Effective Information Management Research Articles

THE WEARINESS OF THE FLESH: REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE OF THE MIND IN AN ERA OF ABUNDANCE

The invention of the printing press reduced higher education’s learning-resource scarcity. Access to learning increased, and this democratization of education indirectly contributed to the idea of political democracy in the western world. As part of these political changes, equilibrium was sought between the supply of expertise needed to promote prosperity and the demand for such expertise. This equilibrium has been elusive as the world economy shifts to a reliance on intellectual capital. To complicate matters, we now live in a world of staggering information abundance. How do we mange such boundless information? One answer may lie in viewing the social character of information (how information is used) as fundamental in setting information management agendas. This article presents a holistic approach to information management as one strategy to create effective management of information that starts with the individual and ends with collective knowledge and wisdom.

Information Governance Program: A Review of Applications in Healthcare

Context: The healthcare in different countries faces challenges in enhancing the quality of services and reducing the costs. Information governance provides a tool for effective and efficient management of information, the use of which contributes to improved productivity, and effectiveness of services and reduced costs. Identifying the applications and benefits of using this tool paves the way for its accurate and effective deployment in a variety of healthcare organizations. This study was conducted to identify and classify the applications of information governance program within healthcare systems. Evidence Acquisition: The study reviewed English studies related to the information governance applications in healthcare published during 2000 and 2017. The publications were identified by searching the Pub Med, Google Scholar, ProQuest, Scopus and Science Direct databases. The key words included, but not restricted to, information governance, health information governance, information governance program and impacts of information governance in health care. Having completed the search, 128 studies were retrieved, of which 23 were reviewed. Results: The Information Governance program applications were categorized into five general groups, including improving healthcare and patient safety, reducing the costs, enhancing the quality of data and information healthcare, enhancing the security and confidentiality of patient information, improving the management of information and healthcare organizations. Conclusion: Through developing and implementing of Health Information Governance programs, updating information and upgrading information technologies, healthcare organizations could improve the quality of healthcare services and reduce the subsequent costs to achieve competitive advantages.

Myanmar's human resources for health: current situation and its challenges

BackgroundHuman resources for health (HRH) are the cornerstone of health systems, enabling the improvement of health service coverage. The systematic fortification of healthcare in Myanmar has accelerated since a new ruling party took office. Since 2006, Myanmar has been listed as one of the 57 crisis countries facing critical health workforce shortages. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the current situation of HRH in the public health sector where major healthcare services are provided to the people of Myanmar. MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted from January to May 2017 by collecting secondary data from the official statistic of the Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS), official reports, press-releases, and presentations of Government officials. The data were collected using a formatted excel spreadsheet. A descriptive analysis was applied and the density ratio per 1,000 population for medical doctors and health workers was calculated. FindingsIn total, 16,292 medical doctors and 36,054 nurses working at 1,134 hospitals were under the management of MoHS in 2016. The finding revealed that 13 out of 15 States and Regions were below the WHO recommended minimum number of 1 per 1,000 population for medical doctor. The distribution of medical doctors per 1,000 population in the public sector showed a gradually decreasing trend since 2006. Urban and rural medical doctor ratios observed wide disparities. InterpretationThe HRH shortage occurred in almost all State and Regions of Myanmar, including major cities. Wide disparities of HRH were found in urban and rural areas. The Myanmar government needs to consider the proper cost-effective HRH supply-chain management systems and retention strategies. The projection of health workforce, distribution of workforce by equity, effective management, and health information systems should be strengthened.

Re-engineering Management Information Systems and Its Effect on Their Effectiveness: An Exploratory Study of A Sample of Miss End-Users At Mosul University

This paper discusses two important concepts; the first is an important approach of change which is based on making fundamental and revolutionary changes. This approach called re-engineering. The second concept has outweighed over the first concept, which is based on using hardware, software and networks. This approach is also called management information systems. Therefore, this paper deals with how to use the re-engineering approach to change and the digital transformation towards making effective management information systems, which need great and huge efforts for developing it. This paper consists of two dimensions; first theoretically: includes providing an intellectual framework for the subjects of research. The second part; includes an empirical study of the impact between the re-engineering of MIS and their effectiveness. The survey questionnaire was adopted as a main tool in data collecting the data. The questionnaire included (49) paragraphs covering all research variables. It was distributed on a sample of (66) end-users in several faculties of the University of Mosul. To achieve the target results, we used several statistical methods. Considering the extracted results, the paper concluded that the re-engineering of management information systems will lead to improve its effectiveness. In additionally, the paper recommends re-engineering MIS and making the necessary decisions in accordance with the nature of applying this new approach of development

Studying Crop Yield Response to Supplemental Irrigation and the Spatial Heterogeneity of Soil Physical Attributes in a Humid Region

West Tennessee’s supplemental irrigation management at a field level is profoundly affected by the spatial heterogeneity of soil moisture and the temporal variability of weather. The introduction of precision farming techniques has enabled farmers to collect site-specific data that provide valuable quantitative information for effective irrigation management. Consequently, a two-year on-farm irrigation experiment in a 73 ha cotton field in west Tennessee was conducted and a variety of farming data were collected to understand the relationship between crop yields, the spatial heterogeneity of soil water content, and supplemental irrigation management. The soil water content showed higher correlations with soil textural information including sand (r = −0.9), silt (r = 0.85), and clay (r = 0.83) than with soil bulk density (r = −0.27). Spatial statistical analysis of the collected soil samples (i.e., 400 samples: 100 locations at four depths from 0–1 m) showed that soil texture and soil water content had clustered patterns within different depths, but BD mostly had random patterns. ECa maps tended to follow the same general spatial patterns as those for soil texture and water content. Overall, supplemental irrigation improved the cotton lint yield in comparison to rainfed throughout the two-year irrigation study, while the yield response to supplemental irrigation differed across the soil types. The yield increase due to irrigation was more pronounced for coarse-textured soils, while a yield reduction was observed when higher irrigation water was applied to fine-textured soils. In addition, in-season rainfall patterns had a profound impact on yield and crop response to supplemental irrigation regimes. The spatial analysis of the multiyear yield data revealed a substantial similarity between yield and plant-available water patterns. Consequently, variable rate irrigation guided with farming data seems to be the ideal management strategy to address field level spatial variability in plant-available water, as well as temporal variability in in-season rainfall patterns.

BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING AND PROJECT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

The study aims to develop an effective BIM-project information management framework (BIM-PIMF) and associated assessment model for construction projects with a view to enhancing the functional management of project information. An explanatory case study technique and case study evidence from four BIM construction projects form the study’s research design. The study identified and established the three sub-criteria of the BIM-PIMF model which are the BIM process level factors, BIM product level factors, and the key indicators for a successful BIM deployment on construction project sites. These criterias were semantically linked to the development of the BIM-PIMF framework on a five-point metric scale. The deliverables of this study include the development of the BIM-PIMF framework, together with its analytical scoring system. The findings of the study will improve the information channels of and ease the integration of technological innovations in construction processes while improving the technical competencies of project staff. The study highlighted a basket of effective recommendations and strategies to enhance the deployment of BIM throughout a project lifecycle. Policymakers and government departments can utilize the model in assessing the level of usage of BIM in a construction project as one of the useful measures in gauging which construction firms to be provided subsidies.

Spatiotemporal Changes in Extreme Precipitation and Its Dependence on Topography over the Poyang Lake Basin, China

Spatiotemporal changes in extreme precipitation at local scales in the context of climate warming are overwhelmingly important for prevention and mitigation of water-related disasters and also provide critical information for effective water resources management. In this study, the variability and trends of extreme precipitation in both time and space in the Poyang Lake basin over the period of 1960–2012 are analyzed. Also, changes in precipitation extremes with topography are investigated, and possible causes are briefly discussed. The results show that extreme precipitation over the Poyang Lake basin is intensified during the last 50 years, especially the increasing trends are more significant before the end of the 1990s. Moreover, high contribution rates of extreme precipitation to the total rainfall (40–60%) indicated that extreme precipitation plays an important role to the total water resources in this area. The precipitation extremes also exhibited a significant spatial dependence in the basin. The northeastern and eastern areas are exposed to high risk of flood disaster with the higher frequency of extreme precipitation events. In addition, the distribution of precipitation extremes had a clear dependence on elevation, and the topography is an important factor affecting the variability of extreme precipitation over the Poyang Lake basin.

Morphological Characters and Proximate Composition of Crab, Callinectes amnicola from Tropical Marine Environment

The study investigated the growth patterns, sex ratios, mean condition factor and proximate composition of the body fluid of male and female blue crab, Callinectes amnicola from tropical marine habitat. This is with a view to providing information for effective management of C. amnicola as a fish resource. One hundred and ninety-five (195) crabs were purchased on landing at the Akodo Marine Beach in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria.The length-weight relationships and the Condition factor were determined. Growth was a negative allometry in C. amnicola with females exhibiting a comparatively better growth pattern. A total of 87 males and 108 females were encountered, given sex ratio of 0.8 male: 1 female. There was no significant difference between male and female sex ratios (t = -1.219; P= 0.310; df = 3) from the expected and hypothetical 1 male: 1 female ratio. The moisture content was higher than other nutritional contents recorded in the body fluid of C. amnicola.In conclusion, C. amnicola demonstrated favourable growth patterns and minimal variation in sex ratio. C. amnicola contains sufficient nutrients and minerals that are beneficial to humans as food and in farmed animal nutrition.

Value of demand information in autonomous mobility-on-demand systems

Effective management of demand information is a critical factor in the successful operation of autonomous mobility-on-demand (AMoD) systems. This paper classifies, measures and evaluates the demand information for an AMoD system. First, the paper studies demand information at both individual and aggregate levels and measures two critical attributes: dynamism and granularity. We identify the trade-offs between both attributes during the data collection and information inference processes and discuss the compatibility of the AMoD dispatching algorithms with different types of information. Second, the paper assesses the value of demand information through agent-based simulation experiments with the actual road network and travel demand in a major European city, where we assume a single operator monopolizes the AMoD service in the case study area but competes with other transportation modes. The performance of the AMoD system is evaluated from the perspectives of travelers, AMoD operators, and transportation authority in terms of the overall system performance. The paper tests multiple scenarios, combining different information levels, information dynamism, and information granularity, as well as various fleet sizes. Results show that aggregate demand information leads to more served requests, shorter wait time and higher profit through effective rebalancing, especially when supply is high and demand information is spatially granular. Individual demand information from in-advance requests also improves the system performance, the degree of which depends on the spatial disparity of requests and their coupled service priority. By designing hailing policies accordingly, the operator is able to maximize the potential benefits. The paper concludes that the strategic trade-offs of demand information need to be made regarding the information level, information dynamism, and information granularity. It also offers a broader discussion on the benefits and costs of demand information for key stakeholders including the users, the operator, and the society.

МИКРО- И МАКРОМОДЕЛИ ПРОЦЕССА ИНФОРМАЦИОННОГО ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЯ В СОЦИАЛЬНЫХ СИСТЕМАХ

The processes occurring in social systems are now increasingly being studied by methods of systems analysis and mathematical modeling. First of all, it concerns the processes of information dissemination in the social environment. Understanding the patterns of information exchange in the social system allows you to monitor information background, predict the dynamics of opinion formation, assess the level of use of social communication channels and, as a result, develop effective information management decisions and take measures to counteract malicious information campaigns. There is a need for scientifically based approaches to conducting research in social systems of various sizes, obtaining and interpreting data characterizing the participants in information exchange. The developed mathematical models of the process of information interaction that are based on two approaches to the description of social systems - at the micro and macro levels- have been submitted for consideration. By carrying out computer simulation experiments, the qualitative and quantitative coincidence of the results of calculating the awareness and distribution of the spectrum of opinions obtained using these models has been proved.

Infollution (Information Pollution) Management, Filtering Strategy, Scalable Workforce, and Organizational Learning: A Conceptual Study

Information generation is increasing rapidly on a global scale. The exponential advancement in information technology and communication has accentuated the problem of effective information management. Yet, employees’ cognitive ability to process information has not increased in parallel with information generation. With the exponential rise of information, information pollution (infollution) emerges as a problem on an exponential basis. Infollution is among the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Nevertheless, based on information processing theory and dynamic capability, researchers have conceptualised that agile organisations can cope with information pollution by promoting scalable workforce and organisational learning. By employing coping strategies, filtering has been hypothesised as moderating the association of scalable workplace and organisational learning with infollution management. This research will extend the literature in the domain of information management and agile organisations. It will be particularly useful for information processors to identify quality information for improved decision-making.

INTEGRATING STANDARD SCRM KNOWLEDGE INTO CONVENTIONAL ACADEMIC CURRICULA AN EXAMINATION OF THE CURRENT STATE OF THINGS

ABSTRACTThe assurance of effective information and communication technology supply chain risk management is a national priority due to the potential impact of supply chain failures on our national infrastructure. Given education’s role in facilitating social change, it is imperative that information and communication technology (ICT-SCRM) supply chain risk management topics are embedded in our present computer curricula. The existence of a well-defined and standard body of knowledge for ICT supply chain risk management offers a validated point of departure for defining and then amalgamating supply chain risk management topics into conventional higher education teaching. This article presents an analysis that explores the specific ways that ICT-SCRM could be disseminated into various computer curricula based on the standards of the traditional societies for those areas (Association for Computing Machinery, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association for Information Systems). This analysis found that it was possible to incorporate secure acquisition and ICT–SCRM best practices into higher education teaching. This can be demonstrated down to the course level.

Localization Applications of 3D-GIS Artificial Weather Modification Operational Command System in Fuxin, China

Based on the command and management requirements of weather modification operations in Fuxin City, China, a new generation of three-dimensional operation command system platform for new artificial weather modification was developed and developed using modern communication network technology. The system uses integrated three-dimensional geographic information system (3D-GIS), global positioning system (GPS) positioning and virtual reality technology to calculate, analyze and process the new basic geographic information and weather modification information vector data, generate real-time weather modification operations and guide products in Fuxin area, and realize the impact on labor. The three-dimensional, comprehensive and effective management of basic weather information, early warning and forecast information, disaster prevention and mitigation information and other decision support information provides technical support for scientifically and effectively managing and directing weather modification operations.

A Study on Effective Measurement of Search Results from Search Engines

This article describes how as internet technology continues to change and improve lives and societies worldwide, effective global information management becomes increasingly critical, and effective Internet information retrieval systems become more and more significant in providing Internet users worldwide with accurate and complete information. Search engine evaluation is an important research field as search engines directly determine the quality of information users' Internet searches. Relevance-decrease pattern/model plays an important role in search engine result evaluation. This research studies effective measurement of search results through investigating relevance-decrease patterns of search results from two popular search engines: Google and Bing. The findings can be applied to relevance-evaluation of search results from other information retrieval systems such as OPAC, can help make search engine evaluations more accurate and sound, and can provide global information management personnel with valuable insights.

ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES FOR REORGANIZATION OF BANKING INSTITUTIONS

The domestic banking sector should become one of the main driving forces of the structural reorganization of the industrial and agricultural sectors. To implement this objective, it is necessary to develop a powerful banking system based on stable banking institutions. In such conditions, the ability to manage the financial stability of banking institutions, identify signs of instability and bankruptcy in a timely manner, and, if possible, try to neutralize or eliminate them is of great significance. The necessity of implement measures aimed to stabilize the banking system in conditions of the instability of the external environment is substantiated. Peculiarities of the reorganization of banking institutions as one of the effective measures intended to avoid bankruptcy and to stabilize the financial situation are revealed, attention is paid to the need to improve the solvency of domestic banks in the conditions of economic and political instability, as well as the global financial crisis. On the basis of statistical data, the analysis of the reasons for the reorganization and termination of the activity of banking institutions is carried out, the domestic banking market and the world tendencies are compared. According to the analysis of the unsatisfactory quality of banking assets, there have been identified 8 types of inadequate practices for portfolio management of loans and investments in bankrupt foreign banks, including liberalism in providing loans, significant shortcomings in financial reporting, excessive lending, incomplete documentation in the field of taxation. According to the results of the study, the possibilities of reorganization of the banking institution and termination of activity are summarized. In particular, preconditions for reorganization, purpose, and methodological principles of reorganization of commercial banks are highlighted. By its content, the form of reorganization can be unifying, distributive and reorganization can be performed through transformation. Unifying forms include mergers and acquisitions. The procedure of reorganization is complicated by the mechanism for implementation and reflection in accounting and depends on what conditions it will be implemented (what status will be obtained by the future financial and credit institution). In practice, there arises a problem of the complexity of combining the balances on the accounts of the legal predecessor and successor. To solve the problem, it is proposed to add additional records into the accounting registers and new subaccounts and analytical accounts for the accounting of assets and liabilities. The types of bankruptcy are characterized according to the classification criteria and their classification is specified in various aspects (legal, control, accounting) taking into account the requirements of accounting, analysis and preparation of the corresponding reporting. The legal aspect covers all proposed types of bankruptcy, since any type of bankruptcy concerns the rights and interests of legal entities and individuals. However, not all types of bankruptcy are inherent in the control or accounting aspects. The article substantiates the list of accounting objects for various types of reorganization (merger, transformation), since the procedure of reorganization includes transactions for the registration of successor companies); the attention is focused on the problems of displaying in the accounting of claim settlements and the need for their analytical detailing, which expands information capabilities of the register of creditors’ claims, increases the transparency of information for external users and reduces the risk of non-payment. A promising direction is the improvement of organization of management accounting using the system approach, so that accounting support for the process of reorganization should be considered together with the formation of the appropriate methodology, effective management and modern information technology. The accounting policy should ensure the possibility of formation of the accounting information for the forecast of risks and possible bankruptcy of the commercial bank.

MODEL PENGELOLAAN INFORMASI DAN STRATEGI KOMUNIKASI DALAM MEMBANGUN KEPRIBADIAN REMAJA: HASIL NEED ASSESMENT DI KOTA DENPASAR

Indonesia's young generation must be ready to become actors in the midst of global competition and free markets (AFTA) today. However, they must be prepared to face the challenges of the development of mass media that contribute to the formation of their personality. This paper raises the problem: (1) How is educational information management for adolescents? (2) What is the communication strategy that needs to be applied in shaping adolescent personality? The data collection process is carried out by observation, documentation study and in-depth interviews with 15 informants from among educators, observers of adolescent culture, managers and representative media observers. The results of the study indicate that information circulating from the internet and mass media today tends to be less educative. Among them are teaching violent behavior, not creative, luxurious lifestyle without effort, individualism and materialism. Furthermore, communication strategies undertaken by stakeholders are not yet synergistic in supporting the education and development of adolescent personalities. The implementation of media regulations that support education has not been effective, nor has the role of educational institutions, the role of families, and environmental conditions in society also been conducive to delivering healthy, intelligent, independent and responsible future generations. For this reason, effective information management and communication strategies to support the formation of future adolescent personalities need to be developed.
 

MULTIAGENT APPROACH FOR MANAGING THE INFORMATION SPACE OF CORPORATE SYSTEMS

The subject matter of the study is the integration and management of information resources of distributed computing corporate systems within the common information space. The goal of the study is to develop scientifically based models for supporting intelligent technologies for the integration and management of information resources of distributed computing systems. In accordance with the goal of the study, the article deals with the following tasks : to develop a formal-logical model of the information space, to study and formalize agent-oriented tasks, to select the model of a software agent, to substantiate the information technology aimed at effective information management in corporate systems. The following results were obtained: a formal model of the information space of a corporate information system was developed; the role and place of a of the information system resources were determined; the concept of the task and the flow of tasks in the information space were considered and formalized; the definition of a software agent, multi-agent space and a multi-agent space management system were suggested; the model of the frame structure of knowledge representation modified by the authors is proposed as a logical model of a software agent. Conclusions. The analysis of domestic and foreign sources showed that the study in the field of integration of information resources of distributed systems and building a unified information space does not fully meet the modern requirements of users and developers of application software. Existing solutions based on integration technologies do not allow heterogeneous information structures to be actually integrated. Basing on the study of the main business processes in information systems user - information environment, a model of information multi-agent space of a computer system was developed and investigated. The main components of a multi-agent system were identified and basic entities were formally defined as a software agent and a multi-agent space. The agent-oriented approach to solving managerial problems and integrating information resources of distributed computing systems was formulated and substantiated.

Genetic algorithm-based method for forest type classification using multi-temporal NDVI from Landsat TM imagery

ABSTRACTRemote-sensing technology has been a useful tool for mapping and characterizing forest cover types and species composition, providing valuable information for effective forest management. This study investigates the application of a genetic algorithm (GA)-based approach on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to separate local forest communities at Huntington Wildlife Forest (HWF), located in New York State of the United States, into deciduous, mixed/coniferous and nonforests using Landsat TM imagery. Overall accuracy, producer’s accuracy, user’s accuracy and kappa coefficient of agreement are employed to assess the performance of the proposed method. Its overall effectiveness is supported by the accuracy of 80.41% and kappa coefficient of 0.56, and its capability of separating the forest cover types is endorsed by the class-wise accuracy measures. This method shows advantages in its limited demands for input features, that only multi-temporal NDVI indices are required; and in its simple and efficient mechanism, which refers to threshold optimization and feature selection.

Boards of Directors: Assessing Their Functioning and Validation of a Multi-Dimensional Measure.

Boards of Directors that function effectively have been shown to be associated with successful organizational performance. Although a number of measures of Board functioning have been proposed, very little research has been conducted to establish the validity and reliability of dimensions of Board performance. The aim of the current study was to validate the measurement properties of a widely-used model and measure of Board performance. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were conducted on online survey data collected from 1,546 board members from a range of Australian organizations. The analyses yielded 11 reliable factors: (1) effective internal communication and teamworking (2) effective leadership by the Chair (3) effective committee leadership and management (4) effective meeting management and record keeping, (5) effective information management (6) effective self-assessment of board functioning (7) effective internal performance management of board members (8) clarity of board member roles and responsibilities, (9) risk and compliance management (10) oversight of strategic direction, and (11) remuneration management. These dimensions to a large extent correspond to previously suggested, but not widely tested, categories of effective Board performance. Despite self-reported data and a cross-sectional design, tests of common method variance did not suggest substantive method effects. The research makes significant contributions to the corporate governance literature through empirical validation of a measure shown to reliably assess 11 discrete dimensions of Board functioning and performance. Practical and theoretical implications, study limitations and future research considerations are presented.

Criteria for Ethical Evaluation of Hospital Information Systems: A Protocol for Systematic Review

Introduction: The implementation of information technology is an important factor in improving the quality of patient care. Since a hospital is an organization that needs effective management of information, the implementation of information technology is necessary for improving the ef ciency of the services, quality of care, and reducing the costs. Ethical evaluation of hospital information systems is one of the existing gaps in evaluating this technology. Many evaluations have been carried out for information that is more technical and not concerned with ethical issues. Therefore, this study aims to compile a checklist for the evaluation of ethical dimensions of this technology using a systematic review. Methods: We searched international medical databases, such as the U.K. Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, MEDLINE/PubMed, and Cochrane Library; Iranian databases Irandoc, Iranmedex, Medlib, SID, and grayscale websites SInGLE, and Ideas.recp. After selecting the studies based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, two experts in the eld of information technology and ethical evaluation extract ethical issues from the full text of the articles. Results and Dissemination: The results of the study will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at relevant conferences, which can be used by policy makers and healthcare decision-makers.