The information technology domain is a dynamic and expansive component that is essential to today's organizational structure. The diffusion of information technology through every industry worldwide has dramatically increased the demand for multidisciplinary and comprehensive research to address the successes, pitfalls, opportunities, challenges, as well as the behavioral, social, economic, and interpersonal impacts, of widespread IT implementation. Managing Worldwide Operations and Communications with Information Technology compiles unique perspectives from the world's leading authorities on the impact of information technology on diverse industries, and the challenges and obstacles that management must face in order to maximize the success of information technology integration into their organizations. These proceedings from the 18th Annual Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) Conference provide authoritative knowledge on leading trends and applications of information technology and management. Topics presented within the proceedings include:Accounting information systemsAgile approaches to systems development Business data communications and networking Customer relationship management systemsDatabase management technologies Data warehousing and mining Distance learning technologies Doctoral symposium submissionsElectronic government research Geographic information systemsHuman computer interactionHuman side of ITInformation quality management Information security management Intellectual property issues Interactive and educational technology IT evaluation methods and management IT global sourcing IT in small business IT management in developing countries IT teaching casesMulticultural issues in IT management Multimedia information management Open source software Project management and ITSocial responsibility in the information age Software engineering technologiesSoftware process improvement Strategic IT management Text database and document managementUnified modeling language and unified process Virtual organizations and society Web-based learning and teaching technologiesVirtual universities With this depth and breadth of coverage of the most current research understanding of the global information technology environment, this collection is essential to any library's efforts to provide up-to-date content on these topics.

Publisher: IGI Publishing
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Managing Worldwide Operations and Communications with Information Technology
Pages: 01686 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2007-01-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781599049298
Category: Business & Economics : International - General