The results of a study investigating the response of farmers to adverse weather events are outlined. The aim was to identify adaptive management activities that would increase on-farm resilience. This project focused on beef/sheep farmers, dairy farmers and horticulturalists in Northland. Participants were pragmatic about adverse weather events, particularly storms. Local knowledge, previous ex...

While the boards of directors acting in their role as strategic planners make information systems (IS) process outsourcing decisions, it is tactical-level IS professionals who must implement outsourcing. The decision to outsource is driven by the perception of how organization's can achieve goals with this strategy. The question this paper explores is possible perceptual differences between dec...

To increase the efficiency of delivery operations in small package shipping (SPS), numerous optimization models for route and location planning decisions have been proposed. This "operations research view" of defining independent problems has two major shortcomings: First, most models from literature neglect crucial real-world characteristics, thus making them useless for small package shippers...

Conceptual models of different aspects of an organization— business objectives, processes, rules, policies and objects—have been used for organizational design, analysis, planning, and knowledge management. Such models have also served as starting points for designing information systems and conducting business intelligence activities. This paper proposes the Tactical Business Intelligence Mode...