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Defining Information Systems As Work Systems: Implications For The Is Field, Steven Alter Jan 2008

Defining Information Systems As Work Systems: Implications For The Is Field, Steven Alter

Business Analytics and Information Systems

The lack of an agreed upon definition of information system is one of many obstacles troubling the academic information systems discipline. After listing a number of definitions of IS, this paper defines information system as a special case of work system as defined in Alter (1999a). This definition has many desirable characteristics: It is easy to understand; differentiates IS from IT; covers totally manual, partially automated, and totally automated information systems; links to a life cycle model that generates many insights about development and implementation problems; provides a simple guideline that helps in interpreting common IS/IT jargon; and has other …


The Importance Of Data Quality For Sap Implementation In Medium-Sized Organizations, Hongjiang Xu Jan 2006

The Importance Of Data Quality For Sap Implementation In Medium-Sized Organizations, Hongjiang Xu

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

Data quality issues are critical for any type of
information systems. The purpose of this study is to
explore the importance of data quality for SAP
implementation. This study involved a case study of a
medium-sized organization that had implemented
SAP R3 as their ERP system. Knowledge gained from
this study has the potential in assisting medium-sized
organizations to enhance the quality of the data used
in their ERP systems.


An International Cross-Cultural Study Of The Role Of Chief Informational Officers In Healthcare, Wallace Saunders Jan 2000

An International Cross-Cultural Study Of The Role Of Chief Informational Officers In Healthcare, Wallace Saunders

Faculty Dissertations

The introduction and utilization of Information Systems (IS) in the hospital environment has had a significant and lasting impact on the practice of medicine. The development of this dissertation will attempt to explore a widely overlooked area: The comparison of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Aspects of CIO experiences relating to assumed roles, CIO challenges, skills, frustrations, success, failure, leadership, management, involvement and perceptions about the role of Information Technology (IT) in healthcare are discussed with a comparative global model. This study investigates the managerial roles of the Chief Information Officer based on …