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Improving Organizational Effectiveness with Enterprise Information Systems

Improving Organizational Effectiveness with Enterprise Information Systems

João Eduardo Varajão (University of Minho, Portugal), Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal) and Ricardo Martinho (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal & CINTESIS - Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 318
ISBN13: 9781466683686|ISBN10: 1466683686|EISBN13: 9781466683693
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8368-6
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Varajão, João Eduardo, Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, and Ricardo Martinho. "Improving Organizational Effectiveness with Enterprise Information Systems." IGI Global, 2015. 1-318. Web. 27 Mar. 2020. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-8368-6

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Varajão, J. E., Cruz-Cunha, M. M., & Martinho, R. (2015). Improving Organizational Effectiveness with Enterprise Information Systems (pp. 1-318). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-8368-6

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Varajão, João Eduardo, Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, and Ricardo Martinho. "Improving Organizational Effectiveness with Enterprise Information Systems." 1-318 (2015), accessed March 27, 2020. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-8368-6

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Information and communication technologies are widely used to improve organizational efficiency and ensure effective workflows. Technology and software systems provide the opportunity to improve productivity and efficiency when used correctly; however, professionals continue to encounter challenges in a variety of settings.

Improving Organizational Effectiveness with Enterprise Information Systems analyzes the challenges and solutions associated with integrating new technologies in organizations, including key topics in cloud computing, project management, and operational procedure development and implementation. This publication is an essential reference source for senior managers, CIOs, ICT professionals, project managers, researchers, academicians, and upper level students interested in the applications and advances in ICTs and IS.

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Front Materials
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics (ABISA) Book Series
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Editorial Advisory Board and List of Reviewers
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Preface
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Acknowledgment
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Information and Communication Technologies in Education Environments
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Chapter 1
Elisabete Pires (Universidade Portucalense, Portugal), Fernando Moreira (Universidade Portucalense, Portugal)
Youngsters today grow in an environment of technological development but, nevertheless, exhibit unknowns regarding aspects relating to the use of these tools in a productive way, as regards the aspects relating to safety and correct...
The Integration of Information and Communication Technology in Schools: Online Safety
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Chapter 2
Carolina Costa (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Helena Alvelos (University of Aveiro, Portugal& Center for Research & Development in Mathematics and Aplications (CIDMA), Portugal), Leonor Teixeira (University of Aveiro, Portugal & Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA), Portugal)
This chapter analyzes Learning Management Systems (LMSs) and their main features and compares the most popular LMSs platforms considering their utilization and the services they offer. Additionally, it presents a study carried out at...
The Moodle Platform: A Study in a Higher Education Portuguese Institution
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Enterprise Technology Challenges:
Architectures and Time Forecasts
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Chapter 3
João Henriques (Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal), Paulo Tomé (Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal)
The paradigm of heterogeneous systems has been demanding the implementation of new approaches to ensure the organizational operations as a whole. This chapter proposes a new integration model architecture, supported by research in an...
Ubiquitous Integration Architectural Issues
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Chapter 4
Osvaldo Ferreira (Universidade Portucalense, Portugal), Fernando Moreira (Universidade Portucalense, Portugal)
The Information Technology (IT) has suffered many advances in recent years due to the development of new hardware and software solutions. These major changes have been noted in recent times in how we interact with applications and...
Cloud Computing Implementation Level in Portuguese Companies
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Chapter 5
João Paulo Teixeira (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal), Paula Odete Fernandes (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal)
In this chapter four combinations of input features and the feedforward, cascade forward and recurrent architectures are compared for the task of forecast tourism time series. The input features of the ANNs consist in the combination...
Tourism Time Series Forecast
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Project Management and Application in Real-World Scenarios
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Chapter 6
Carmen De Pablos Heredero (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain), Jose Luis Montes Botella (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain), Ignacio Soret Los Santos (ESIC Marketing and Business School, Spain)
To collaborate with customers by making use of innovative strategies is today required. For this it is necessary to adapt the business innovation system to the characteristics of the market demands taking into account the...
Open Innovation Practices Applied to Efficient Replenishment
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Chapter 7
Ricardo Pinto (University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal), Caroline Dominguez (University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal)
Project management is increasingly considered a powerful tool to tackle the challenges of businesses in a globalized economy, where the need for innovation is decisive. At the same time it has emerged as a field of knowledge which...
Project Management in Portuguese Metalworking Industry
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Chapter 8
Noriko Kurata (Chuo University, Japan), Masakazu Ohashi (Chuo University, Japan), Mayumi Hori (Hakuoh University, Japan)
Residents of towns near nuclear power plants have been forced to evacuate to other areas due to the nuclear disaster, being scattered and living in various parts of Japan, causing “empty time” which will lead to collapse of the local...
Local Communities Platform for Restoration of “Kizuna”: Reconstruction of Human Bonds in Communities Damaged by Nuclear Disaster
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Chapter 9
Carlos Páscoa (Air Force Academy, Portugal & Center for Organizational Design and Engineering (CODE), Portugal), Sérgio Silva (Air Force Academy, Portugal), José Tribolet (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal & Center for Organizational Design and Engineering (CODE), Portugal)
The current international financial situation is causing serious budgetary constraints at the level of governmental organizations. This chapter describes how the Portuguese Air Force, in response to financial constraints, has added...
EX-ANTE and EX-POST Model: Contributions and Applications
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Chapter 10
Carlos Páscoa (Air Force Academy, Portugal & Center for Organizational Design and Engineering (CODE), Portugal), Marco Moreira (Air Force Academy, Portugal), José Tribolet (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal & Center for Organizational Design and Engineering (CODE), Portugal)
The “rationalization of costs” is the actual paradigm of current national and international scene. However, even in a time of enormous savings, organizations must continue to effectively perform their missions. To accomplish it...
Organizational Cockpit: Grouping KPI as a Valuable Business Instrument
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Decision Making and Semantical Approaches to Enterprise Information Systems
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Chapter 11
Paulo Garrido (University of Minho, Portugal)
The goal of this chapter is to describe a set of concepts for the design of information systems supporting the global decision process in an organization from a management point of view. Managers are responsible for decisions that...
Concepts for the Design of a Manager-Centric Global Decision Support System for Organizations
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Chapter 12
Megan McKoy (Georgia Regents University, USA), S. Spitler (Georgia Regents University, USA), Kelsey Zuchegno (Georgia Regents University, USA), E. Taylor (Georgia Regents University, USA), K. C. Hewitt (Georgia Regents University, USA), John Shallcross (Georgia Regents University, USA), Preston Roman (Georgia Regents University, USA), Nadya Clontz (Georgia Regents University, USA), Austin Goetz (Georgia Regents University, USA), Kevin Asmann (Georgia Regents University, USA), Alana Enslein (Georgia Regents University, USA), Stephen Hobbs (Georgia Regents University, USA), Robert A. Reeves (Georgia Regents University, USA), Tadd Patton (Georgia Regents University, USA), W. F. Lawless (Paine College, USA)
We review our theory of robust intelligence (RI) for groups. We examine the quality of decisions by groups in the laboratory under either majority rule (MR) or consensus rule (CR). Theoretically, engagement in decision-making becomes...
Theory of Intelligent Collectives: An Experimental Physiological Approach to Group Decision-Making
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Chapter 13
Miguel Pragosa (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal), Vitor Basto-Fernandes (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal), Luísa Oliveira (National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal)
The global adoption of information technology systems throughout all activity domains lead to the existence of a huge amount of information systems unable to interoperate, first of all, because of different ways of identifying...
Semantic Integration Framework for Resources Identification
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Chapter 14
Sara Paiva (Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute, Portugal), Manuel Ramos-Cabrer (Vigo University, Spain), Alberto Gil-Solla (Vigo University, Spain)
Semantic search has been rapidly growing as a way to improve search results. The meaning of the input expression has revealed to produce better results than the traditional keyword appearance. Regarding search engines, there are...
GSSP – A Generic Semantic Search Platform: Evolve from a Traditional to a Semantic Search System
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Business Process Management:
Correctness of Models and Skills Development
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Chapter 15
Anacleto Correia (Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal (IPS/EST), Portugal), Fernando Brito e Abreu (ISTAR, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal)
While some of the OMG's metamodels include a formal specification of well-formedness rules, using OCL, the BPMN metamodel specification only includes those rules in natural language. Although several BPMN tools claim to support...
Enhancing the Correctness of BPMN Models
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Chapter 16
Anca Draghici (Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania), George Draghici (Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania)
The chapter presents a Business Process Management (BPM) training program initiative based on the preliminary training needs identification and by characterizing its market acceptance and impact. The presented approach was built in...
Business Process Management Skills Development: From Training Needs Identification to Market Acceptance
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Compilation of References
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About the Contributors
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Index
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