introduction: hospital has a complex and special structure and the important question that hospital management facing with is how technology can change structure. in the near future, no factor like it is able to change the structure of organization. this research is a way to know the effect of it on triple dimensions of organization structure includes complexity, formalization, and centralizati...

managers in developed countries are increasingly interested in outsourcing as a potential source of competitiveness and value creation. one of the most useful outsourcing activities in service sector is information system/technology outsourcing. this paper is trying to determine the isp managers’ perceived risks and benefits of it/is outsourcing and also the rate of awareness about potential of...

teams are defined as high performing task groups whose members are actively interdependent and share common performance objectives. this definition suggests that only those groups who perform at high levels due to their collective efforts must be considered as teams. in this paper, a model has been presented for de-termining the effects of information technology in the output of teamwork with y...

cell phone technology is being increasingly used by clinicians to access up-to-date information during patient care. medical students, residents, and faculty members of medical faculties or hospitals use mobile devices, such as smartphones (e.g., iphone, android, blackberry) and tablet computers (e.g., ipad), to answer clinical questions and find medical information. this article investigates t...

Abstract Under the direction of the Principal Investigators and support from the Acquisition Research Program and government and industry partnerships, the Systems Development & Maturity Laboratory (SysDML) at Stevens Institute of Technology has successfully developed, tested, and implemented a system maturity measure (i.e., System Readiness Level) and supporting optimization models for inclusi...

Notwithstanding the relevance of maturity assessments in practice, Information Systems (IS) research has – despite exceptions – yet rarely endeavoured into reflecting and developing theoretically sound maturity models. This paper reports a literature review on maturity models in the IS domain. Specifically, it explores what type of research on maturity models has been undertaken (retrospection)...

The aim of this study is to evaluate information technology governance implementation in the Jordanian domestic banks using the maturity model. An empirical survey using self-administered questionnaire has been carried out to achieve the study objectives. The study results reveal that Jordanian domestic banks applied effective awareness and communications, responsibility and accountability, and...

Information technology plays a significant role in the accounting industry. Accounting practitioners, therefore, are expected to possess necessary IT competencies to execute the day to day activities. However, IT competencies as always been viewed as a uni-dimensional construct, where focus in on imparting technical knowledge. There is a different between the ability to operate IT and IT compet...

The purpose of this preliminary study was to determine the status of IT governance in universities in a developing country, Ghana, by assessing the drivers and barriers to pursuing formal ITG, measuring the extent to which universities align IT goals with academic and business objectives and determining ITG maturity level. Using a survey questionnaire and applying frequency analysis and T-test ...