …


Data Mining And Statistics: Examining Critical Patterns Of Research And Practice, Ailing Wang Aug 2007

Data Mining And Statistics: Examining Critical Patterns Of Research And Practice, Ailing Wang

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations

Data Mining (DM) has gained increasing attention in academia and growing importance in business over past decades. This is a study to examine the current status of DM in both research and practice with a focus on the role of statistics for the advancement of the field. Being multi-disciplinary in nature, DM challenges researchers to work together and be aware of the progress made in other fields in order to contribute towards the development of the field. By employing citation analysis techniques and using publicly available citation data, I empirically examine how DM reference fields, such as statistics, machine learning, …


Task Complexity And Effectiveness Of Pair Programming: An Experimental Study, Venugopal Balijepally Aug 2007

Task Complexity And Effectiveness Of Pair Programming: An Experimental Study, Venugopal Balijepally

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations

Extreme Programming, which is recently gaining popularity as an alternate software development methodology, involves two programmers working collaboratively to develop software. This study examined the efficacy of pair programming by comparing the effectiveness of collaborating pairs with those of programmers working individually. Student subjects participated in a controlled laboratory experiment. Two factors were manipulated in the experiment: programming task complexity (high vs. low) and programmers working individually vs. in pairs. The performance of programmer pairs was compared with those of the best performer and the second best performer from among nominal pairs. An important finding of the study is that …


Implementation Of Enterprise Information Systems: A Comparative Study Of Enterpise Application Integration (Eai) Vs Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp), Randall W. Brown Aug 2007

Implementation Of Enterprise Information Systems: A Comparative Study Of Enterpise Application Integration (Eai) Vs Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp), Randall W. Brown

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations

This dissertation is a two part study which examines and compares two of the most common Enterprise Integration technologies: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). The first part examines the perceptions of individuals toward each of the technologies. The second part of the study compares and contrasts the two Enterprise Integration technologies with respect to the factors leading to success (or failure). The model determines three levels of factors and is derived from the two-factor motivational studies of Herzberg and Maslow's Hierarch of Needs. In addition, it attempts to discover which groups of factors may be more …


Capturing The Longitudinal Dynamics Of Customer-Supplier Relationships: An Empirical Examination Of The Roles Of It, Transaction Economics And Social Exchange, William Wayne Willette Aug 2007

Capturing The Longitudinal Dynamics Of Customer-Supplier Relationships: An Empirical Examination Of The Roles Of It, Transaction Economics And Social Exchange, William Wayne Willette

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations

The forms of cooperative business hold the promise of reduced costs, increased efficiencies, rapid market and environmental responses, expanded market opportunities, new resources, faster product developments, and the most coveted of all benefits--competitive advantage. These cooperative business forms are a rich matrix for the exploration and testing of a wide range of theories, such as Transaction Cost Economics, Social Exchange Theory, Resource Dependence Theory, and Relational Exchange Theory. This thesis presents a process view of how IT and trust affect transaction costs in a transaction dyad consisting of a small supplier and a large customer. It goes beyond functional relationships …


Influence Of Codified Knowledge On Software Design Task Performance: A Comparison Of Pairs With Individuals, George Ashok Mangalaraj Aug 2007

Influence Of Codified Knowledge On Software Design Task Performance: A Comparison Of Pairs With Individuals, George Ashok Mangalaraj

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations

The need to improve the success rates of software development projects has prompted the software engineering community to come-up with various initiatives. These initiatives include: new software development processes such as Extreme Programming (XP), leveraging the development process by reusing existing knowledge of software artifacts. XP utilizes pairs in the performance of various software development tasks. Moreover, development of software applications is a knowledge intensive process that utilizes both tacit and explicit knowledge. This experimental study utilized software development professionals as subjects and manipulated the mode of participation (individual or pairs) and availability of codified knowledge (design patterns). Results of …


Assessment Of Manufacturing Performance Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Angela Janette Benbarka May 2007

Assessment Of Manufacturing Performance Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Angela Janette Benbarka

Information Systems & Operations Management Theses

In today's global and highly competitive economy, organizations are constantly monitoring their performance and the performance of their competitors. With technological advancements and increased expectations from consumers, time becomes a critical factor in an organizations' ability to sustain their advantage over competitors. By understanding the multiple components which compose their performance and quickly identifying and addressing inefficiencies within the systems, an organization can maintain and possibly increase their share of the marketplace. This research will assess the feasibility of data envelopement analysis (DEA) as a tool for organizations to measure their performance over time. DEA has been widely used and …


Virtual Work, Priscilla Arling Jan 2005

Virtual Work, Priscilla Arling

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

Priscillla Arling's Contribution to The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management: Management Information Systems


Being There Versus Being Wired: The Effect Of Colocation On Social Capital In Distributed Teams, Priscilla Arling, Mani Subramani Jan 2005

Being There Versus Being Wired: The Effect Of Colocation On Social Capital In Distributed Teams, Priscilla Arling, Mani Subramani

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

Advancement in communication technologies continues to fuel the growth of geographically distributed teams. Managers and team members have expressed concerns about negative impacts when individuals work at a distance from each other since such changes in work structure can affect social interactions among individuals in teams. The social relationships, shared experiences, and ongoing interpersonal interactions that often arise from colocation are recognized as contributing to the social capital of individuals. In this paper, we examine how working in a distributed team, a feature that influences the extent to which team members are colocated, affects the level of individual social capital. …