The Place of Information Technology in Management and Business Education: TC3 WG3.4 International Conference on the Place of Information Technology in ... in Information and Communication Technology) - Hardcover

Barta, Ben-Zion; Juliff, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041279960X ISBN 13: 9780412799600

Publisher: Springer, 1997

Synopsis

The power of modern information systems and information technology (lSIIT) offers new opportunities to rethink, at the broadest levels, existing business strategies, approaches and practices. Over the past decade, IT has opened up new business opportunities, led to the development of new strategic IS and challenged all managers and users of ISIIT to devise new ways to make better use of information. Yet this era which began with much confidence and optimism is now suffering under a legacy of systems that are increasingly failing to meet business needs, and lasting fixes are proving costly and difficult to implement. General management is experiencing a crisis of confidence in their IS functions and in the chiefinformation systems officers who lead them (Earl and Feeney, 1994:11). The concern for chief executive officers is that they are confronting a situation that is seemingly out of control. They are asking, 'What is the best way to rein in these problems and effectively assess IS performance? Further, how can we be certain that IS is adequately adding value to the organisational bottom line?' On the other hand, IS executives and professionals who are responsible for creating, managing and maintaining the organisation's systems are worried about the preparedness of general managers to cope with the growth in new technologies and systems. They see IT having a polarising effect on general managers; it either bedazzles or frightens them (Davenport, 1994: 119).

About this title

Synopsis:

The education of managers at undergraduate, postgraduate and professional levels must take recognition of their need to understand the impact of information technology on the practice of their profession. Furthermore it should seek to educate and to provide the knowledge needed for these people to plan for, and adopt IT techniques in business and management. Computer-based management information systems provide not merely a passive means of retrieving and presenting information, but rather an active enabling technology which redefines the role of the manager. This book will examine the relationship between management, business and information technology and, in particular, the impact of that relationship on those responsible for the design and delivery of education programmes at all levels.

About the Author:

Ben-Zion Barta is with Bar-Code Computers Ltd., Israel Peter Juliff is Head of the School of Management and Information Systems, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 041279960X
• ISBN 13: 9780412799600
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Tatnall Arthur