[AISWorld] ToC and CfP IJISCRAM Vol 2 Issue 2
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Mon Aug 9 15:36:07 EDT 2010
The contents of the latest issue of:
International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and
Management (IJISCRAM)
Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association
Volume 2, Issue 2, April-June 2010
Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically
ISSN: 1937-9390 EISSN: 1937-9420
Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA
www.igi-global.com/ijiscram
Editors-in-Chief:
Murray E. Jennex, San Diego State University, USA;
Bartel Van de Walle, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
PAPER ONE
A Normative Enterprise Architecture for Guiding End-to-End Emergency
Response Decision Support
Michael Marich (Claremont Graduate University, USA)
Benjamin Schooley (Claremont Graduate University, USA)
Thomas A. Horan (Claremont Graduate University, USA)
This article examines the underlying architecture guiding the development
and use of enterprise decision support systems that maintain the delivery
of time critical public services. A normative architecture, developed from
comparative cases involving San Mateo County and Mayo Clinic Emergency
Medical Services systems, provides a collection of characteristics meant to guide
an emergency response system toward a high level of performance and enable
optimal decision-making. At a national symposium, academics and
practitioners involved in promoting effective emergency response information systems
provided validation for the architecture and next steps for enhancing
emergency response information systems. Normative architecture characteristics
and expert perspectives from the symposium are integrated into a framework
that offers an enterprise approach for delivering time-critical emergency
response services. This article provides recommendations for navigating
toward a more incremental approach in developing enterprise-oriented emergency
information services and examines future trends involving the application of
normative architectural concepts to real-world emergency medical settings.
To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
_http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=44915_
(http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=44915)
PAPER TWO
Lessons of Disaster Recovery Learned for Information Systems Management in
US Higher Education
Ruben Xing (Montclair State University, USA)
Zhongxian Wang (Montclair State University, USA)
James Yao (Montclair State University, USA)
Yanli Zhang (Montclair State University, USA)
Most U.S. universities planned and prepared their disaster recovery (DR)
and business continuity strategies for their Information Systems after the
September 11th attack on the United States. The devastating hurricanes and
the most recent catastrophic earthquakes caused unprecedented damage for
many campuses within a decade. Some of their plans worked and some of them
failed; however, with these lessons learned, Information Systems Management
for U.S. higher education must be reexamined, re-planned and redesigned,
including DR strategies and procedures. It is equally important that the
curriculum of Management Information Systems be updated along with updated DR
concerns for all educators in U.S. universities.
To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
_http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=44916_
(http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=44916)
PAPER THREE
An Approach to Using Ontologies for the Development of High Quality
Disaster Recovery Plans
Lila Rao (The University of the West Indies, Jamaica)
Maurice McNaughton ( TheUniversity of the West Indies, Jamaica)
Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)
Manley Haye (Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, Jamaica)
Disasters have the potential to cripple a country and those countries that
are particularly susceptible to disasters must have effective disaster
recovery plans (DRP) in place to ensure that the country can return to
normalcy as soon as possible after the devastation. However, for the plan to be
effective it must be of high quality, which is often viewed as a
multidimensional concept containing essential factors for DRP, such as consistency,
completeness, reliability and feasibility. Therefore, any methodology for the
development of DRP must take these dimensions into account as their affect
on quality is considerable. In this regard, the authors describe a quality
based methodology for the development of DRP, including a methodology that
makes use of ontologies containing properties that are suited to the
development of these high quality plans. The applicability of the proposed
methodology will be demonstrated through a case study of an electric utility
company in Jamaica.
To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
_http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=44917_
(http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=44917)
PAPER FOUR
The Relationship between IT Director Values and Extent of IT Disaster
Recovery Planning in the Banking Industry
Jordan Shropshire (Georgia Southern University, USA)
Christopher Kadlec (Georgia Southern University, USA)
Information technology plays a pivotal role in defining the success of
organizations. Given its importance, one might assume that modern
organizations take steps to ensure the recovery of IT services following disasters.
Unfortunately, this is rarely the case. To understand the variation in degree
of IT disaster recovery planning, this research focused on those
responsible for managing IT resources and IT directors. For the study, a survey was
mailed to 337 financial service institutions in the southeastern United
States. Over 150 IT directors completed self-assessments for measuring the
extent to which their organization engages in IT disaster recovery planning. In
addition, they responded to a number of questions regarding their
work-related values, and over 63% of the variance in degree of IT disaster recovery
planning was explained by two predictors: uncertainty avoidance and
long-term orientation. Results show that firms with IT professionals who prefer
to avoid uncertainty and who have long-term outlooks have more developed IT
disaster recovery plans.
To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
_http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=44918_
(http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=44918)
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For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the
International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
(IJISCRAM) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in
the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database:
www.infosci-journals.com.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Mission of IJISCRAM:
The mission of the International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis
Response and Management is to provide an outlet for innovative research in
the area of information systems for crisis response and management.
Research is expected to be rigorous but can utilize any accepted methodology and
may be qualitative or quantitative in nature. The journal will provide a
comprehensive cross disciplinary forum for advancing the understanding of the
organizational, technical, human, and cognitive issues associated with the
use of information systems in responding and managing crises of all kinds.
Coverage of IJISCRAM:
The journal will strive to cover all aspects of the crisis management
information systems discipline, from organizational issues to technology
support to decision support and knowledge representation. High quality
submissions are encouraged using any qualitative or quantitative research
methodology, focusing on the design, development, implementation, use and evaluation
of such systems. Submissions are especially encouraged covering the
following topics in this discipline:
Decision making and judgment
Command and control
Virtual teams and organizations
Collaborative and intelligent systems
Human-Computer interaction
Healthcare and health information systems
Case studies, research methods, and modeling approaches
Disaster risk reduction and risk management ad-hoc and sensor networks
Geographical information systems
Early warning systems
Knowledge management and systems
Emergency response systems
Data fusion, representation, and visualization
Systems interoperability information systems infrastructures
Communication technologies
Crisis planning, training, exercising, and gaming
Globalization and development issues
Information systems strategy
Humanitarian operations
Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission
guidelines at www.igi-global.com/ijiscram.
All inquiries and submissions should be sent to:
Editor-in-Chief: Murray E. Jennex at murphjen at aol.com
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