Managing Web-Enabled Technologies in Organizations: A Global Perspective: A Global Perspective

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Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., Mehdi
Idea Group Inc (IGI), Jul 1, 1999 - Computers - 261 pages

Technological advancements of the past several decades in computer and telecommunication technologies have had a profound impact upon the fundamental structures of society, and particularly, upon organizations. As these technologies have matured and developed, many organizations have been looking into the organizational and managerial changes that can be made that allow the organization to achieve greater utilization of these technologies to improve their competitive postures.Web-enabled technologies have become a serious contender. Many global organizations are looking into the emerging web-enabled technologies to make their dispersed operations around the world more efficient and maintaining greater control over their resources. Those organizations that have not attempted to identify and master the many applications of web-enabled technologies will have serious difficulty competing and surviving.

This book gives you the latest research findings/writings related to the web-enabled technologies utilization and management in organizations throughout the world.

 

Contents

WebEnabled Technologies Assessment and Management Critical Issues
1
Developing Applications for the Web Exploring Differences Between Traditional and World Wide Web Application Development
23
Planning for Effective WebBased Commerce Application Development
36
Managing Web Technologies Acquisition Utilization and Organization Change Understanding Sociocognitive Processual Dynamics
54
The Five Stages of Cusotmizing WebBased Mass Information Systems
103
Viability Through WebEnabled Technologies
122
World Wide Wait
146
A Matter of Necessity Implementing WebBased Subject Administration
162
WebBased Competency and Training Management Systems for Distance Learning
191
Electronic Commerce in Egypt
210
Managing the Business of WebEnabled Education and Training A Framework and Case Studies for Replacing Blackboards with Browsers for Distanc...
233
About the Authors
256
Index
259
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Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., received his Doctorate in Business Administration from the Nova Southeastern University (Florida, USA). Dr. Khosrow-Pour taught undergraduate and graduate information system courses at the Pennsylvania State University ? Harrisburg for almost 20 years. He is currently Executive Editor at IGI Global (www.igi-global.com). He also serves as Executive Director of the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) (www.irma-international.org) and Executive Director of the World Forgotten Children?s Foundation (www.world-forgotten-children.org). He is the author/editor of more than 100 books in information technology management. He is also currently the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Green Computing, International Journal of Library and Information Services, International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and International Journal of Natural Computing Research, and is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Information Resources Management Journal, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, Journal of Cases on Information Technology, and the Journal of Information Technology Research, and has authored more than 50 articles published in various conference proceedings and scholarly journals. [Editor]

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