When nonprofit organizations operate in a field of service that might otherwise be provided by government or by for-profit organizations, such as schools, hospitals, or museums, their decisions on the type and amount of services to be delivered are motivated by factors that are quite distinctive. Because they must operate on a break-even basis with revenues raised on a voluntary basis, nonprofi...

The issue of strategic software development management generally assumes the organization is in the software industry. However, there are cases of non-software vendors who have successfully built from within and even disseminated the results within their industry. These organizations must also grapple with strategic and tactical software management issues. Case studies and comparisons of such o...

This case describes challenges in the adoption and implementation of IT in two public sector enterprises in the postal and distribution businesses respectively, in India. In spite of similarities in the scale of operations and the general cultural contexts, the IT adoption processes and outcomes of the two organizations were significantly different. While one failed to implement IT in its cruci...

What happened to the idea of world government, so central in the United States to public debate of the 1930s and 1940s, and why has it been replaced by ‘‘global governance’’? This article reviews the reasons behind that evolution—the need to incorporate interdependence and nonstate actors into analytical frameworks along with a lack of imagination from analysts—as well as the pluses and minuses...

Exploitation of the global Information and Communications Technology (ICT) supply chain is a growing security concern for government and industry. This paper frames the key elements of global ICT supply chain security and its importance to government as well as private sector companies, and the development of a comprehensive strategy for education, training, and awareness of the U.S. Department...

BACKGROUND Rates of chronic illness are rising in Australia and as medications are frequently used in the management of a range of chronic conditions, community pharmacists are in an ideal position to better assist these consumers. There is currently limited information as to how pharmacy can do this from the perspective of consumer health organizations, health advocates and professional suppor...

Cloud computing is revolutionising the way software services are procured and used by Government organizations and SMEs. Quantitative risk assessment of Cloud services is complex and undermined by specific security concerns regarding data confidentiality, integrity and availability. This study explores how the gap between the quantitative risk assessment and the perception of the risk can produ...

Standard application packages are used to improve business processes and to reduce costs for information systems. Standard application packages in the form of ERP systems (Enterprise Resource Planning systems) are common among private sector organizations. Public sector organizations use standard application packages developed for specific areas of government operations. Today, the design, use ...

In recent years we are witnessing enormous development of e-government, which has brought about great changes in our society. This study examines the relationship between the levels of egovernment and the quality of government information access, pointing out that e-government principles are based on the assumption that government information should be accessed among all kinds of organizations....

Mobile government (m-government) provides a high potential to facilitate internal work processes, improve the quality of service, and increase performance of organizations in the public sector. However, only a few investigations have been conducted to explore this research area. And we lack of knowledge of evaluating the value and benefits of m-government solutions. In the paper, we identify an...