Gerald G. Grant

Gerald G. Grant is an assistant professor of Information Systems at the Eric Sprott School of Business, Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He is a coordinator of the Information Systems Area and serves as chair of the Enterprise Systems/e-Business Committee in the school. He previously taught at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK. He also served as vice-principal for Financial Administration at Solusi University, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Dr. Grant obtained his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, UK. He has consulted for the Commonwealth Secretariat in the UK and the COMNET-IT Foundation in Malta on projects related to e-business and e-government strategies, institutional networking and IT capability building, national and sectoral IT strategies. He served as a program coordinator for the Commonwealth-sponsored “Regional Initiative for Informatics Strategies.” He serves on the advisory board of the Ottawa Manufacturers Network. He is editor of the book, Managing Telecommunications and Networking Technologies in the 21st Century: Issues and Trends, published in March 2001 by Idea Group Publishing.

Publications

Making Sense of Information Technology Investment on Type of Supply Chain Governance
Making Sense of Information Technology Investment on Type of Supply Chain Governance
Pietro Cunha Dolci, Antonio Carlos Gastaud Maçada, Gerald G. Grant. © 2017. 22 pages.
This study makes sense of how information technology (IT) investment supports and relates to SCG and its conceptions (transactional and relational). The authors conducted a...
Exploring Information Technology and Supply Chain Governance: Case Studies in Two Brazilian Supply Chains
Exploring Information Technology and Supply Chain Governance: Case Studies in Two Brazilian Supply Chains
Pietro Cunha Dolci, Antonio Carlos Gastaud Maçada, Gerald G. Grant. © 2015. 20 pages.
The aim of this study is to investigate how information technology (IT) investment supports and relates to SCG and its conceptions (transactional and relational. The authors...
City E-Government: Scope and its Realization
City E-Government: Scope and its Realization
Hanuv Jit Singh Mann, Gerald Grant, Inder Mann. © 2013. 14 pages.
In this paper, the authors identify and explore the optimal scope of a generic city-level e-Government program. In order to corroborate theoretical research, a comprehensive...
City E-Government: Scope and its Realization
City E-Government: Scope and its Realization
Hanuv Jit Singh Mann, Gerald Grant, Inder Mann. © 2011. 13 pages.
In this paper, the authors identify and explore the optimal scope of a generic city-level e-Government program. In order to corroborate theoretical research, a comprehensive...
Developing a Generic Framework for E-Government
Developing a Generic Framework for E-Government
Gerald Grant, Derek Chau. © 2008. 27 pages.
Electronic government (e-government) initiatives are pervasive and form a significant part of government investment portfolio in almost all countries around the world. However...
Developing a Generic Framework for E-Government
Developing a Generic Framework for E-Government
Gerald Grant, Derek Chau. © 2006. 30 pages.
Electronic government (e-government) initiatives are pervasive and form a significant part of government investment portfolio in almost all countries around the world. However...
Developing a Generic Framework for E-Government
Developing a Generic Framework for E-Government
Gerald Grant, Derek Chau. © 2005. 30 pages.
Electronic government (e-government) initiatives are pervasive and form a significant part of government investment portfolio in almost all countries around the world. However...
ERP & Data Warehousing in Organizations: Issues and Challenges
ERP & Data Warehousing in Organizations: Issues and Challenges
Gerald G. Grant. © 2003. 282 pages.
The successful implementation and deployment of Enterprise Resource Planning hinges on an organization's understanding of the complex and challenging issues involved in the...
The Effects of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Implementation on Job Characteristics: A Study Using the Hackman and Oldham Job Characteristics Model
The Effects of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Implementation on Job Characteristics: A Study Using the Hackman and Oldham Job Characteristics Model
Gerald Grant, Aareni Uruthirapathy. © 2003. 13 pages.
As organizations undertake the deployment of integrated ERP systems, concerns are growing about its impact on people occupying jobs and roles in those organizations. The authors...
One Size Does Not Fit All: Potential Diseconomics in Global Information Systems
One Size Does Not Fit All: Potential Diseconomics in Global Information Systems
Gerald Grant. © 2002. 6 pages.
Managers, IT practitioners, and IS researchers are easily seduced by the latest information technology wave. Consequently, we tend not to question conventional assumptions about...
Managing Telecommunications and Networking Technologies in the 21st Century: Issues and Trends
Managing Telecommunications and Networking Technologies in the 21st Century: Issues and Trends
Gerald G. Grant. © 2001. 280 pages.
Developments in telecommunications and networking are rapid and far-reaching. In the past several years, substantive developments have taken place, particularly in digital...
THE EXPERT’S OPINION
THE EXPERT’S OPINION
Gerald Grant. © 1998. 2 pages.
COMNET-IT: Networking for economic and social development