Information Technology Article Reviews Samples For Students

Article Review

In the article, A Comparative Examination of Information Technology Usage in the Restaurant Industry’, Huber et al sought to examine the use of information technology in the restaurant industry. The article is essentially a report of their findings from a study which they conducted in furtherance of their overall objective already highlighted above. They identified various parameters which they used to gauge the level of information technology usage in the restaurant industry. This submission will present a summary of the article. The summary will be guided by the following key areas; the main research questions that were addressed by the article, the ...

Discussion 2

This article seeks to provide solutions to three specific issues concerning the application of information technology in enterprises as they relate to ISCA (Information system of control and auditing). These issues include maintenance of information strategy goals and businesses objectives, efficient resource utilization and control of information technology related risks. The authors propose the improvement of IT governance to address these issues. The IT governance needs to include responsibilities of Chief information officer and chief financial officer clearly defined and ensure that overall planning is detailed.

Discussion 3

This paper explores the issue of inaccurate data in relational databases. Problems of ...

Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

In the current digital age, consumer and business activities operate by using IP-addressable devices that minimize external customer-facing situations. As such, improving its management of the various technical and business facets would greatly raise the level of any business nowadays. According to Fisher (2006), implementing the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) practices would help in achieving this goal. This set of practices enable businesses, especially those involved in the manufacture and development of IP-addressable devices, in troubleshooting problems and optimizing processes and performances; while at the same time, cutting and avoiding costs from incurring. The contact center, which may ...

Hospital CEO ad CIO perspectives on information technology issues in health care is a survey of 1400 US hospitals. The article is aimed at establishing the CEOs and CIOs think about Information technology I healthcare. The themes that were under survey are; implementation of electronic medical records and improving health care quality through information technology. Improved medical services include; security, accuracy and change management in hospitals. Other themes in this article include; healthcare supply chain, compliance with regulations, decision support systems, national database and consumer empowerment.
The article starts with an introduction to Healthcare Information Technology (IT) and how ...

Issues in Industrial psychology

Industrial psychology, also referred to as industrial-organization (I-O) psychology is the study of workplace behavior. Psychologists in this field are concerned with research in establishing ways of boosting productivity, determining employee suitability to specific tasks and trying products. This field is wide encompassing employee training and assessment, research and academic positions. There are many issues in this field and this essay will explore some of them.
Globalization has led to increased spread of businesses and industries across the globe, diversity and demand for business graduates, psychologists have focused on the effect of attitudes, values and organizational frameworks in ...

In his book information and the Crisis Economy, Herbert I. Schiller contends that the current proliferation of information activities and increasing sophistication of information technology they demand are the result of efforts to control the political, economical, and cultural strains produced by a general crisis in the world market system. This is a review of chapter seven of the book ‘The prospect for democratic communication.’ Schiller opens the chapter by stating that the communication process could serve constructive motives if it could draw the attention of people to the problems they face as well as offering a channel for the presentation ...

Article reviews

Article reviews
5 Big Data Technology Predictions
Olavsrud, T. (2014). 5 Big Data technology predictions for 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2016 from http://www.cio.com/article/2862014/big-data/5-big-data-technology-predictions-for-2015.html

Article overview

The article by Olavsrud (2014) is dedicated to five major trends in the field of big data technologies. Before investigating the trends, Olavsrud (2014) claims that new big data initiatives continually move from test to production, especially in cases it can be used in the real time. The first development, mentioned in the article under study, is that the data agility becomes a key focus of big data technologies, because usual databases and data warehouses are ...

In the software industry software as a service (SaaS), is an emerging business model that has attracted interests of a number of consumers in the global market. SaaS model works on the same principles like the application service provider model and it has been found that SaaS can provide software to user’s laptops and computers for application processes. Further studies have revealed that the emergence of SaaS has been brought about by the development of the internet know-hows, since these technologies acts as the founding stone for the SaaS business model as well as the main driver and propelling factor ...

In this article, I would like to record the works of Justin Irving concerning the way researchers view the organization workers. This incorporates their traits that may be beneficial to the entire firm. However, it can be expanded to illustrate the relevance of these leadership qualities in tackling the various ethical issues surrounding the fastest growing information technology sector.
In this article, Justin says that it is very important for a leader to be mindful of whatever he does so that he can help in consolidating all the others together as they strive to achieve the organization’s set ...

Technology: IT in the medical field / Outsourcing in IT

Cedars-Sinai Doctors Cling to Pen and Paper

Computers are becoming an integral element in our daily lives, and the medical field is not an exception. This is because of their ability to store enormous amounts of data and fast information processing capabilities and intelligence (Bansal, 2004). Computers play an integral role in medical operations ranging from aiding complex medical operations to simple procedures such as file and record keeping. Ceci Connolly notes a typical case in Los Angeles whereby Cedar-Sinai doctors are clinging to the traditional pen and paper to undertake their daily operations at the hospital. The effectiveness of ...

Information Governance in Healthcare

The electronic health record system (HER) is one of the adopted health information technology. The core attention of the system is to improve the quality of services and to obtain efficiency in healthcare. Most of the healthcare industry adopts and implements the new technology such as the data collection and information and its strategies, advantages, and optimization. In 2014, AHIMA conducted a study that most of the healthcare organizations are beginners in terms of information tools in business knowledge and analysis. These organizations utilize and manage the information gathered for years and they considered the information as the competency and ...

Introduction

The dynamics of the society has resulted into several changes in the corporate world. This has necessitated the need of research, creativity and innovations to come up with novel and improved technologies which can be used to make life more comfortable. This has prompted the need for making constant innovations to improve the working conditions of the employees to enable them improve the quality of services. This is necessary for the survival of the organization in the highly competitive corporate sector.

Technological Innovations

In deed, research is an essential exercise for any business organization. It is the best way to come ...

Article Review

Article 1
Banas, Colin A, Erskine, Alistair R, Sun, Shumei and Retchin, SheldonM. Phase Implementation of Electronic Health Records Through an Office of Clinical Transformation. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2011; 18: 721-725.

Article Synopsis

This article is a case report that delves into the implementation of electronic health records. While electronic health records present various benefits to the health care system such as improved patient outcomes and cost savings, their uptake and diffusion through the healthcare sector has been rather slow and limited. Therefore, this article presents information on the phased implementation of electronic health records by examining a ...

Austin, M., Dal Santo, T., Lewis, D. (2012). Boundary-Crossing Careers of Senior Human Service Administrators: A Cross-Case Analysis. Routledge Tailor & Francis Group.

The article is basically focused on the human service managers with regard to effective management. The management is generally geared towards the connection between nonprofit segment agenda and the public. The study starts by recognizing the capabilities with reference to documenting efforts relating to crossing of boundaries as regards careers of senior managers of human service. To this, the authors have directed their focus to the United Kingdom as well as the United States legal systems. ...

Presented herein is an analysis of 2 Peer Reviewed Research Articles based on how researchers understand organizational leadership and worker traits and their ethical relevance to Information Technology. It gives the summary, the analysis, and the synthesis of the articles.

Article 1

Summary
This research article is based on the effective project team leadership theory as viewed from the angle of leader traits, skills, roles, and behaviors. The research examines leadership principles from the actual work settings of organizations, specifically the dynamic projects, with an aim of discovering the actual happenings as compared to the espoused theory. The research question ...