... to enhance organisational performance. Design/methodology/approach The theoretical framework is contingency theory. The study is an empirical investigation of the indirect relationship between three contextual factors (business strategy, information technology and organisation size) and organisational...

...Sérgio Moro; Ricardo F. Ramos; Paulo Rita Purpose Strategic goal achievement in every sector of a company relies fundamentally on the firm's employees. This study aims to disclose the factors that spur employees of major Information Technology (IT) companies in the United States (US). Design...

.... These factors include management commitment, information technology (IT) infrastructure, people management, change readiness, centralization and formalization. The key organizational enablers were identified through an extensive literature review. Then, statistical analysis was carried out based on data...

...Md. Shahiduzzaman; Marek Kowalkiewicz; Rowena Barrett Purpose Despite the rapid pace of digitalization, aggregate productivity growth rates in most advanced countries have slowed down consistently in recent years. It creates a “puzzle”, as investment in information technology (IT) has often been...

... only Big Data Six Sigma DMAIC Information technology Education In addition to new challenges and opportunities facing higher education, we are living in the Big Data era marked by the flood of “raw” data generated by billons of devices (“things”) and the subsequent “processed...

... an agile value enterprise (AVE) and, as a result, the SC. An AVE is composed of independent producers and customers who form a temporary network that share technology and meet the demand of the market by means of information technology. Based on the CPFR model, the authors propose a credit granting...

...Emad M. Kamhawi Purpose This study aims to underline the role of information technology (IT) in adopting Balanced Scorecard (BSC) systems/initiatives in Bahrain. It seeks to highlight this role through comparing the IT‐related factors/requirements against the non‐IT‐related ones that contribute...

... of “keeping up to date and in touch”. This paper explains the technology and suggests that a range of factors has come together finally to make unified messaging a realistic, feasible and effective solution. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Offices Information technology Mobile communications...

... Document management Knowledge management Information technology DM in the broadest sense is not new – it goes on all the time in any organisation. The most obvious example is simple, paper‐based filing, but there are numerous examples. Much of what takes place in large organisations consists...

... Keywords: Information technology, Government Luton Borough Council is adopting customer-facing business processes as a key route to success in planning "e-government" services as part of its search for "joined-up government" and Best Value. Tony Blair has declared an aim of bringing the "e...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Information technology Enterprise application integration Keywords: Information technology Integration has always been a much-used word in systems circles. It is unfortunate that it has often remained that – a much-used word, rather than...

...-disparate parliamentary entities and provide an exemplar to other organisations in an era of "lifelong learning". © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Parliament Information technology MPs and their staff become IT-literate Keywords: Parliament, Information technology Our politicians...

... the outsourcing has taken effect to establish whether significant consequences exist. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Outsourcing Information technology Finance In recent years, new techniques, technologies and management innovations have extended the choices available in terms of organisational...

... version of the site was launched in February 2000 and is the leading wireless Web portal in Norway with 260,000 page views to date. See http://www.wapland.com . © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Internet Information technology Whopping WAP Keywords Internet, Information...

... includes over 30 contributing members and over 200 developers network members. To join IMS or obtain further information please visit the IMS Web site, http://www.imsproject.org © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Learning Information technology Standard learning Keywords Learning...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Internet Information technology Science Keywords Internet, Information technology, Science Science is expensive. "Big science" is very expensive. Computing and the Internet has a part to play in reducing such costs for corporations - either...

...Brown Seely; John Seely Brown; Paul Duguid © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Information technology Communication Effectiveness Brown Seely, John Seely Brown and Paul DuguidHarvard Business School PressISBN: 0875847625$25.95 They go on to cast their gaze on the many...

... Research,Europe's leading IT analysis organisation (http://www.it-director.com) ,and is the author of numerous reports on corporate IT strategy. Here he offers a recipe for survival. © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Information technology Economics Strategy The Electronic B@ZAAR: From...

..., based in Hampton Wick, in Surrey,has been rewarded for its innovation and success by having one of its products selected as a Millennium Product by the Design Council in London. Keywords: Technology, Innovation, Information technology A sound company Technology Innovation...

... to the shopfloor, where 2,500 to 3,000 workers will be able to access the documents from their desktops. © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Manufacturing Steel industry Information technology North Star Steel engineers change in its manufacturing process Keywords Manufacturing, Steel...