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Decisions in today's competitive and turbulent environments without access to information can confuse managers. The information system, which is planning, design and deployment as efficient and effective way, can help to improve the organization and create competitive advantages. One of the success factors and effectiveness of information systems in organizations is the organizational factors. In this research, organizational factors such as top management support, resource allocation, decision-making structure, management style and alignment of goals and knowledge of IT management, that affects the success factors of information systems (System quality, user satisfaction, perceived usefulness and quality of information), were analyzed and prioritized by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in Industries and Mines Organization of Isfahan Province. After gathering information and analysis them by using the Expert Choice, it was found that among success factors of information systems, and user satisfaction is the most important factor and the most important factor affecting success of organizational information system is the top management support.

In this paper, the information support system is designed using SOA technology. We describe the overall framework design and function design of information support system. The information support system collects equipment running and state information, and provides information support for equipment maintenance support business according the actual maintenance situation of the equipment

WOS: 000415645900022 A typical Decision Support System requires data access, a model enhanced with proper machine learning algorithms and a user interface. So, thanks to the development of fast machine learning algorithms and big data, Decision Support Systems may be used as Executive Information Systems in practice to support the decisions of executives. With the improvement of science and technology, it has become more feasible to store large amounts of data both on local and remote databases. New and robust machine learning algorithms are available to process this data and extract information to support decision makers and decision-making processes like future risk management, investment plans, predicting opportunities in the sector, long-term recruitment plans, and employee training programs. In this chapter, decision support systems have been presented in general. Additionally, some details have been given about how to use decision support systems and for what business purposes they may be exploited by the top management.

Muhammadiyah University of Magelang (UMM) has integrated academic information systems in terms of both data and applications. This system has been constructed 6 years ago and has been used by the service level to the policy level. However, until today, there is no data can be presented in an appropriate format for the decision-maker, since the data are functionally separated. In addition, reporting data is not easily used by decision-makers because it does not apply the concept of the data warehouse. So that the information can be used by decision-makers, the data warehouse must be constructed using appropriate methods. In this paper, Kimball methodology is chosen because the design starts from user needs. The methodology causes the system to be able to present complete and appropriate data presentation as well as the user wants. UMM Academic Executive Information System (EIS) has been successfully constructed using the data warehouse. As a result, the system is able to present the integrated data and is able to demonstrate factual data from a variety of dimensions as required by decision-makers. By using the EIS, the decision-maker can trace the problem source that happened in their education system.

[EN] This study assesses the value for organizations of effectively managing information. It develops the information management concept from the resourcebased view and proposes and validates a scale to measure the capability of information management in an organization. Empirical research in the Spanish IT consulting and telecommunication sectors enables us to vouch for the positive causal relation between information management capability and three different measures of organizational performance: competitive position, productivity, and customer satisfaction., The authors thank the financial support from project DER2015-65519-C2-2-R MINECO/FEDER, UE.

As having analyzed an advance research that had looked into how characteristics of information system affect use and success of the concerned system, the study determined that system quality, information quality and service quality are the fundamental requirements for a good accounting information system. In addition, based on perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use that have been selected as major variables related to information system acceptance proposed by Davis[10], the study conducted an empirical analysis on how such factors would influence performance of the accounting information system. According to the results from the analysis, the system quality one of the characteristics of the accounting information system was observed to have a significant influence on the perceived ease of use while both the information quality and the service quality would positively affect the perceived usefulness. Not only that, the perceived ease of use and the perceived usefulness were confirmed to be a significant factor to the performance, and with those results, all the theses of the study have been selected. As proved even with the information system success model, the system quality, the information quality and the service quality are definitely the most necessary elements for business management, and it also turned out that those elements would play an important role in several stages of the information system.

Establishing the right executive compensation system, choosing the key performance indicators, establishing thresholds, targets and maximums, and making fair judgments of management's performance are among the key challenges of boards of directors. Attracting, retaining and motivating a strong and effective executive team is critical for the success of the corporation. A key tool in doing so is the executive compensation system. This article is intended to summarize the key decision parameters in establishing an appropriate executive compensation system, to provide guidance on how to set the targets for the system and how to evaluate performance. It also provides examples of key issues to consider in setting the executive compensation based on the characteristics of different industries and companies.

Purpose The purpose of this article is to describe perspectives on information availability and information use among users of a management information system in one specialized health care organization. The management information system (MIS) is defined as the information system that provides management with information about financial and operational aspects of hospital management. Methods The material for this qualitative case study was gathered by semi-structured interviews. The interviewees were purposefully selected from one specialized health care organization. The organization has developed its management information system in recent years. Altogether 13 front-line, middle and top-level managers were interviewed. The two themes discussed were information availability and information use. The data were analyzed using inductive content analysis using ATLAS.ti computer program. Results The main category "usage of management information system" consisted of four sub-categories: (1) system quality, (2) information quality, (3) use and user satisfaction and (4) development of information culture. Conclusions There were many organizational and cultural aspects which influence the use of MIS in addition to factors concerning system usability and users. The connection between information culture and information use was recognized and the managers proposed numerous ways to increase the use of information in management work. The implementation and use of management information system did not seem to be planned as an essential tool in strategic information management in the health care organization studied.

Enterprise content management (ECM) systems are implemented in many organizations to deal with the complexity of the structured and unstructured organizational data. The little available ECM literature shows that many organizations using ECM focus on short-term benefits while strategic decision-making benefits are rarely considered. Although the relationship between the use of ECM and decision support (DS) is investigated recently, there is scarcity in research that investigates the categories of DS capabilities that ECM systems may have. The objective of this paper is to determine whether ECM systems can have the DS capabilities of four categories of decision support systems, namely classic decision support systems (DSS), executive information systems (EIS), expert systems (ES), and group decision support systems (GDSS). The findings indicate that ECM systems can have all decision support capabilities of classic DSS, EIS, and ES. However, ECM systems can have only a portion of decision support capabilities of GDSS.

Department of cooperatives and small micro enterprises Cimahi is one of the technical services that manage and exploit all the economic potential in the city of Cimahi either in the form of potential human resources and other resources through the empowerment of cooperatives Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Related to the process, there are some constraints in terms of data collection UMKM as a whole, one of them in terms of administrative data collection strategic planning. The process of making strategic planning carried out by UMKM. The process of making such a factor of success in the running of UMKM for a period of 5 to 10 years based on the reference contained in the strategic planning documents, the data renstra an UMKM that are not integrated with each other because dozens of UMKM in services with likely make difficulties in its management services. This study aims to establish an executive information system visualization for the preparation of strategic planning to facilitate the process of making strategic planning for UMKM Cimahi which can be integrated with the service cooperative UMKM, microfinance institutions and other related institutions

Comprehensive information system analysis is time-consuming process and must reflect the complexity of the modelled system. To mitigate this process, analysis patterns can be applied when suitable. They represent prefabricated parts of the application with well-defined structure and roles. In this paper we would like to demonstrate the application of analysis patterns for modelling of information system for security companies. The designed information system is reflecting actual situation in Slovak Republic legislation in the area of the type position defined for security management companies.

Application of Information Technology like ERP, Ecommerce, Data warehousing and Data mining are getting popularity in certain areas of industrial operations like Sales, production & Production planning, EIS(Executive Information System),System Admin, Statutory requirements, Corporate portal, Customer care, maintenance, quality control, inventory management, finance, marketing and HRIS(HR & Payroll). If we discuss to sustain competitive advantage in the dynamic market, an analysis at the micro level is essential e.g. Market and difference within markets, well-articulated understanding of market needs & implications of these for all functions i.e.. On time Delivery (OTD) of raw material market projections, order scheduling, production planning & control and after sales analysis apart from that big challenge is maintain the structured data like Multimedia and synchronization of access & retrieval of data according to final output. ERP is the only solution to face all the changes emerged due to changed business environment and also for the problems due to preventing traditional system of working in terms of data accessibility for the heterogeneous platform through the ERP solution. In Industry accurate planning and scheduling of orders, better date predictions, quick response to query and online detailed information of orders is must for doing business. As a result in the past few years at industry have invested in integrated systems, along with powerful hardware and software. The change from customized modular software to ERP is the current trend in Industry. Different type of industry are now going in for ERP/MRP (Material Resource Planning) and also web based software to enable them to remain competitive in this highly technology and competition driven economy. Effective application of Information technology in Industry has now become an integral part of their operations and a dire necessity for facing global challenges. Major benefits of ERP based systems are prompt and paperless communication, Better understanding of processes and business practices during implementation, an automatic discipline is imbibed in the users as lack of or delay in data entry by one department holds up the work in the next department. ERP helps in work center capacity analysis, work planning, advance planning of materials, stock management, warehouse management and reduced process cycle times resulting from using online purchase requisitions. By adopting ERP in industry system real time approach is possible to overcome the problem as mentioned above and also improve information system in terms of data access & retrieval.

This article reviews current approaches to information management orthodoxy and the need to improve practice via the integration of business intelligence techniques. It reviews the risks to the information society and how techniques used by information professionals need to be updated in order to support corporate transformation via the improved usage of intelligence to drive decision making across the information estate.

Decision Support System (DSS) is equivalent synonym as management information systems (MIS). Decision supporting systems include also decisions made upon individual data from external sources, management feeling, and various other data sources not included in business intelligence. They serve as an integrated repository for internal and external data-intelligence critical to understanding and evaluating the business within its environmental context. Data mining have emerged to meet this need. With the addition of models, analytic tools, and user interfaces, they have the potential to provide actionable information that supports effective problem and opportunity identification, critical decision-making, and strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. The proposed system will support top level management to make a good decision in any time under any uncertain environment.

From a simple text interface to a graphical user interfaces-Astro-WISE provides the user with a wide range of possibilities to interact with the information system according to the user's tasks and use cases. We describe a general approach to the interfacing of a scientific information system. We use this approach to create a number of services, which allows the user to browse the data stored in the system, to process the data and to exchange the newly created images and catalogs with the users within the system and wider astronomical community. Reusability of interfaces and services is another important feature of our approach. It reduces the time and resources spent to interface other information systems created from Astro-WISE.

Melco Crown Entertainment® (MCE), developer and owner of the casino gaming resort facilities of Altira Macau®, City of Dreams® and Mocha Clubs®, decided to centralize a number of operations in these three properties through a centralized ERP in April 2010. The Supply Chain (SC) department was the first target. Yet, a number of difficulties occurred due to organizational changes under this post-implementation phase. This current research paper aims to determine what issues, complications and challenges occurred after its implementation. In order to establish the level of agreement by the three staff levels, a questionnaire was developed regarding the major drawbacks of the project. As a result, some recommendations are given to MCE to achieve a smooth operational change in the near future.

Progress monitoring and control is one of the most important tasks of management project. Basically, construction works produce a lot of information that were required by top managements of construction organizations to track the work progress on site. A recent issue highlighted by top managements is inefficiency in obtaining information from project site on time. Hence, the focus of this research is to establish a computerized information system that can be utilized by top management in order to evaluate the construction progress. The aim of this research is to develop a computerized project progress monitoring entitled Executive Information Site Monitoring System (EISMS). In order to develop EISMS, Classic Waterfall Model has been considered as a basis for system development. The development process started by identifying system requirements, followed by EISMS proposal, EISMS design, EISMS implementation, and ended up with system validation and verification. In conclusion, EISMS was successfully developed and implemented during construction phase which allows top management of construction organization to monitor the construction site progress more efficiently and helps them in the decision making and taking timely appropriate action.

Information management system in higher education both in institutional level and national level is a burgeoning issue around the world. Rapidly changing Information Technology (IT) shoves the information manager for continuous updating the system. Among other factors, quality enhancement of Higher Education of a country significantly depends on the utilisation of IT in the design of an efficient Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS) both at institution level and national level. The system needs development of a software and network within and outside the institute and the adaptation of enhanced technology. Utility of this system depends on information flow, information management and technology and also the stakeholder’s attitude. This paper mainly deals with strategic requirement of the system.

Information Systems (IS) meant to help senior managers are known as Executive Information Systems (EIS). Despite a five-decade tradition of such IS, many executives still complain that they bear little relevance to managing a company and, even more, fail to accommodate their working style. The increasing acceptance of IS among today's executives and technological advances of the Internet era make the present moment favorable for redesigning EIS. Following the design science paradigm in IS research, this article provides six principles for such a redesign. To do so, we survey executives regarding their requirements and the IS they currently use. We then derive principles for a redesign to fill the gaps. They address diverse areas: a comprehensive information model, functions to better analyze and process information, easy-to-use IS handling, a more flexible IS architecture and data model, a proper information management, and fast prototype implementation. Finally a field test demonstrates and evaluates the utility of our proposal by means of a prototype.

Executive information system (EIS) has been widely used in enterprises and institutions to help the executives make decisions quickly and accurately for the organization's business needs. A research is conducted to create a marketing executive information system that can produce analytic reports and comparison reports for the executive of Benza Prima. For information search the fact finding techniques is utilized by conducting surveys directly to the company to study the company needs and the running procedures. The executive information system design uses Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) methodology. The research results in an executive information system that produces report in forms of pivot tables and charts to help the Benza Prima executives make decisions. The marketing executive information system design is expected to provide analytic information that can be used by the Benza Prima executive as an analytic tool in planning marketing strategies.

Problem statement: Education management is a centralized process of planning, monitoring and controlling entities involved in education affairs so that they align with educational aspirations. It normally concerns several layers of administration that requires different types of information from various operational units. Operational units in education however are scattered and managed independently. As a result, most information is isolated where it is not easily and readily available. This hinders executives from making good judgment since a holistic view about the operations cannot be obtained instantly. Approach: This issue can be resolved, for instance, by having an Executive Information System (EIS). EIS is a dedicated information system that has the capacity to not only retrieving and storing information but also performing comparative analyses through its mapping and merging feature. EIS however does not depend entirely on technology. To succeed, an EIS should be developed based on concrete underlying bases that consider both operational and business aspects. The bases are called Critical Success Factors (CSF). This study discusses the CSF that influence EIS development for education domain. The factors were identified through reviews of related work and two iterations of field work that used semi-structured interviews as the means of data collection. The study adopted qualitative approach where the data were analyzed by using content analysis. Results: The collated CSF form a framework of successful EIS development, which can be employed by education stakeholders as a guideline for developing EIS in the institution. Conclusion: The framework is seen as feasible and practical to be applied in education domain as it considers the necessary elements of education business.

The U.S. Defense Ammunition Center (DAC) has a mission to provide ammunition and explosives safety instruction, training, and logistics support to Department of Defense (DoD) military and civilian personnel worldwide. To effectively support its ammunition readiness mission, DAC collects, organizes, manages and disseminates information and knowledge that is both current and pertinent to the ammunition community. A major component of the DAC Knowledge Management strategy is the use of an online management information system (MIS) for controlling the use of different classes of ammunition. A key tool for successfully using an online MIS is an online performance support system. We discuss our efforts to develop a video-based performance support system for the U.S. Army’s Total Ammunition Management Information System (TAMIS), lessons learned, next steps, and the practice implications for the human factors, information technology, and knowledge management communities.

Certain issues regarding construction of information-management systems at gas industry enterprises are considered. An approach to designing hybrid intellectual decision support system is suggested.

Using intelligent agent-based systems to support information processing for executives has not been significantly advanced in both theory and practice. Research into this field tends to focus more on technical aspects than on social perspective. When executives are faced with increasing information availability and uncertainty in the business environment, using intelligent agent-based systems to enhance executives' information processing capability appears both an opportunity and a necessity. This study examines UK executives' perceptions of intelligent agent-based systems for information scanning, filtering, interpretation and alerting. The study follows a deductive research design, i.e. hypothesis formulation and testing from the user's perspective. Qualitative data was collected through focus groups and interviews with executives in the UK. The study produces rich evidence that challenges preconceptions of using agent-based information processing system by executives. The findings develop insight into executives' behavior in information processing, which has implications for intelligent system developers and organizational information processing practice.

Research information is an important work in research management of college, and involves abundant information in content and range. This article describes the overall design framework, design ideas as well as function modules of a Research Management Information System. The system not only greatly reduce the workload and improve efficiency of research management, but also would provide a large number of detailed historical data in management decisions.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to outline the development steps that should be undertaken by any executives who are to be sent on an expatriate assignment to take the lead in a foreign subsidiary location. It highlights the need to develop an understanding of the host country's business practices, cultural preferences and operational methods.Design/methodology/approachThis article explores contemporary thinking and practice and is based on work carried out over the past two years. It also uses arguments from organizational development and learning literature.FindingsThe paper explains that programs need to impart skills and knowledge in the area of cross cultural empathy, cross cultural communication and leadership, and, finally, the individual's self efficacy and level of adaptability.Practical implicationsThe paper provides insights and practical tools to assist in the development of a successful international executive.Originality/valueThe short paper is designed for executives and researchers with demanding lifestyles and assists in getting an in‐depth overview by selecting the most relevant information and presenting it in a condensed and easy‐to‐digest format.

This manuscript presents an infrastructure that contributes to ubiquitous information. Advances in Ambient Intelligence may help to provide us with the right information at the right time, in an appropriate manner and through the most suitable device for each situation. It is therefore crucial for such devices to have contextual information; that is, to know the person or persons in need of information, the environment, and the available devices and services. All of this information, in appropriate models, can provide a simplified view of the real world and let the system act more like a human and, consequently, more intelligently. A suitable context model is not enough; proactive user interface adaptation is necessary to offer personalized information to the user. In this paper, we present mechanisms for the management of contextual information, reasoning techniques and adaptable user interfaces to support visualization services, providing functionality to make decisions about what and how available information can be offered. Additionally, we present the ViMos framework, an infrastructure to generate context-powered information visualization services dynamically.

Information Technology (IT) is the key role to enhance the quality of Higher Education, by designing and implementing Executive Information System (EIS). EIS is one of the ways used to improve the competitive advantage of Higher Education. EIS can improve services to the internal information needs of Higher Education and can be used to predict / give input to business decisions that will be taken by the University. Information obtained by extraction and transformation of operational data of Higher Education and collected in data warehouse. The transformation is done by several stages, formulation, aggregation and validation so that the data obtained in accordance with the interest of business analysis of Higher Education. Because of this research will focus on how to design the appropriate categories, schemes and data models to design the EIS Higher Education.

A considerable amount of the required information in risk and emergency management is geographical, but this information does not always reach the right actors at the right time, so how can geographical information be organised in such a way that it supports risk and emergency management more effectively? The answer requires a conceptualisation of risk and emergency management practices resulting in the network-centric concept, which implies that those involved in risk and emergency management are connected and that they have the capability to share and access information. The concept was made operational through the development of an information system and the exchange of geographical information within the system was facilitated by the use of peer-to-peer networking in combination with a client server network. On the application level, the information was presented in both map and text forms to support the exchange of information between actors. This way of organising geographical information and technology leads to improved information and communication, better situational awareness and faster decision making.

Background / Context A thorough understanding of the information-seeking behaviors of specific disciplines, as well as distinct user groups within a discipline, is fundamental to the process of development of disciplinary informatics. Significant research has been conducted, largely by library and information science scholars across a range of disciplines, but none that has focused primarily on education. Existing studies of information-seeking behavior have not been communicated to education scholars and professionals. The lack of consensus on the nature, execution, and application of educational research and the fundamental disconnect between scholars and practitioners further complicate the question. Users of education literature are diverse, including a spectrum of scholars, professionals, practitioners, parents, and the general public. Patterns of information seeking and application must be better understood to successfully develop a structure for education informatics. Purpose The purpose of this article is to bring to the education community a higher level of awareness of the overarching dynamics of information structure, organization, and retrieval, as well as recognition of the relationship of those dynamics to the evolving nature, definition, and execution of education research, to the development of education informatics. Research Design This article consists of a literature review and synthesis of research, analysis of distinct user populations, and an issues analysis with recommendations. Conclusions Exacerbated by failed communication opportunities across all segments of the producer/user community, and in spite of legislative mandates for data-driven and scientifically based research, there remains a void in the collective ability to converse across subsets of the user community and to translate research into practice. Practitioners need to learn basic research design, concepts, methodologies, and assessment measures; means to interpret results, validity, and bias; and ways to understanding limitations of the study. Practitioners also must be able to incorporate findings into their practice. They must do teacher research that is collaborative, replicable, shared, and reviewable and become both effective producers and critical consumers of research. Academic researchers need to focus on the complex issues that teachers face on a daily basis; explain why questions are being asked and conducted in a particular way; present findings in a manner more accessible to practitioners; and demonstrate how findings can be made generalizable. Education informatics has the potential to be the dynamic that helps translate research into practice to facilitate the application of research findings within the context of individualized environments, to provide the common ground for collaborative work, and to create the necessary synergy between theory and practice.

According to the characteristics of an environmental risk emergency management decision support information system, this paper builds a complete system outline and structure, using a C/S and B/S hybrid structure and loose integrated model. It proposes the system implementation techniques route, designs the system function modules and database, completes the database construction and the main system functions.

This study strives to synthesize and integrate the business intelligence (BI) research areas around four strategic clusters. The article provides a new re- conceptualization of BI across four strategic clusters: BI as a system, BI as a planned process, BI as a product, BI as a decisional paradigm. The present paper connects BI literature with research in strategic management, by plotting the existing research strands 1) environmental scanning, 2) competitive intelligence, 3) executive information systems, 4) business intelligence, against strategic dimensions of a) orientation (External vs. Internal) and b) focus (Content vs. Process). This conceptual article contributes to the literature by 1) connecting BI literature to strategic management, by plotting the existing research on environmental scanning, competitive intelligence, executive information systems, and business intelligence, against strategic dimensions of strategic orientation and strategic focus, 2) providing suggestions for future research b...

This exploratory study outlines the rationalization of why Ontology's taxonomy requires a strong hierarchy, accuracy, and interoperability in order to be used as a successfully re-useable information management system. Finding the relevant information in a plethora of possible resources by bridging the gap between the user's needs and the resources of the information technology system is the goal that the information management field should find a way to achieve. This study is based on discussions and interviews with a taxonomist, information architect, and information manager, whose discussions were based on the usability and interoperability of the knowledge based information systems. These professional perspectives are necessary as they are the liaison between users and the information technology group. We found that in order for information managers to ensure successful sharing of knowledge across the end users, a common sense language must be issued in order to achieve reasoning for the artificial intelligence system.

System evaluation is a necessary step in system development process to measure the successfulness of a system. However, this step has often been overlooked by system developers during the development process. This study aimed to discuss several system evaluations for Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and to explain the methodology used to evaluate a DSS model. In this study, a DSS model has been developed to assist decision makers to select an appropriate tree species to be planted for commercial tree planting. Based on few literatures, eight usability factors (efficiency, understandability, operability, attractiveness, error prevention, learnability, accuracy and effectiveness) have been identified for the evaluation process. The results present the usability level for each factor and indicated the tested DSS model is in the excellent level. It is anticipated that system developers can improve the DSS based on these findings as well as from the comments and suggestions made by the respondents.

Estimation of solar energy potential of a region requires detailed solar radiation climatology, and it is necessary to collect extensive radiation data of high accuracy covering all climatic zones of the region. In this regard, a wireless data acquisition system (WDAS) would help to estimate solar energy potential considering the remote region’s energy requirement. This article explains the design and implementation of WDAS for assessment of solar energy. The proposed system consists of a set of sensors for measuring meteorological parameters. The collected data are first conditioned using precision electronic circuits and then interfaced to a PC using RS232 connection via wireless unit. The LabVIEW program is used to further process, display and store the collected data in the PC disk. The proposed architecture permits the rapid system development and has the advantage of flexibility and it can be easily extended for controlling the renewable energy systems like photovoltaic system. The WDAS with executive information systems and reporting tools helps to tap vast data resources and deliver information.

The modern problems of the development of information services in Russia and abroad are considered from the standpoint of information management. The experience of the information management department of the St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts is described.

The information system that supports innovation activity in Russia needs improvements in its institutional structure. The paper treats an approach to this issue.