Information Technology for Management: Current Research and Future Directions (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing)

✍ Scribed by Ewa Ziemba (editor)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 264
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book constitutes extended selected papers from the 17th Conference on Advanced Information Technologies for Management, AITM 2019, and the 14th Conference on Information Systems Management, ISM 2019, held as part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS, which took place in Leipzig, Germany, in September 2019.
The total of 7 full and 6 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 45 submissions. The papers selected to be included in this book contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on and future directions of information technology for management in business and public organizations. They were organized in topical sections named: information technology assessment for future development; methods and models for designing information technology, and aspects of implementing information technology.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgment
Organizations
Contents
Information Technology Assessment for Future Development
Perceptions Towards the Adoption and Utilization of M-Government Services: A Study from the Citizens’ Perspective in Saudi Arabia
1 Introduction
2 Background and Context
3 The Research Methodology
3.1 The Research Instrument
3.2 Reliability and Validity of the Study
4 Research Findings
4.1 Respondents’ Demographic Data
4.2 The Measures of Central Tendency
4.3 Likert Scale
4.4 Descriptive Analysis of Data
5 Research Discussion
6 Conclusion
Appendix
References
On Aspects of Internet and Mobile Marketing from Customer Perspective
1 Introduction
2 Methodology and Study Sample
3 Findings and Discussion
4 Conclusions
References
Drivers and Challenges for Digital Transformation in the South African Retail Industry
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
2.1 Defining Digital Transformation
2.2 Core Digital Technologies Affecting the Retail Industry
2.3 Factors Influencing Digital Transformation
2.4 Technology, Organisation, Environment Framework (TOE)
3 Research Approach and Design
4 Research Analysis and Findings
4.1 Technology
4.2 Organisation
4.3 Environment
4.4 Which Technologies Are Driving Digital Transformation in Retail?
5 Discussion
5.1 Drivers and Inhibitors for Digital Transformation
5.2 Technologies Driving Digital Transformation
5.3 Validity and Reliability of Findings
6 Conclusion, Limitations and Future Research
References
Using Heuristics for Assessing the Usability of the Public Information Bulletins in Poland
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Background
2.1 Web Usability Study
2.2 The Heuristic Evaluation Applied for Studying Websites
2.3 The Public Information Bulletin as an Example of a Public Administration Website
3 Research Methodology and Findings
3.1 Research Questions and Procedure
3.2 Identification of Basic Errors Related to the Usability of the Public Information Bulletin Websites Examined
3.3 Examination of the Public Information Bulletin Websites of Selected Cities
4 Conclusion and Future Works
References
Quantity Vs. Quality in Online Marketplaces: The Case of Kiva
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review and Theoretical Background
3 Kiva
4 Research Methodology
4.1 The Network Effects Hypotheses
4.2 Data, Descriptive Summaries and Empirical Methodology
5 Research Findings
6 Discussion
7 Conclusion
References
Methods and Models for Designing Information Technology
Modelling and Optimization of Wind Farms' Processes Using BPM
1 Introduction
2 BPMS Common Features
3 Survey of BPMNs Platforms
3.1 BPMN Platforms
3.2 Evaluation Criteria
4 Case Study
4.1 Description of the Project
4.2 Process Re-engineering
4.3 Key Performance Indicators
5 Conclusions
References
Multi-criteria Approach to Planning of Information Spreading Processes Focused on Their Initialization with the Use of Sequential Seeding
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
3 Research Methodology
4 Empirical Study
4.1 Evaluation of Viral Marketing Campaign Strategies on a Real Network
4.2 Selection of Synthetic Networks
4.3 Planning of the Viral Marketing Campaign Strategies
4.4 Study of Sequential Seeding on Information Propagation Process
5 Conclusions
References
Predictive Models for Maintenance Optimization: An Analytical Literature Survey of Industrial Maintenance Strategies
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Background
2.1 Classification of Maintenance Approaches
2.2 Multimodal ML Methods
3 Research Methodology
3.1 Selection of Literature
3.2 Description of the Criteria Used for Analysis
4 Research Findings
4.1 Corrective Maintenance
4.2 Preventive Maintenance
4.3 Predictive Maintenance
4.4 Multimodal ML Methods: Data Fusion
5 Discussion of Findings
6 Conclusions
6.1 Research Contribution
6.2 Implications for Research and Practice
6.3 Limitations and Future Works
References
Framework for Project Management in Agile Projects: A Quantitative Study
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
2.1 Traditional Project Management Methodologies
2.2 Agile Project Management Methodologies
2.3 Project Manager
2.4 Project Management Tasks
2.5 Summary
2.6 Research Questions
3 Research Methodology
3.1 Theoretical Framework
3.2 Mapping Tasks and Roles
3.3 Survey
3.4 Descriptive Statistics
3.5 Case-Controlled Match Analysis
3.6 Validity and Reliability
4 Data Analysis and Results
4.1 Project Efficiency
4.2 Methodology
4.3 Roles
4.4 Tasks
4.5 Summary
5 Discussion
6 Conclusions
6.1 Contributions to Knowledge
6.2 Implications for Practice
6.3 Implications for Research
6.4 Limitations and Further Research
References
Aspects of Implementing Information Technology
Discovery of Customer Communities – Evaluation Aspects
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical and Contextual Backgrounds
3 Research Methodology
4 Evaluation Measures and Research Findings
5 Conclusions and Future Research
References
Perspectives on Industrial Symbiosis Implementation: Informational, Managerial, and IT Aspects
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Background
3 Research Methodology—Overall Research Approach
4 Literature Review
4.1 Methodology
4.2 Results
5 Survey Design and Pre-study
5.1 Methodology
5.2 Pre-study – Initial Results
6 Discussion and Future Steps
References
How to Extract Workflow Privacy Patterns from Legal Documents
1 Introduction
2 Related Work
2.1 Privacy Concepts
2.2 Patterns
2.3 Representation of Privacy Requirements
3 Deriving Workflow Privacy Patterns
3.1 Problem Statement
3.2 Structures of Legal Texts and Design Patterns
3.3 Options to Represent Legal Texts
4 The CCC Model
4.1 WPP Structure
4.2 The CCC Model
5 Use Cases
5.1 Lawfulness of an Electronic Consent
5.2 The Right to Be Forgotten
5.3 Discussion
6 Conclusion
References
Exploratory Study of PaaS Adoption Determinants Using Experimentally Augmented Delphi Process
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
2.1 PaaS
2.2 PaaS Challenges
2.3 PaaS Automation
2.4 Research Questions
3 Research Methodology
3.1 Delphi Technique
3.2 Delphi Process Formation
3.3 Delphi Rounds
4 Research Findings
4.1 PaaS Management System Design
4.2 PaaS Automation Lifecycle Management
4.3 Dual-Integrity Check
4.4 Experiment
5 Discussion of Findings
5.1 Analysis of Critics
5.2 Proposed PaaS TOE Model
6 Conclusion
6.1 Research Contribution
6.2 Implication for Research and Practice
6.3 Limitations and Future Work
References
Author Index