Management Information

This paper proposes a security management framework to dynamically configure and reconfigure security components in sensor networks according to management information collected by sensor nodes and sent to decision-maker management entities. The idea is to give sensor networks tools to become self-managed and more autonomic. The security management model includes the definition of security levels, management information base, protocol messages and events.

RAJIV KISHORE is an Assistant Professor in the School of Management at the State University of New York at Buffalo. His research interest is in understanding how organizations can improve their IT services delivery capability through IT outsourcing, adoption of IT innovations, and ...

In this paper, we propose a decentralized self-adaptive management framework that infers the current context of the hosting environment and dynamically decides what management strategy should be used in order to minimize the cost and maximize the performance of management. We investigate the use of this framework in the case of the aggregated information monitoring, where only one scheme (i.e. situated or global) is generally used for collecting aggregated information whatever the nature of the management information and its environment are. We propose a self-adaptive aggregation mechanism based on fuzzy logic, that estimates the cost and the performance of given aggregation schemes.

Page 1. Vlaar et al./Cocreating Understanding & Value in Distributed Work MIS Quarterly Vol. 32 No. 2, pp. 227-255/June 2008 227 SPECIAL ISSUE COCREATING UNDERSTANDING AND VALUE IN DISTRIBUTED WORK: HOW MEMBERS OF ONSITE AND OFFSHORE ...

RESUMEN Este articulo discute acerca de la relacion entre la calidad de la informacion y la calidad de las instituciones universitarias. Se propone que la gestion de la informacion en las instituciones universitarias es funcional y por lo tanto constituye un efecto notable sobre de su calidad global. Dicho efecto se describe de acuerdo a dos dimensiones, la primera: porque la informacion permite adoptar mejores decisiones para ajustar y mejorar los procesos institucionales; la segunda: porque la difusion de informacion sobre las universidades es estimulada cuando sus resultados se ajustan a parametros de calidad reconocidos. Para comprobar estos planteamientos se relaciona la calidad de la informacion difundida con la calidad institucional global de las universidades chilenas, empleando una muestra de las 29 instituciones chilenas calificadas por el ranking Webometrics entre las 5000 mejores de acuerdo a la calidad de la informacion de sus paginas Web y considerando sus respectivos ...

Human resource information systems (HRISs) include databases and other computer applications developed to provide specific support for the personnel/ human resource management (HRM) function. Such systems have tremendous potential to make difference to the way the function works, its credibility, its contribution and the way people communicate. Seven years ago, a survey of leading construction firms reported that although the use of computers for human resource information in construction was broadly similar to the national average, the utilisation of the systems was extremely limited, restricted to routine administrative tasks. In order to monitor/ track trends in the use of HRISs in construction the same survey was repeated early summer 2007. The one page self-administered questionnaire form asked about the companies’ use of information technology for HRM related functions; which HRIS application, if any, they used; the length of time the system had been in place; the functions fo...

Page 1. TYPES OF IT CAPABILITIES AND THEIR ROLE IN COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 253 Journal of Management Information Systems / Fall 2005, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 253–277. © 2005 ME Sharpe, Inc. 0742–1222 / 2005 $9.50 + 0.00. Types of Information Technology ...

Today's firms are faced with new competitive and technological challenges. As a consequence, many senior executives are looking for information tech-nology (IT) leaders who not only can understand technology but also can comprehend technology's potential to affect business strategy. For the IT leaders, rising to such numerous, and often conflicting, challenges is not easy. Indeed, there is a higher than average corporate dismissal rate and shorter tenure for IT leaders compared with other top executives. Based on the responses ...

This paper proposes a security management framework to dynamically configure and reconfigure security components in sensor networks according to management information collected by sensor nodes and sent to decision-maker management entities. The idea is to give sensor networks tools to become self-managed and more autonomic. The security management model includes the definition of security levels, management information base, protocol messages and events.