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An Integrated Framework For Staffing And Shift Scheduling In Hospitals, Wael Rashwan

Doctoral

Over the years, one of the main concerns confronting hospital management is optimising the staffing and scheduling decisions. Consequences of inappropriate staffing can adversely impact on hospital performance, patient experience and staff satisfaction alike. A comprehensive review of literature (more than 1300 journal articles) is presented in a new taxonomy of three dimensions; problem contextualisation, solution approach, evaluation perspective and uncertainty. Utilising Operations Research methods, solutions can provide a positive contribution in underpinning staffing and scheduling decisions. However, there are still opportunities to integrate decision levels; incorporate practitioners view in solution architectures; consider staff behaviour impact, and offer comprehensive applied …

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Storytelling With Tableau: A Hands-On Workshop, Shu Schiller

ISSCM Faculty Publications

In today’s business world, storytelling with data is a powerful way to communicate, convince, and persuade. Such skills are highly desirable in all types of professions. Participants of this hands-on workshop will lean storytelling with Tableau, which skills can be applied to teaching subjects such as data analytics, visualization, and communication as well as presentations in our day-to-day job and research projects.

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Comparative Analysis Of Big Data Analytics Software In Assessing Sample Data, Soly Mathew Biju, Alex Mathew

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Over the last few years, big data has emerged as an important topic of discussion in most firms owing to its ability of creation, storage and processing of content at a reasonable price. Big data consists of advanced tools and techniques to process large volumes of data in organisations. Investment in big data analytics has almost become a necessity in large-sized firms, particularly multinational companies, for its unique benefits, particularly in prediction and identification of various trends. Some of the most popular big data analytics software used today are MapReduce, Hive, Tableau and Hive, while the framework Hadoop enables easy …

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Data Analytics As A Conduit For Progressing Information Systems Research In Nonprofit Organizations, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Amy J. Connolly

Amy J Connolly

This position paper reviews the existing information systems (IS) research literature related to the nonprofit context and recommends how to significantly progress this research. The conducted literature review shows that very few studies have focused on nonprofit organizations (NPO). Our analysis indicates that IS researchers have investigated a limited number of issues in NPO contexts including potential research frameworks, strategic use of websites, the role of IS leadership, data management, IS adoption, IS use, and information security policies. Non-IS researchers have examined IS adoption, accountability, and social media usage. Studies that address IS use in the nonprofit context lack theoretical …

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Data Analytics As A Conduit For Progressing Information Systems Research In Nonprofit Organizations, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Amy J. Connolly

Amy J Connolly

This position paper reviews the existing information systems (IS) research literature related to the nonprofit context and recommends how to significantly progress this research. The conducted literature review shows that very few studies have focused on nonprofit organizations (NPO). Our analysis indicates that IS researchers have investigated a limited number of issues in NPO contexts including potential research frameworks, strategic use of websites, the role of IS leadership, data management, IS adoption, IS use, and information security policies. Non-IS researchers have examined IS adoption, accountability, and social media usage. Studies that address IS use in the nonprofit context lack theoretical …

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Data Analytics As A Conduit For Progressing Information Systems Research In Nonprofit Organizations, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Amy J. Connolly

Karthikeyan Umapathy

This position paper reviews the existing information systems (IS) research literature related to the nonprofit context and recommends how to significantly progress this research. The conducted literature review shows that very few studies have focused on nonprofit organizations (NPO). Our analysis indicates that IS researchers have investigated a limited number of issues in NPO contexts including potential research frameworks, strategic use of websites, the role of IS leadership, data management, IS adoption, IS use, and information security policies. Non-IS researchers have examined IS adoption, accountability, and social media usage. Studies that address IS use in the nonprofit context lack theoretical …

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An Integrated Framework For Staffing And Shift Scheduling In Hospitals, Wael Rashwan

Doctoral

Storytelling With Tableau: A Hands-On Workshop, Shu Schiller

ISSCM Faculty Publications

Comparative Analysis Of Big Data Analytics Software In Assessing Sample Data, Soly Mathew Biju, Alex Mathew

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Data Analytics As A Conduit For Progressing Information Systems Research In Nonprofit Organizations, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Amy J. Connolly

Amy J Connolly

Data Analytics As A Conduit For Progressing Information Systems Research In Nonprofit Organizations, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Amy J. Connolly

Amy J Connolly

Data Analytics As A Conduit For Progressing Information Systems Research In Nonprofit Organizations, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Amy J. Connolly

Karthikeyan Umapathy