Edward J. Szewczak

Edward J. Szewczak is Professor of Information Systems at Canisius College. He has co-edited a number of scholarly readings texts for Idea Group Publishing, including Human Factors in Information Systems (with Coral Snodgrass), Managing the Human Side of Information Technology: Challenges and Solutions (with Coral Snodgrass), Measuring Information Technology Investment Payoff (with Mo Mahmood), The Human Side of Information Technology Management (with Mehdi Khosrow-Pour), and Management Impacts of Information Technology: Perspectives on Organizational Change and Growth (with Coral Snodgrass and Mehdi Khosrow-Pour). He is currently serving as an Associate Editor of The Information Resources Management Journal.

Publications

Business Associates in the National Health Information Network: Implications for Medical Information Privacy
Business Associates in the National Health Information Network: Implications for Medical Information Privacy
Edward J. Szewczak, Coral R. Snodgrass. © 2011. 13 pages.
This article examines the role of the business associate of healthcare providers (BAHP) in the National Health Information Network. Current Health Insurance Portability and...
Business Associates in the National Health Information Network: Implications for Medical Information Privacy
Business Associates in the National Health Information Network: Implications for Medical Information Privacy
Edward J. Szewczak, Coral R. Snodgrass. © 2010. 14 pages.
This article examines the role of the business associate of healthcare providers (BAHP) in the National Health Information Network. Current Health Insurance Portability and...
Selected Readings on the Human Side of Information Technology
Selected Readings on the Human Side of Information Technology
Edward J. Szewczak. © 2009. 550 pages.
Selected Readings on the Human Side of Information Technology supplements course instruction and student research with quality articles focused on key issues concerning the...
Business Associates in the National Health Information Network: Implications for Medical Information Privacy
Business Associates in the National Health Information Network: Implications for Medical Information Privacy
Edward J. Szewczak, Coral R. Snodgrass. © 2009. 15 pages.
This article examines the role of the business associate of healthcare providers (BAHP) in the National Health Information Network. Current Health Insurance Portability and...
E-Technology Challenges to Information Privacy
E-Technology Challenges to Information Privacy
Edward J. Szewczak. © 2009. 5 pages.
The collection of personal information by electronic technology (e-technology) and the possibility of misuse of that information are primary reasons why people limit their use of...
Medical Privacy and the National Health Information Network Initiative
Medical Privacy and the National Health Information Network Initiative
Edward J. Szewczak. © 2008. 7 pages.
Traditionally medical data were typically collected and stored as records in physician’s offices and in hospitals. Often the data were recorded manually and retrieved manually....
Information Privacy and E-Technologies
Information Privacy and E-Technologies
Edward J. Szewczak. © 2006. 5 pages.
The use of various e-technologies for e-commerce, e-government, and mobile commerce is characterized by the collection of personal information—both routinely as well as...
Personal Information Privacy and Internet Technology
Personal Information Privacy and Internet Technology
Edward J. Szewczak. © 2005. 5 pages.
Concerns about the collection of personal information by Internet technology and the possibility of misuse of that information are a primary reason why people limit their use of...
Personal Information Privacy and EC: A Security Conundrum?
Personal Information Privacy and EC: A Security Conundrum?
Edward J. Szewczak. © 2004. 10 pages.
The issue of personal information privacy (PIP) and e-commerce (EC) continues to be debated within the community of Internet users. The concerns of privacy advocates conflict...
Human Factors in Information Systems
Human Factors in Information Systems
Coral R. Snodgrass, Edward J. Szewczak. © 2002. 342 pages.
Many factors contribute to the way people view and use information, including task requirements, organizational settings, and personality characteristics. Today it is generally...
Managing the Human Side of Information Technology: Challenges and Solutions
Managing the Human Side of Information Technology: Challenges and Solutions
Edward J. Szewczak, Coral R. Snodgrass. © 2002. 364 pages.
As the field of information technology continues to grow and impact the personnel and management of organizations, changes have occurred in the way that such people contribute...
Personal Information Privacy and Internet Technology
Personal Information Privacy and Internet Technology
Edward J. Szewczak. © 2002. 10 pages.
Personal information privacy is arguably the most important issue facing the growth and prosperity of the Internet, especially of e-commerce. Protecting personal information...
Personal Information Privacy and the Internet: Issues, Challenges and Solutions
Personal Information Privacy and the Internet: Issues, Challenges and Solutions
Edward J. Szewczak. © 2002. 31 pages.
Personal information privacy is arguably the most important issue facing the growth and prosperity of the Internet, especially of e-commerce. Protecting personal information...
Measuring Information Technology Investment Payoff: Contemporary Approaches
Measuring Information Technology Investment Payoff: Contemporary Approaches
Mo Adam Mahmood, Edward J. Szewczak. © 1999. 568 pages.
It would seem that business investment in information technology (IT) is at root no different from business investment in anything else. After a careful consideration of the...
The Expert’s Opinion
The Expert’s Opinion
Edward J. Szewczak. © 1998. 2 pages.
INTERVIEWEE PROFILE: An interview with Coral R. Snodgrass, PhD., President Buffalo-Niagara Region Council for International Visitors
Using Information Technology to Implement Strategic Systems Planning as a Knowledge-Based Group Support Process
Using Information Technology to Implement Strategic Systems Planning as a Knowledge-Based Group Support Process
Edward J. Szewczak. © 1992. 8 pages.
“Strategic systems planning” has been proposed as a means of achieving the full potential of strategic decision support systems (SDSS) (King, 1983, 1988). It is a systematic...
An Empirical Study of Alternative Microcomputer-Based Design Approach to Management Science Instructional Software: Implications for Managing the Type IV Implementation Problem
An Empirical Study of Alternative Microcomputer-Based Design Approach to Management Science Instructional Software: Implications for Managing the Type IV Implementation Problem
Edward J. Szewczak. © 1990. 8 pages.
Two microcomputer-based approaches to management science (MS) software design — the basic input/output design and the integrated software design — are discussed and compared. The...
Social and Organizational Impact of Local and Telecommunications Systems: Open Questions
Social and Organizational Impact of Local and Telecommunications Systems: Open Questions
Edward J. Szewczak, William L. Gardner. © 1989. 13 pages.
Local and telecommunications systems (LTS) constitute an important new technology which is being increasingly deployed in modern organizations. Common applications include...
ISDN as an Information Resource for Strategic Management of Multinational Firms
ISDN as an Information Resource for Strategic Management of Multinational Firms
Edward J. Szewczak, Coral R. Snodgrass. © 1989. 13 pages.
The global connectivity promised by the development of the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) will have a major impact on the management of multinational firms in the...