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Information Technology Standards and Standardization: A Global Perspective

A Global Perspective

In light of the emerging global information infrastructure, information technology standards are becoming increasingly important. At the same time, however, the standards setting process has been criticized as being slow, inefficient and out of touch with market needs. What can be done to resolve this situation?To provide a basis for an answer to this question, Information Technology Standards and Standardization: A Global Perspective paints as full a picture as possible of the varied and diverse aspects surrounding standards and standardization. This book will serve as a foundation for research, discussion and practice as it addresses trends, problems and solutions for and by numerous disciplines, such as economics, social sciences, management studies, politics, computer science and, particularly, users.

Information Technology is one of the most rapidly developing areas in the
technological world. In fact, the classical information technology that has been
based on computer technology is now very quickly converging with
telecommunication.

Information Technology Auditing

An Evolving Agenda

The author explores various current and future issues in IT Auditing from both a scholarly and a practice-orientated perspective. Using clear language the issues are clearly mapped out. Topics covered include: complex integrated information systems, enterprise resource planning, and databases. The book serves as an invaluable reference for an auditor dealing with the high-tech environment for the first time.

As businesses increasingly use information and communication technology to
process their accounting systems, auditors need to gather critical information
more efficiently and effectively. The tools and techniques of modern generation-X
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Governance and Information Technology

From Electronic Government to Information Government

Developments in information and communication technology and networked computing over the past two decades have given rise to the notion of electronic government, most commonly used to refer to the delivery of public services over the Internet. This volume argues for a shift from the narrow focus of "electronic government" on technology and transactions to the broader perspective of information government—the information flows within the public sector, between the public sector and citizens, and among citizens—as a way to understand the changing nature of governing and governance in an information society. Contributors discuss the interplay between recent technological developments and evolving information flows, and the implications of different information flows for efficiency, political mobilization, and democratic accountability. The chapters are accompanied by short case studies from around the world, which cover such topics as electronic government efforts in Singapore and Switzerland, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to solicit input on planned regulations over the Internet, and online activism "cyberprotesting" globalization. Contributors: Robert D. Behn, Maria Christina Binz-Scharf, Herbert Burkert, Lorenzo Cantoni, Cary Coglianese, Martin J. Eppler, Jane E. Fountain, Monique Girard, Ake Gronlund, Matthew Hindman, Edwin Lau, David Lazer, Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, Ines Mergel, Gopal Raman, David Stark, Sandor Vegh, and Darrell M. West

Information and communication technologies have been touted as the cure for
everything from the rigid, silo-based architecture of government to the sagging
rates of participation in our democracy. However, too often the focus of electronic
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Information Technology and the Productivity Paradox

Assessing the Value of Investing in IT

From networks to databases, email to voicemail, the amount of capital being invested in information technology each year is staggering. By 1996, U.S. firms were spending more than $500 billion annually on software, networks and staff. The recently merged Bank of America and NationsBank have an initial IT budget of 4 billion dollars. As firms like this push rapidly into the business world of the 21st century, the question has remained: how do firms measure returns from these substantial investments in information technology? Henry C. Lucas, effectively answers this question by providing a creative and reliable framework for measuring the competitive advantages and profits gained through investments in state-of-the-art information systems. There is value in information technology, and it is possible to show returns, Lucas argues--unfortunately this value just doesn't always show up clearly on the bottom line of a ledger. In five expertly presented sections, he spells out exactly what businesses can expect from their information technology investments--some investments create a measurable value, some do not, but all are important nonetheless. Through a precise mix of frameworks and models, such as an Investment Opportunities Matrix, and punctuated with real examples from successful firms, this is the first book to allow executives to see exactly how their information technology investment can be expected to return value, thereby maximizing their advantages in an age of global competitiveness. Indeed, firms who manage their information systems most efficiently are best suited to succeed in a rapidly evolving marketplace. With so much at stake, Information Technology is certain to be the essential guide for firms determined to compete and flourish in the highly competitive economy of the next century.

What is the value of investments in information technology (IT)? Is there a return
from investing in IT? These two questions are critical because firms invest huge
amounts in information technology; an estimated 50 percent of U.S. capital ...

The Impact of Information Technology

Evidence from the Healthcare Industry

The driving influence of managed care and cost containment is causing home care organizations to reconceptualize their roles in the health care delivery system while stimulating massive changes in agency structure, operations, and services. Medicare-certified home health agencies, which have flourished under a per-visit, fee-for-service reimbursement model, are increasingly delivering care under managed care reimbursement models. Conducted at this pivotal point in time, the book examines the intersection of two rapidly growing health care sectors: home health and managed care.The environment surrounding the transition from traditional reimbursement to managed care is uncertain and rapidly changing. Strategies organizations are using to cope with this uncertainty and HHA administrators' perceptions of the two greatest impacts of managed care are described.Despite considerable variation in agency characteristics, more similarities than differences are found among HHAs. The research concludes that market and environment pressures within heavily HMO-penetrated communities encourage all HHAs to become similar, regardless of whether the HHAs have managed care contracts.

Information technology (IT) has become important to the very survival of
organizations. Information technology spending in the U.S. has increased from a
few million dollars in 1970 to over $50 billion in 1990 (Jorgenson and Stiroh,
1995).

Strategic Information Technology

Opportunities for Competitive Advantage

Managers and executives know the importance of integrating business strategy and IT strategy for competitive advantage. Strategic Information Technology: Opportunities for Competitive Advantage provides managers and students alike with an understanding and appreciation for the development of business and information technology strategies to yield competitive advantage.

Information systems researchers continue to grapple with the development of
frameworks to aid managers in the identification of opportunities for the strategic
use of information technology. Many of the current frameworks have been
proposed ...

Using Information Technology

NVQ Level 3 : Student Handbook

This clear, user-friendly text contains all the underpinning knowledge needed to complete the revised scheme at Level 3.

is unit contains four elements: 303.1 Plan and organise the effective use of
information technology 303.2 Provide informal information technology support to
colleagues 303.3 Make recommendations for improvements 303.4 Implement ...

Information Technology Diffusion in the Asia Pacific

Perspectives on Policy, Electronic Commerce and Education

According to a recent United Nations report, the increase in power and functionlity of IT coupled with decreasing prices have contributed to rapid IT adoption and use in both developed countries and newly industralised nations of the Asia Pacific. Information Technology Diffusion in the Asia Pacific: Perspectives on Policy, Electronic Commerce and Education provides essential reading on IT diffusion in leading countries of the Asia Pacific. By focusing on some of the different applciations and implications of IT in these nations, contributions in this book deal with aspects of IT applications in the Asia Pacific countries, and ways that information technology can assist nations in dealing with technological and electronic growth and risks involved.

Technology. in. India: Production,. Diffusion. and. Policy. Trends. G. Harindranath
Royal Holloway, University of London, UK India's IT policies in the Nineties show
a trend towards increasing liberalisation and globalisation. However, policy ...

Information Technology Parks of the Asia Pacific

Lessons for the Regional Digital Divide

This work compares IT parks in China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hawaii, in search of strategies that policy makers can employ to reduce the Global Digital Divide, advance distributional equity, and soften some of the negative effects of economic globalization.

In his words: The key issue[s] that will confront us in our formulation of a national
research and development programme are what technologies to develop, what
industries to specialize in, what manpower we can harness and what role we can
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Information Technology

Management Improvements are Essential to VA's Second Effort to Replace Its Outpatient Scheduling System

The Dept. of Vet. Affairs (VA) provides medical care, disability compensation, and vocational rehab. to veterans. The Vet. Health Admin. (VHA) -- a component of VA -- provides care to over 5 million patients in more than 1,500 facilities. VHA relies on an outpatient scheduling system that is over 25 years old. In 2000, VHA began a project to modernize this system as part of a larger departmentwide modernization effort called HealtheVet. However, in Feb. 2009, VA terminated a key contract supporting the project. This report: (1) determined the status of the project; (2) determined the effectiveness of VA's management and oversight of the project; and (3) assessed the impact of the project on VA's overall implementation of its HealtheVet initiative.

In response, the department consolidated IT procurements under the Office of
Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction and established the Technology
Acquisition Center to administer future OI&T contracts. VA Ended the Outpatient
Scheduling ...