Andrew Targowski

Digital technology is ever-changing, which means that those working or planning to work in IT or apply IT systems must strategize how and what applications and technologies are...

The purpose of this study is to define what is information, mainly in terms of cognition units, and also find out its other perspectives and images. Once information is...

This study defines the nature, scope, pace, and consequences of the rapid development of social networking in the 21st century. The impact of INFOCO systems upon civilizational...

The purpose of this study is to define a comprehensive solution for the improvements of lives of Americans. It is assumed that health is one of the three major constituents of...

This study defines the nature, scope, pace, and consequences of the rapid development of social networking in the 21st century. The impact of INFOCO systems upon civilizational...

Since wisdom is the ultimate human virtue, its application is important for humans and civilization. Cognitive Informatics and Wisdom Development: Interdisciplinary Approaches...

The enterprise system approach is defined by its evolution and major milestones of architectural planning. The ES architectures are multi-faceted solutions, hence it is defined...

The purpose of this study is to define generic service processes, their system, and a scope of service science developed originally by the author. In the presented approach, the...

The enterprise system approach is defined by its evolution and major milestones of architectural planning. The ES architectures are multi-faceted solutions, hence it is defined...

In this paper, the author defines the evolution of the Classic Enterprise Information Infrastructure into Sustainability and Global Enterprise Information Infrastructure....

The purpose of this study is to define generic service processes, their system, and a scope of service science developed originally by the author. In the presented approach, the...

Latent in the current environment of rapid technological advances are breakthroughs waiting to be discovered that will have profound impacts on how organizations will cope with...

The purpose of this study is to define generic service processes, their system, and a scope of service science developed originally by the author. In the presented approach, the...

This chapter provides theoretical analysis and synthesis of how computer applications are applied in problem-solving and decision-making in practice of real and virtual networks....

The purpose of this study is to develop a comprehensive model of generic civilizations and world civilization, applying the cybernetic technique of analysis and synthesis....

The purpose of this study is to define the role of civilization’s critical powers in the civilization life cycle. The role of information-communication processes is particularly...

The purpose of this chapter is to define energy levels of civilizations, particularly in respect to a role of information-communication processes. Rapid changes in the world...

The purpose of this chapter is to evaluate a role of information-communication (INFOCO) processes in human development according to the following plan: (A) Liberating the future...

The purpose of this chapter is to define intrinsic values of information-communication processes in human development. The development of civilization depends upon the...

The purpose of this chapter is to investigate whether we humans are wise enough to save our civilization from threats of internal conflicts and natural (even cosmic) disasters....

The purpose of this chapter is to define processes triggering the emergence of global civilization at the beginning of the 21st century. In addition, a proof is provided that the...

The purpose of this chapter is to define information- based tools for the study of the human story in order to “informate” traditional historic findings. By “informate” one may...

This chapter will attempt to analyze the cumulative evolution of labor, intellect (information & knowledge), and politics. In pursuit of this aim, it will analyze the role of...

The purpose of this chapter is to define information, mainly in terms of cognition units, and also to find out its other perspectives and images. Once we understand information...

The purpose of this chapter is to define a scope of service science and service automation in service economy based on ideal generic service systems originally developed by the...

The purpose of this chapter is to define information laws which control the development of the global and universal civilizations as well as individual autonomous civilizations....

The purpose of this chapter is to define the architecture of information-communication systems which play key roles in the development of the Electronic Global Village (EGV) as...

The purpose of this chapter is to define the evolution and key indicators of the information society that is being triggered by the Information Wave of the last 25 years. Several...

This chapter defines a framework for the crosscultural communication process, including efficiency and cost. The framework provides some directions for dialogue among...

The purpose of this chapter is to define the dynamics of the economic infrastructure, which supports any civilization and defines the modus operandi of the world civilization in...

The purpose of this chapter is the investigation whether human civilization has much of a future on the Earth. This investigation is partially based upon research by members of...

For years, the construction of the universe has occupied the best minds of theologians and scientists. The first modern breakthrough was made by Copernicus about 500 years ago....

The purpose of this chapter is to show that the Cold War is behind the invention of the Internet. This is one of a very few positive results of this war, which had tremendous...

IT education, particularly at business colleges, is undergoing a transformation because of the emerging federated systems or enterprise-wide systems (ES). This follows a trend in...

This chapter introduces a concept of the re-engineered CIS (computer informa-tion systems) curriculum accomplished at the beginning of the 21st century through a few initiatives...

The purpose of this chapter is to present a revised graduate CIS concentration in the MBA program at Western Michigan University’s Haworth College of Business. The new MBA-CIS...

This chapter introduces a concept of the capstone course of the CIS/BIT program at the Western Michigan University. The course is composed of lectures and ?ve projects, which are...

Information technology has become a critical component for human resource (HR) profes-sionals. Human resource information systems (HRIS) have helped many HR departments automate...

The purpose of this chapter is to show that the Cold War is behind the invention of the Internet. This is one of a very few positive results of this war, which had tremendous...

The Cold War is the reason the Internet was invented. The Internet was born as a military wide area network called ARPANET. During the 1980s, it was split into separate military...

In this millennium, global organizations will increasingly focus on the critical value of the cross-cultural communication process, efficiency, competence and its cost of doing...

Humankind progresses in proportion to its wisdom which has roots in practice, acquired skills, available data and information, concepts and knowledge. To be wise, humankind needs...

This chapter introduces the taxonomy of 14 information societies from the data society to the self-sustainable society: surviving members. Their essence and role in civilization...

Enterprise evolution (or electronic enterprise) is the road map to well-planned evolution of enterprise complexity with business and system strategies integration through...

The fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the Warsaw Pact, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union are certainly monumental events in the history of the human race as the...

The new economy requires a new enterprise organization. It obligates most companies to redefine their mission, goals, and strategy. The emerging 21st century enterprise is a more...

The American business in the Information Wave in the 21st century increasingly relies on computer and information networks for the conduct of vital operations. The computerized...

The goals of the Application Layer of the Enterprise Information Infrastructure are: 1. To empower the organization (via enterprise computing-EC) in optimizing the use of...

The goal of the electronic enterprise is to implement all major applications to build the extended enterprise that functions as a paperless organization, whose units and workers...

The Internet Economy is an ecosystem of producing, distributing, and consuming wealth. This ecosystem is made up of companies directly generating all or some part of their...

In this chapter trends of IT-driven enterprise development are presented. These trends compete among themselves for supremacy. They do not create a well integrated set of...

This chapter presents the main issues of IT management with special emphasis on business, IT strategies integration and on trends that are taking take place in this discipline at...

This chapter reviews Information Systems (IS) modeling techniques, including relational algebra, structured design, architectural design, and Unified Modeling Language. A new...

Mankind progresses in proportion to its wisdom which has roots in practice, acquired skills, available data & information, concepts and knowledge. To be wise, humankind needs to...

In this millennium, global organizations will increasingly focus on the critical value of the cross-cultural communication process, efficiency, competence and the cost of doing...

This paper explores shifting business paradigms and presents a new informated business architecture for global competition. The paper explores four graphic models of paradigm...

Global Information Infrastructure: The Birth, Vision and Architecture addresses three levels of the information superhighway--National Information Infrastructure (NII), Local...

Developments in computers and in telecommunications lead to the conclusion that these two field will eventually merge. The term “Telematics” is the name of the product of that...

The Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ) , which has been published for over 30 years, serves as a prestigious gateway for original state-of-the-art research articles...