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Information Systems, Management, Organization and Control

Smart Practices and Effects

  • Presents a collection of multidisciplinary contributions that provide a map of the research topics relevant for Information Systems scholars
  • Provides an overview of the research methods that are currently applied by Information Systems scholars
  • Based on a selection of original double blind peer reviewed contributions
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation (LNISO, volume 6)

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Table of contents (21 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Introducing and Discussing IS, Management, Organization and Control

    • Daniela Baglieri, Concetta Metallo, Cecilia Rossignoli, Mario Pezzillo Iacono
    Pages 1-10
  3. Organizational Control, Accounting and Information Systems in Public and Private Sector

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. The Role of IS in Performance Management: The Case of an Italian Public University

      • Riccardo Mercurio, Ernesto De Nito, Mario Pezzillo Iacono, Vincenza Esposito, Lucia Silvestri
      Pages 13-27
    3. Auditing of Information Technology Controls in Outsourcing

      • Tatiana Mazza, Stefano Azzali, Luca Fornaciari
      Pages 89-98
    4. IT Auditing in Italian Banks: An Explanatory Study

      • Rita Lamboglia, Giuseppe D’Onza
      Pages 99-114
  4. Organizational Change, Innovation Management and Impact of ICT

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
    2. DsNA: A Database for Strategic Network Analysis in Italy

      • Mario A. Bochicchio, Barbara Livieri, Antonella Longo, Pierluca Di Cagno
      Pages 153-161
    3. All that Glitters is not Gold: Alleged Innovations in Human Computer Interaction

      • Leonardo Caporarello, Massimo Magni, Ferdinando Pennarola
      Pages 179-190
    4. The Psychological Contract as an Integrative Governance Instrument of the Legal Outsourcing Contract

      • Franca Cantoni, Alessandro Zardini, Cecilia Rossignoli
      Pages 191-203
    5. Processes of Technological Change in Healthcare Organisations: An Analysis of Coordination and Effectiveness

      • Marcello Martinez, Gianluigi Mangia, Caterina Galdiero, Isabella Bonacci, Mariavittoria Cicellin, Marialaura Toraldo
      Pages 205-216
    6. A Model to Assess the Technological Level of Small Businesses

      • Francesca Maria Cesaroni, Domenico Consoli
      Pages 217-225
  5. Information, Knowledge and Project Management Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227
    2. Improving Information Exchange Effectiveness Through Data Compression Techniques

      • Ferdinando Pennarola, Leonardo Caporarello, Massimo Magni
      Pages 229-241

About this book

This book explores the diversity of topics, views and perspectives focused on the relationship between information systems, organizations and managerial control. It brings together theories and practices by a diverse group of scholars working in different disciplines: organization, management, accounting, information systems development, human-computer interaction. The volume is divided into three sections, each one focusing on a specific theme: organizational change, innovation and information and communication technologies; organizational control, accounting and information systems; information, knowledge and project management practices. The book is based on a selection of the best research papers - original double blind peer reviewed contributions of the annual conference of the Italian chapter of AIS, held in Milan, Italy in December 2013.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Daniela Baglieri

  • "Parthenope" University of Naples, Naples, Italy

    Concetta Metallo

  • Department of Business Administration, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

    Cecilia Rossignoli

  • Department of Economics, Second University of Naples, Capua, Italy

    Mario Pezzillo Iacono

About the editors

Daniela Baglieri is Full Professor in Strategic Management at the University of Messina (Italy) where she serves as Vice President for Innovation and Technology Transfer. Visiting scholar at Carlson Management School (University of Minnesota, US), Grenoble Ecole de Management (France) and Texas A&M University (US), she received her Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Catania (Italy) and a Master of Science in “Management of Innovation” from Sant’Anna School of Advances Studies, Pisa (Italy). Her research interests include technological innovation and patent analysis, new ventures and business models, high tech clusters dynamics.

Concetta Metallo, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Organization Theory and Information Systems at University of Naples "Parthenope" (Italy). Her research focuses on Information Systems and organizational behaviour topics. She has a special interest in the study of ICT acceptance and usage behaviour and ubiquitous technologies such as social media.

Cecilia Rossignoli is Full Professor of Organization Science at the University of Verona (Italy). Previously she served as Assistant Professor at the Catholic University of Milan. She is member of the faculty of the Graduate School Graduate School of Economics and Management (Gsem), Ca' Foscari University Venice, University of Padua, University of Verona. Her research and teaching interests cover the area of Information System and organizational change, the role of IS in inter-organizational information systems, electronic markets and the impact of Business Intelligence Systems within the organizations. On this subject she has published more than 100 papers and books.

Mario Pezzillo Iacono is an Assistant Professor of Organization Studies, Second University of Naples (Italy). He has a PhD in Organization Design and Human Resource Management from the University of Molise. He was a Visiting Scholar at Cardiff Business School. His research andscientific interests are focused on organizational control, the relationship between IS and organizational design, diversity and identity regulation and Knowledge Management.

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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