Cases on Emerging Information Technology Research and Applications

Cases on Emerging Information Technology Research and Applications

Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A.

Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 349

ISBN13: 9781466636194|ISBN10: 146663619X|EISBN13: 9781466636200

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3619-4

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Rapidly advancing technology creates an overwhelming demand to remain informed of current research and discoveries.

Cases on Emerging Information Technology Research and Applications strategically combines the latest studies encompassing the most current advancements in the IT arenas. This compilation of cases highlights relevant information for professionals, researchers, and students wishing to remain current with the ever-changing IT field.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Editorial Advisory Board

Preface

Chapters

Chapter 1

Breaking the Ice: Organizational Culture and the Implementation of a Student Management System (pages 1-17)

Lindsay H. Stuart, Ulrich Remus, Annette M. Mills

This case explores the challenges of implementing an enterprise system (ES) across a university with a diverse organizational culture. This teaching case describes the process through which Southern University sought to implement the...

Chapter 2

Does the Introduction of RFID Technology Improve Livestock Subsidy Management?: A Success Story from an Arab Country (pages 18-45)

Kamel Rouibah, Abdulaziz Al Ateeqi, Samia Rouibah

While the expected benefits and challenges of RFID technology have been well studied in the manufacturing and service sectors at the private organization level, little understanding exists of these two issues when exploring RFID...

Chapter 3

Legal Truth and Consequences for a Failed ERP Implementation (pages 46-69)

Walter W. Austin, Linda L. Brennan, James L. Hunt

This case is inspired by a complaint and response filed in the U.S. court system. One of the case’s authors served as an expert witness in the case. Because the suit settled before going to trial, some of the details of the case are...

Chapter 4

A Crisis at Hafford Furniture: Cloud Computing Case Study (pages 70-87)

Keith Levine, Bruce A. White

This case presents a cloud computing technology solution that gives promise to a company devastated by a natural disaster. After a hurricane, the company recovered because of a solid disaster recovery plan, although it was...

Chapter 5

GPS: A Turn by Turn Case-in-Point (pages 88-111)

Jeff Robbins

This case examines GPS navigation as a case-in-point of what technology, sold on the promise of what it can do for society, is also doing to society. Conventional wisdom insists that there are better things to do than find directions...

Chapter 6

Emerging Forms of Covert Surveillance Using GPS-Enabled Devices (pages 112-130)

Roba Abbas, Katina Michael, M. G. Michael, Anas Aloudat

This case presents the possibility that commercial mobile tracking and monitoring solutions will become widely adopted for the practice of non-traditional covert surveillance within a community setting, resulting in community members...

Chapter 7

The Other Side of “Big Brother”: CCTV Surveillance and Intelligence Gathering by Private Police (pages 131-150)

David Aspland

A significant shift has occurred in the nature of policing over the past 30 to 40 years across jurisdictions and contexts. The paradigm of policing as a purely government function is under challenge. Policing is becoming more...

Chapter 8

Location Based Context-Aware Services in a Digital Ecosystem with Location Privacy (pages 151-175)

Peter Eklund, Jeff Thom, Tim Wray, Edward Dou

This case discusses the architecture and application of privacy and trust issues in the Connected Mobility Digital Ecosystem (CMDE) for the University of Wollongong’s main campus community. The authors describe four mobile...

Chapter 9

Fire, Wind and Water: Social Networks in Natural Disasters (pages 176-190)

Mark Freeman

This case examines the issue of increasing adoption of Social Networking Technologies (SNTs), particularly microblogging, for emergency management practices during natural disasters. It discusses the technologies and how they are an...

Chapter 10

Agile Knowledge-Based E-Government Supported By Sake System (pages 191-215)

Andrea Ko, Barna Kovács, András Gábor

The evolution of e-Government services is fast. There is a limited time for adaptation to the new environment in terms of legislation, society, and economy. Maintaining reliable services and a secure IT environment is even more...

Chapter 11

Road Safety 2.0: A Case of Transforming Government’s Approach to Road Safety by Engaging Citizens through Web 2.0 (pages 216-238)

Dieter Fink

The aim of this case study is first, to determine the extent to which web 2.0 can be the technology that would enable a strong relationship between government and its citizens to develop in managing road safety and second, to examine...

Chapter 12

Methodology and Software Components for E-Business Development and Implementation: Case of Introducing E-Invoice in Public Sector and SMEs (pages 239-268)

Neven Vrcek, Ivan Magdalenic

Many benefits from implementation of e-business solutions are related to network effects which means that there are many interconnected parties utilizing the same or compatible technologies. The large-scale adoption of e-business...

Chapter 13

Inter-Sector Practices Reform for e-Government Integration Efficacy (pages 269-297)

Teta Stamati, Athanasios Karantjias

Electronic services have become a critical force in service oriented economies introducing new paradigms like connected governance, ubiquitous and ambient public services, knowledge-based administration, and participatory budgeting....

Chapter 14

The FBI Sentinel Project (pages 298-322)

Leah Olszewski, Stephen C. Wingreen

In 2000, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) initiated its Trilogy program in order to upgrade FBI infrastructure technologies, address national security concerns, and provide agents and analysts greater...

Chapter 15

Cyberbullying: A Case Study at Robert J. Mitchell Junior/Senior High School (pages 323-332)

Michael J. Heymann, Heidi L. Schnackenberg

Robert J. Mitchell Junior/Senior High School is a small institution located in central New York. Although generally minimal behavior problems occur at the school, currently cyberbullying is on the rise. One of the students, James...

Chapter 16

Adoption of Computer-Based Formative Assessment in a High School Mathematics Classroom (pages 333-348)

Zachary B. Warner

This case follows a high school mathematics teacher who is new to the classroom and is looking to adopt computer-based formative assessment as a part of his curriculum. Working within the confines of the school environment, this...

Chapter 17

Using Technology to Connect Students with Emotional Disabilities to General Education (pages 349-362)

Alicia Roberts Frank

This case follows a high-school special-education teacher who teaches in a program for students with emotional disturbance (ED) in a large, comprehensive high school. Many of her students cannot attend general-education classes...

Chapter 18

Suspicions of Cheating in an Online Class (pages 363-372)

Julia Davis

Dr. John Dobson is an Assistant Professor of Education Leadership at Northern New England State University (NNESU) who teaches traditional classes and online classes for his department. As the level of state financial support has...

Chapter 19

Using Management Methods from the Software Development Industry to Manage Classroom-Based Research (pages 373-385)

Edd Schneider

This case details a classroom-based research and development project facilitated with management approaches adapted from the software industry to the classroom, specifically a combination of the methods generally known as ‘Scrum’ and...

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