Two of the most important documents for ensuring the effective deployment of information systems and technologies within the modern business enterprise are the strategic information systems plan [SISP] and the information security policy. The strategic information systems plan ensures that new systems and technologies are deployed in a way that will support an organisation’s strategic goals whi...

Nowadays, globalization and rapid changes in developing countries affect the behavior and culture of people. Adapting to these changes is the vital means to remain in the competition of being a developed society. One of the most important changes is the relationship between humans and land which have evolved by way of many parameters such as globalization, urbanization, technological and econom...

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OBJECTIVE To report about the IMIA Strategic Plan 'Towards IMIA 2015'. METHOD Starting in 2004 with a survey of member needs, expectations and wishes, an IMIA task force elaborated this plan. It has been updated by IMIA General Assembly members in 2005 and 2006. RESULTS A Conceptual Framework for IMIA's strategic plan has been elaborated. The IMIA Strategic Planning Framework stresses the f...