This paper explores challenges of the evolution of the concept of Information Systems (IS) and its implications on IS as a discipline. The concept of IS has come a long way since the first ‘computer applications’ that automated routine, repetitive tasks, up until today’s organisation-wide IS, groupware systems and Internetbased IS that mediate communications. Gradually, IS have penetrated into ...

This paper explores the developments which have precipitated the use and integration of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) within the South African Police Services (SAPS). The paper provides a historical overview of GIS within South Africa, supplemented with the legislative origins of the integration of GIS within policing in the country. Various geo-analytic operations that GIS technology ...

Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has declared a global war on terrorism and has strived to make the nation secure. However, as revealed in the 2009 Christmas Day attack, the government did not have a capable system to defend the country against terrorist attacks. This paper discusses the current issues and problems of airport security in terms of hardware, software, da...

Craig M. Froehle, Department of Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems, Carl H. Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, and James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, [email protected]; and Michael J. Magazine, Department of Operations, Business Analytic...

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the decision of how to perform evaluation depending on the evaluation context. Three general strategies of how to perform evaluation are identified: Goal-free evaluation, goal-based and criteria-based evaluation. Two general strategies of what to evaluate are identified: IT-system as such and IT-system in use. From the three “how-strategies” and the two...

Research has indicated that health information technology has the potential to reduce medical error and the chances of an adverse event occurring. However, research has indicated that poorly designed systems may inadvertently lead to error (technology-induced error). In this paper, we describe our most recent work in developing a new framework for the integration of multiple forms of simulation...

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This paper reports on a study that compares the problem-solving style, in terms of adaption and innovation, of Information Systems and Computer Science majors. The adaption/innovation characterization of problem-solving styles was developed by Kirton and is measured by Kirton’s Adaption-Innovation inventory. This is a well-validated instrument that measures the respondent’s preferred approach t...

The CSI-Effect (Crime Scene Investigation Effect) proposes that jurors tend to acquit suspects when forensic evidence doesn’t exist (or when existing technology fails to reveal sufficient forensic evidence). This study surveyed 71 students in Computer and Information Systems-related degree programs. Specifically, the survey attempted to answer two questions: 1) Does the technology portrayed in ...