Motivations for the IT Professional Turnaway Intention: A Delphi Approach

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we use the Delphi method to identify the main motivations that have led IT professionals to intend to move to another area. We found that the pursuit of career growth and the quest for acquiring new experiences and abilities have a marked impact on the IT professional turnaway intention. Moreover, female IT professionals and IT professionals oriented by the career advancement paradigm have a higher propensity to abandon the IT area.     

In search of Europe's information technology leaders: review of methods and empirical evidence

Abstract. Information technology (IT) leaders — companies that successfully exploit IT to achieve business results — generate immense interest among practitioners and academics. From a practitioner's perspective, IT leaders provide benchmarks of leading IT management practices which others may emulate to achieve success. From an academic perspective, IT leaders provide the 'data' for the creation of frameworks and theories of IT management. While US IT leaders are regularly assessed by academics, trade magazines, consultants and benchmarking firms, there has been no Europe-wide assessment of IT leadership. This neglect is detrimental to European IT practitioners and academics who may discover that American IT management practices are not transferrable in the European context. In this article, we analyse the construct, context and statistical validity of six methods for identifying European IT leaders. Based on this analysis, two methods (expert ratings and citation counts) were used to generate a preliminary list of European IT leaders and laggards. While individual experts were reticent about volunteering their ratings, their collective view appears to generate a worthwhile list with high construct validity. Citation counts represent a more accessible process for list generation, with high statistical validity. However, an attempt to correlate expert ratings with a list based on citation counts confirms that the latter has questionable construct validity.     

Social construction of information systems in the banking sector

This article presents the results of a study conducted in order to understand under what circumstances the process of social construction of information systems (ISs) in the banking sector in Brazil takes place. It presents an analysis of the implementation, use and procedures for improvement of three systems, used in two of the country's largest banks. We started from the premise that technology is a socially constructed phenomenon, with a structure of use that is formed by its practical application. The data were collected through 46 semi-structured interviews, direct observation and documental analyses. A structural protocol has been used to interpret and analyse the data. This analysis revealed a process of social construction that generated four types of use of IS: total use, partial use, combination and adaptation. The characteristics and outcomes of each will be explained in this article. The assimilation of systems has been influenced by the confluence of individual and organisational objectives and the type of training applied. The main findings revealed practices that integrate the structure that underlies the process of social construction of the systems investigated.     

Critical information technology issues in Turkish healthcare

While the importance of information technology in reducing soaring healthcare costs and enhancing service quality is increasingly being recognized, significant challenges remain in how it is implemented. Although there are a few studies investigating key IT issues in healthcare in advanced countries, there are virtually none in developing countries. We bridge this gap by investigating the critical information technology issues in healthcare facilities in Turkey. These issues are developed based on the opinions of senior hospital managers. The top ten issues include privacy, quality, security, and the implementation of electronic medical records. Further analyses provide additional insights into the results.     

Project report: the use of pilot to teach information technology concepts

Involving students in learning a small amount of programming language can enable the teacher to illustrate many of the important concepts of electronic information systems. It introduces them to experiential learning situations involving system design and operation, information handling and the man-machine interface. This paper describes how the authoring language PILOT has been used with arts and humanities undergraduates to increase their understanding of the power and potential of information technology, and to involve them in information problems that relate to their other humanities studies.Paul D. Nixon is currently Director of The Centre for Informatics at St. David's University College, Lampeter, Wales, U.K. The work at the Centre has been focussed on the development of information technology education for undergraduate and post-graduate humanities students.     

Going back to basics in design science: from the information technology artifact to the information systems artifact

The concept of the ‘information technology (IT) artifact’ plays a central role in the information systems (IS) research community's discourse on design science. We pose the alternative concept of the ‘IS artifact’, unpacking what has been called the IT artifact into a separate ‘information artifact’, ‘technology artifact’ and ‘social artifact’. Technology artifacts (such as hardware and software), information artifacts (such as a message) and social artifacts (such as a charitable act) are different kinds of artifacts that together interact in order to form the IS artifact. We illustrate the knowledge value of the IS artifact concept with material from three cases. The result is to restore the idea that the study of design in IS needs to attend to the design of the entire IS artifact, not just the IT artifact. This result encourages an expansion in the use of design science research methodology to study broader kinds of artifacts.     

The acceptance of information technology innovations in hospitals: differences between early and late adopters

The increasing maturity of information technologies (IT) in hospitals and their infrastructure development is improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare services. In these circumstances, an investigation of the diffusion of IT in this context would provide some insight into adopters’ behaviours and further the diffusion of IT in the near future. The purpose of this paper is to conduct an investigation of the diffusion of IT’s innovations in hospitals. Technology acceptance model and innovation diffusion theory have been applied in this research trying to find factors that permit an effective discrimination between early and late adopters. The differences in characteristics between these two categories are assessed and implications based on the research findings are discussed.     

技术创新管理信息化实现研究

在建设技术创新体系的过程中,利用信息技术加强管理手段、提升管理水平,是技术创新体系建设发展的必然要求。为了建立与技术创新相适应的管理系统,文中总结了技术创新管理的内涵,提出了创新能力评价模型和基于查询相关度的检索模型,给出了建立技术创新管理信息系统的体系结构和信息流程,并以中国印钞造币总公司技术创新管理项目为例,验证了文中方法模型和系统架构的有效性。     

Causality in the alignment of information technology and business strategy

The need for a link between information technology (IT) use and organizational strategy has been identified and discussed for a number of years. The thrust of this work argues that the motives for investment in IT should derive from firm objectives and, more particularly, from the strategic plan which the organization wishes to pursue. This paper argues that, often, mere lip service is paid to the strategic nature of IT. Further, strategy justification has become a tool for securing investment in IT by circumventing established organizational policy on investments. Many IT investments labelled ‘strategic’ appear to be operational in nature. This paper discusses the nature and evaluation of strategy and relates it to the literature on IT as a strategic tool. The extent to which the relationship between IT and strategy has altered over recent years is subsequently investigated. The implementation process is investigated and evidence of IT investment activities and the returns available to investing organizations are reviewed. The paper argues that there are a number of alternative views on the IT-strategy relationship, some of which are organizationally detrimental.     

计算机信息技术的应用初探

近几年的数字科技发展的非常快,计算机更是走进行千家万户,人们的生活越来越离不开它,计算机信息为适合社会的不断发展,技术的发展也成为当前科技的发展重心,而且由于社会的需求,也为计算机技术发展提供了一个广大的空间.在此文中,主要对计算机信息向哪个方向发展,以及其在现实中的应用做了系统的研究和分析.     

浅论信息技术与信息技术课程教学的全面整合

信息技术与信息技术课程教学的整合为信息技术与其他课程教学整合提供技术支持。本文从论述信息技术与信息技术课程教学整合的地位入手,分析了当前信息技术与信息技术课程教学的整合的问题之所在,并尝试着提出了解决问题的办法。     

Toward more effective management of information technology benefits

A critical issue facing senior executives is how to improve the return on their information technology (IT) investments. The results of numerous studies are inconclusive as they have failed to show conclusively that IT investments produce expected payoffs. The purpose of this paper is to offer an explanation for the perceived lack of IT payoff and show how managers can improve the return on their IT investments. We argue that IT can provide significant benefits, but in many cases these benefits are not captured by the firm that made the investment. Instead, a large portion of the benefits are reaped by a variety of participants or stakeholders. The implications of this for managers is that they need to view IT payoff as a portfolio of benefits across many stakeholders. They must also understand and manage the distribution of the benefits within the portfolio to assure that benefits are transferred to the bottom line. The paper offers a framework for analyzing the nature and distribution of IT benefits among various stakeholder groups and concludes with a set of guidelines for measuring and managing these benefits.     

浅谈信息技术与数学学科的整合

信息技术的发展,使人们的学习和交流打破了过去的时空界限,为人类能力的提高和发挥作用带来了新的空间。通过信息技术与数学学科的整合,让数学更贴近生活,突破教学重点难点,提高了学生的发散性思维能力,让我们看到信息技术在教学中的重要性。     

试析信息技术在学校档案管理中的应用

研究信息技术在学校档案管理中的应用具有极大的现实意义.传统学校档案管理方式存在诸多不足,主要表现在工作效率低、保密性差、档案检索和维护难度较大等方面.现代化学校档案管理系统既有数据处理速度快、容量大、检索方便等优点,也具有相关法律不健全、档案易改等不足.实现学校档案管理工作的信息化要作到：提高档案管理的标准化水平,做好学校档案数据库的建设工作,加强办公自动化建设,学校档案管理工作人员要具备优良的素质.     

Visual handicap and the challenge of information technology in employment

There are two main ways in which aids are designed to allow those with impaired sight access to information technology. Adaptations of existing equipment for sighted users can be made. An alternative approach is to replace sight-oriented systems with systems designed specifically for sound and touch. Currently used techniques for this purpose are described.     

微课程在信息技术教学中的探讨

随着现代信息技术和传播媒体技术的迅猛发展,作为新型教学模式的微课程在信息技术教学中的重要性显得日益突出。本文从详细介绍微课程的概念、特点、地位和与传统教学的区别入手,指出了微课程在信息技术教学中的重要意义,进而对信息技术教学微课程的机构和基本模式进行了探讨和研究。     

电子信息技术在企业安全管理中的应用

电子信息技术的迅猛发展,为信息流通带来了极大便利。电子信息技术以其方便、快捷的特点,已深入到企业管理的各个方面。但就目前的情况来看,电子信息技术的高速发展为企业信息安全管理带来了一些困难。基于此,本文以企业信息安全管理存在的问题为切入点,对电子信息枝术在企业安全管理中的应用进行了深入探讨,以期为强化我国企业信息安全管理提供一些参考和借鉴。     

空间信息技术在物联网中的作用与应用研究

物联网技术的发展需要空间信息理论与技术的支撑,而空间信息技术也必将在物联网的时代背景与机遇下推广其应用。文中分别介绍了空间信息技术与物联网的产生及其应用,在此基础之上总结归纳了空间信息技术在物联网中的作用,同时探讨了空间信息技术在物联网中的应用。     

浅谈多媒体信息技术在语文教学中的运用

文章分析了多媒体信息技术在语文教学中的意义,探讨了如何在中学语文教学中有效地运用多媒体信息技术,使之与语文学科有效整合。     

浅谈多媒体信息技术在地理教学中的运用

随着时代的发展,信息技术已经成为了素质教育和课程改革的一个重要手段.笔者结合自己的教学实践,对在地理课堂中如何运行多媒体信息技术进行了深入的探索,并指出了运用多媒体信息技术需要注意的一些问题.