Perspectives from information technology leaders

The ethical crisis in business and information technology is very real. Countering this crisis by creating organizational cultures grounded in moral character is the challenge people face as leaders if they are to regain the respect and confidence of the public. As educators of future business and information technology leaders, how can educators prepare their students to understand, appreciate, and contribute to the establishment of cultures of character in the organizations which employ them—and which they may ultimately lead? In this article the authors distinguish among four corporate cultures with respect to ethics —cultures of defiance, compliance, neglect, and character—and present a blueprint for constructing an organizational culture grounded in moral character. With respect to showing students how to contribute to such a culture, the authors then (a) describe how to establish an effective learning context for teaching about ethics, (b) proffer a number of practical suggestions for student assignments and experiences that can empower students to understand, appreciate, and contribute to organizational cultures of character, and (c) explain how to enhance experiential learning by conducting an effective debriefing session. The authors conclude the article by providing three examples from their own experience illustrating how these ideas can be incorporated into programs designed to show business and information technology students how to contribute to organizational cultures grounded in moral character.

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A Survey on the Application of Enterprise Architecture in Healthcare Systems

International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems ◽

10.4018/ijeis.2021070101 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Francisco Petrônio Alencar de Medeiros ◽

Silvano Herculano da Luz Júnior ◽

Francisco Ícaro Cipriano Silva ◽

Gustavo Sousa Galisa Albuquerque ◽

Heremita Brasileiro Lira

Keyword(s):

Success Factors ◽

Enterprise Architecture ◽

Healthcare Systems ◽

Second Step ◽

Critical Success ◽

Research Fields ◽

Business Goals ◽

Technology Leaders ◽

Information Technology Leaders ◽

Empirical Approaches

Enterprise architecture (EA) has been present in scientific literature since the 1980s and has branched out into several research fields. EA delivers value by presenting business and information technology leaders with recommendations for adjusting policies to achieve business goals. Although there are many works on the EA application in healthcare systems, the literature lacks studies that provide a systematic approach to this topic. This work presents a broad systematic literature review (SLR) to select studies demonstrating current EA practices in healthcare systems. The researchers established an SLR protocol returning 280 primary studies after the first step of the data selection and a consolidated inclusion of 46 articles after the second step. They assessed the level of disagreement during the team's evaluations using Cohen's Kappa. This SLR revealed essential aspects of state-of-the-art EA application in healthcare systems, such as the challenges, positive impacts, and critical success factors described by the studies' authors based on empirical approaches.

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Higher Education Technology Administrators as Relational Leaders

Technology Leadership for Innovation in Higher Education - Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7769-0.ch004 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 79-104

Author(s):

Todd Britton ◽

Laura Hyatt

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Information Technology ◽

Literature Review ◽

Leadership Practices ◽

Education Technology ◽

Vice President ◽

Relational Leadership ◽

Job Descriptions ◽

Technology Leaders ◽

Research Benefit

This chapter focused on the key relational leadership practices that are significant to higher education technology leaders now and in the future. The methods employed were a literature review of over 200 publications derived from peer reviewed as well as publicly accessible documents which detailed responsibilities such as job descriptions and position announcements culled from higher education institutions where the titles ranged from technology administrator to vice president of information technology. The analysis showed connections between higher education technology administrators and relational leadership and revealed five central practices. The results of this research benefit higher education technology administrators and the institutions they serve.

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Preparing Business and Information Technology Students to Contribute to Organizational Cultures Grounded in Moral Character

Human Rights and Ethics ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch105 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1901-1923

Author(s):

William I. Sauser Jr. ◽

Ronald R. Sims

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Moral Character ◽

Organizational Cultures ◽

Learning Context ◽

The Public ◽

Effective Learning ◽

Technology Students ◽

Technology Leaders ◽

Show Business ◽

Information Technology Students

The ethical crisis in business and information technology is very real. Countering this crisis by creating organizational cultures grounded in moral character is the challenge people face as leaders if they are to regain the respect and confidence of the public. As educators of future business and information technology leaders, how can educators prepare their students to understand, appreciate, and contribute to the establishment of cultures of character in the organizations which employ them—and which they may ultimately lead? In this article the authors distinguish among four corporate cultures with respect to ethics —cultures of defiance, compliance, neglect, and character—and present a blueprint for constructing an organizational culture grounded in moral character. With respect to showing students how to contribute to such a culture, the authors then (a) describe how to establish an effective learning context for teaching about ethics, (b) proffer a number of practical suggestions for student assignments and experiences that can empower students to understand, appreciate, and contribute to organizational cultures of character, and (c) explain how to enhance experiential learning by conducting an effective debriefing session. The authors conclude the article by providing three examples from their own experience illustrating how these ideas can be incorporated into programs designed to show business and information technology students how to contribute to organizational cultures grounded in moral character.

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Role of Leadership Skills for Developing Digital Acumen in Information Technology Employees

Vision The Journal of Business Perspective ◽

10.1177/0972262920985955 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 097226292098595

Author(s):

Indranil Mutsuddi ◽

Ruchi Sinha

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Subject Matter ◽

Leadership Skills ◽

Ambiguity Tolerance ◽

Subject Matter Experts ◽

Digital Era ◽

Technology Leaders ◽

Information Technology Companies ◽

Made In

With the plethora of changes happening in organizations adopting new digital technologies, managing human resources in information technology organizations had never been more challenging. Keeping in mind, a very few literature available on the role of HR in the new digital era, an attempt has been made in this study to explore the role of leadership skills for developing digital acumen in people working in information technology organizations. The study used sequential mixed methodology to explore the insights of subject matter experts, technology leaders and HR professionals to develop an instrument that explored necessary leadership skills for acquiring digital acumen in employees working in information technology companies. The first part of the study was based on exploring narratives of five subject matter experts. The inputs from these experts came out with broad themes and sub-themes that were used for developing the constructs, namely, acquiring digital acumen, adaptability, ambiguity tolerance, teamwork and collaboration and championing leadership. The part two of the study involved the use of the instrument for recording the opinion of 210 respondents working in software development positions in reputed information technology companies in the NCR of Delhi. The results showed that respondent perception on acquiring digital acumen was mediated by leadership the factor championing leadership. Other intervening leadership variables such as adaptability, ambiguity tolerance and teamwork and collaboration exerted their influence on acquiring digital acumen by exercising ‘championing leadership’ abilities in the organization.

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