Information Management Through a Multidimensional Information Systems Architecture

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Bessa ◽  
Frederico Branco ◽  
António Rio Costa ◽  
José Martins ◽  
Ramiro Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Systems Architecture ◽  
Information Systems Architecture ◽  
Portuguese Higher Education ◽  
The University ◽  
Systems Architectures ◽  
High Degree

Portuguese Higher Education Institutions have more and more data that needs to be processed in order to get information and, therefore, Knowledge. In order to respond to this need, over time there have been several types of IS supported by ICT, which enables them to achieve these features and, at the same time, help with their daily activities. However, the continuous evolution of this technological component has led to a current high degree of complexity, from which the Information Systems Architectures emerged as means of increasing the effectiveness of its management and maintenance. Using the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro as a case study, the research team proposed a generic ISA that enabled it to have a transversal vision of its IS, allowing the validation of existence/need IS focused on Information Management and decision-making under a multidimensional perspective, i.e., geared towards the various organizational levels, since the Operational level to the Strategic level, taking into account the information needs associated with each player.

Model-Supported Alignment of Information Systems Architecture

2011 ◽  
pp. 28-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas L. Opdahl
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Early Theory ◽  
Systems Architecture ◽  
Alternative Future ◽  
Industrial Projects ◽  
Architecture Management ◽  
Information Systems Architecture ◽  
Associated Representation ◽  
High Level

The chapter presents an alignment framework and an associated representation framework for information systems (IS) architecture management. The alignment framework supports identification of high-level longer-term principles for evolution of IS architectures. The fundamental idea of the alignment framework is to generate alternative future IS architectures by grouping IS-architecture phenomena into IS-architecture areas in different ways. The representation framework supports the creation of IS-architecture models that can support IS-architecture alignment and other IS-architecture management tasks. In addition, the representation framework is a conceptual model for thinking about IS-architectures. Together, the alignment and representation frameworks constitute an early theory of IS architectures and IS-architecture work. They are part of a comprehensive methodology that results from several years of case and theory studies, tool developments, industrial projects and consulting.

scholarly journals Crisis Communication Characteristics & Errors: A Case Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Martial Pasquier ◽  
Etienne Fivat
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Political Reform ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Important Impact ◽  
Media Communications ◽  
The University ◽  
Personal Harm

In 2006, events surrounding the University of Geneva led to the resignation of its executive board, and a political reform of the institution. This case constitutes a typical example of where a crisis is strengthened, and even created, by inappropriate information-management. Such situations, in which material damages and personal harm are generally quite limited, are increasingly frequent and have a particularly important impact on public trust in political and administrative institutions. The main aim of this paper is to identify the characteristics of this type of crisis, and errors linked to it from a media-communications perspective. This will be done through an analysis of publications in four different newspapers, as well as of official documents and statements from the period during which the crisis took place and in the months that followed.

Linking Strategic Information Systems Concepts to Practice: Systems Integration at the Portfolio Level

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doug Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Strategic Information ◽  
Strategic Information Systems ◽  
The Past ◽  
Interpretive Case Study ◽  
Integration Planning ◽  
Is Integration ◽  
Planning Concepts ◽  
Systems Architectures

Surveys during the past two decades have consistently shown that many of the most critical management concerns with information systems arise at the portfolio, rather than application, level. Architecture-driven planning with a view to the implementation of integrated information systems structures has been widely canvassed as a means of dealing with portfolio-level issues, particularly the problems of inconsistent data and uncoordinated processes which have affected many organizations in recent years. The benefits anticipated from this type of initiative have been such that many organizations have persisted with architecture-based strategies despite reports of high failure rates. This paper reports on some research into IS integration planning in the organization Telstra (formerly Telecom Australia)) during a period of 40 years. The research was conducted as an interpretive case study, with practitioners’ assessments and perspectives on IS planning being incorporated in the data analysis. The focus of the study was on four critical assumptions, which were identified during an initial review of the theoretical literature as having to hold true for an organization to expect success with this form of planning. The study revealed that none of these assumptions held reliably throughout the period studied, a point fundamental to understanding why relatively little progress was made towards published integration targets. The paper then canvasses the view that though traditionally understood as blueprints for implementation, information systems architectures could be reconceptualized as knowledge assets, with independent value as sources of core planning concepts. The conclusion drawn is that their use in this type of role could facilitate the achievement of many, if not all, of the benefits anticipated from more comprehensive approaches.

Human Centred Design Considerations for Multidisciplinary Chronic Heart Failure Disease Management Technology

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 2-642-2-645
Author(s):  
Gyda Bjornsdottir
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Chronic Heart Failure ◽  
Disease Management ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Holistic Nursing ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Home Based ◽  
High Degree

Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) is a multi-faceted syndrome associated with high mortality and morbidity, as well as high health care costs from both patient and healthcare system perspectives. Optimal CHF disease management involves a high degree of information management and processing, for patients and providers, as well as timely and appropriate information sharing between them. Nurses have long been important conductors of information between patients and the healthcare system, and can provide a valuable perspective on the design of interactive information technology (IIT) to support multidisciplinary sharing of health information. The complimentary perspectives of holistic nursing and human-centred engineering design are discussed in evaluating multidisciplinary information needs and information management needs regarding CHF disease management of home-based CHF patients in Iceland, the author's home country.

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