Framing the Domains of IT Management : Projecting the Future...Through the Past

This unique and timely new book looks to the future of Information Technology management by examining what has been collectively learned from past research and business activities. Edited by Bob Zmud, Professor and Michael F. Price Chair of MIS at the University of Oklahoma, the book consists of 19 chapters covering topics of most pressing interest and importance to information systems practitioners, researchers, instructors and students. Each chapter is written by an individual or individuals internationally known and recognized as IT authorities and scholars. Each chapter: - Explains the importance of the topic in terms of today's (and tomorrow's) globally competitive business environment. - Identifies the key issues associated with the topic. - Provides the reader with one or more conceptual frames with which to view the chapter's content. - Overviews the best scholarly research done to date in the topic area, explaining what we currently know and what we don't know. - Suggests those issues regarding the topic that would most benefit from research over the next few years. - Is written in a style that is accessible to non-academics or to readers unfamiliar with the prior research in a given area. Contributing Authors: Ritu Agarwal Maryam Alavi Soon Ang Anitesh Barua Izak Benbasat Marie-Claude Boudreau Marianne Broadbent James Dean David Feeny Robert Fichman Joey George Varun Grover William Kettinger Laurie Kirsch Mary Lacity M. Lynne Markus Tridas Mukhopadhyay Lorne Olfman Proadpran Pitsataorn Daniel Robey Jeanne Ross V. Sambamurthy Jeffrey Sampler Carol Saunders Albert Segars Sandra Slaughter Cornelis Tanis Peter Todd Peter Weill Leslie Willcocks The content, scope and quality of the material make this book a must have for IT researchers, IT scholars and academics, IT graduate students and IT professionals/practitioners.