In assuring organizational agility, informing activities play a key role by sensing the environment for important changes. A special part has to be assigned to business intelligence (BI) activities, ...since their exact task is to monitor the environment and detect important issues to provide ground for well-informed responses. In turbulent business environment, BI function has to adjust dynamically to maintain the quality of produced insights. A survey on published research has shown that many sources stress the importance of agile BI on organizational agility in general. However, the importance of managerial and especially cultural factors for the role of informing in building up agility competencies is under-researched. The technology factors of agile informing that create preconditions for organizational agility are much better researched and evaluated than their human and managerial counterparts. There appears to be a need for consistent research approach in favor of the less researched human and managerial factors. The goal of this paper is to define research framework by addressing agility issues at three levels: organizational, information and BI agility. This framework is going to serve as a foundation for planned research on the factors of BI agility.
Šiame straipsnyje pateikiamo tyrimo tikslas yra išnagrinėti veiksnius, darančius įtaką verslo analitikos diegimui Libano smulkiose ir vidutinėse įmonėse. Apklausa, atlikta dešimtyje bendrovių, apėmė ...dešimt vadovų iš kiekvienos tyrimui pasirinktos bendrovės. Tyrimo duomenys buvo renkami naudojant interviu ir anketas, pagrįstas 5 balų Likerto skalės įverčiais. Literatūros apžvalgoje buvo išskirti kritiniai verslo analitikos diegimo sėkmės veiksniai, įvardyti ankstesnių tyrėjų. Surinktų apie verslo analitikos diegimo veiksnius duomenų analizė buvo atlikta trimis kryptimis: organizacine, procesų ir technologine. Pagal šias kryptis buvo nustatyti veiksniai, labiausiai veikiantys verslo analitikos sistemų diegimą tirtose įmonėse.
The activities of the MNO (Mobile Network Operator) feature rapid development and business model innovations; one of their principal results is the communications infrastructure that is vital for ...economic growth. This dynamic and changing mode of operation (modus operandi) introduces high requirements for business decisions and overall informing to maintain competitiveness. One of the principal success factors in MNO activities is the application of contemporary information technologies, in particular technologies of business intelligence and analytics. The activities of MNO create large data volumes, leading to a significant potential discovery of insights from data. As a result, MNOs have been using analytical technologies to mine large data volumes for several decades, and experience accumulation started long before the term “big data” emerged in academia and business. The growing dynamics of activities drive the efficient use of analytical experience to boost competitive advantage. The goal of this paper is to define the most important features of the use of big data analytics in MNO business and any possible related challenges.
Despite the advances in IT, information systems intended for management informing did not uniformly fulfil the increased expectations of users; this can be said mostly about complex information ...needs. Although some of the technologies for supporting complicated insights, like management decision support systems and technologies, experienced reduction in interest both from researchers and practitioners, this did not reduce the importance of well-supported business informing and decision making. Being attributed to the group of intelligent systems and technologies, decision support (DS) technologies have been largely supplemented by business intelligence (BI) technologies. Both types of technologies are supported by respective information technologies, which often appear to be quite closely related. The objective of this paper is to define relations between simple and complex informing intended to satisfy different sets of needs and provided by different sets of support tools. The paper attempts to put together decision support and business intelligence technologies, based on common goals of sense-making and use of advanced analytical tools. A model of two interconnected cycles has been developed to relate the activities of decision support and business intelligence. Empirical data from earlier research is used to direct possible further insights into this area. Keywords--management decision support, business intelligence, information needs
The concept of business intelligence has drawn substantial attention of both academicians and practitioners. As one of the fastest eveloping business application areas, business intelligence has also ...created a trail of confusion regarding its role, potential, sources of value creation. This study aimed at elucidating the role of business intelligence in the near future through the analysis of the current research and practical trends. The current prevailing trends in business intelligence technologies and systems are mobile business intelligence, location intelligence, software as a service, big data and predictive analytics. The paper points out that human factors in business intelligence are often underestimated, while a thorough consideration of their role should create additional ground for effective business intelligence applications. Some of the important considerations regarding human factors, such as support of problem-solving patterns and an efficient coordination of business intelligence activities, are presented.
The basic function of all deposit insurance schemes is to pay deposit insurance payouts to depositors promptly for the losses they otherwise would suffer in the event of an insured financial ...institution's closure. As a result, depositors are relieved of both the recovery-rate and time risks of a liquidation process up to the insured level of their deposits. Deposit insurance payouts - including the speed and convenience - vary across countries and can affect public confidence in the deposit insurance scheme. Information technology support in the payout process is essential. However, one of the major problems in the insurance payout process is the lack of the proper information technology. This paper addresses the factors related to the payout process, discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various approaches, and makes recommendations on the establishment of a universal information technology model for a deposit insurer to accomplish the procedures of insurance payouts.
Besikeičianti ir sudėtinga ekonominė aplinka verčia verslo organizacijas sparčiai reaguoti į rinkos pokyčius ir ieškoti naujų galimybių, o tam reikalinga kokybiška ir operatyvia informacija ...grindžiami sprendimai. Didelė organizacijų saugomų duomenų apimtis ir įvairialypės informacijos šaltinių kiekis lemia, kad organizacijos privalo taikyti analitine programine įranga palaikomą verslo analitiką. Kita vertus, šio tipo priemonės tampa sprendimų priėmimo aplinka, kuri pateikia paprastą, interaktyvią ir intuityviai suvokiamą analitiką. Analitinės programinės įrangos rinkos plėtra ir funkcinių galimybių tobulėjimas liudija jos paklausą organizacijų vadyboje, o į tai turi reaguoti akademinės įstaigos, rengiančios vadybos specialistus. Šiame straipsnyje analizuojamos analitinės programinės įrangos taikymo mokymo procese prielaidos, problemos ir galimi įgyvendinimo metodai. Reikšminiai žodžiai: analitinė programinė įranga, verslo analitika, intelektualus analitinis duomenų apdorojimas. Research on the Implementation of Business Intelligence Software into Study Process Laima Zalieckaitė, Rimvydas Skyrius Summary The dynamic and complicated economic environment is driving businesses to respond swiftly to market changes and look for new opportunities; this drive requires decisions based on reliable and timely information. To handle huge volumes of accumulated data and a variety of information sources, companies have to apply business intelligence approaches. The set of business intelligence tools serves as a decision support environment providing simple, interactive and intuitive analytical functions. The growth of the business intelligence software market and functionality indicates its growing demand for business management; this growth has to be considered by academic institutions engaged in management studies. This paper examines the possible ways of using the business intelligence software in the study process, the possible problems and implementation modes.
Introduction. The mixed experience of business intelligence implementation is shifting the focus of researchers and practitioners from technology issues to human factors. The wide set of human ...factors influencing business intelligence adoption tends to define features of what may be called business intelligence culture, a concept covering human and managerial issues that emerge in business intelligence implementation. The goal of this paper is to point out the key features of business intelligence culture, and examine their relations to the perceived level of this culture. Method. A test survey has been performed in a group of actual users of business intelligence systems to define specific groups of human factors that may be considered the elements of business intelligence culture. Analysis. Relations between key features of business intelligence culture and perceived level of this culture have been evaluated using IBM SPSS Modeler data mining software. Results. Key features of business intelligence culture have been defined, and a relation of some of these features, mostly information sharing, to the perceived level of business intelligence culture has been evaluated. Conclusions. The research has shown that the key features of business intelligence culture are sharing of information and insights, creation of intelligence community, and information. The dominating number of respondents relate perceived level of business intelligence culture to such key features as information sharing.
This article deals with the problems of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system selection as the initial and vital phase of ERP system implementation.Firstly, the paper presents an analysis of ...different classifications of the fundamental criteria for the ERP system selection process, published in scholar sources, and defines two main groups – software-related, and implementation-related ERP selection criteria. Secondly, combining theoretical and practical approaches, the most significant ERP system selection criteria of both groups are identified and reviewed by analyzing and interpreting their definitions and differences. The study is complemented by adding practical/statistical findings produced by different consultancies.The paper concludes that there is no standard classification of ERP selection criteria. They are classified mostly on the basis of scientists’ research interests.The significance of ERP system functionality as the principal software-related ERP selection criterion is emphasized. Eleven other criteria were defined as important to consider, such as the total costs of the ERP implementation project, vendor reputation, ERP reliability, ease of integration with other systems, technology advance, scalability, upgrading ability, customization / parameterization possibilities; ease of use; flexibility and modularity.The importance of all-round knowledge for a successful ERP implementation is emphasized, including ERP software functionality, project and change management, business processes, organization of training etc. All these areas are closely connected with implementation-related ERP selection factors: organisational fit, end-user readiness, training, system support quality, and the overall ERP implementation success which is predefined by the complexity of business environment as well as the level of business transformation, defined by technological changes.Finally, it is stated that for creating a decision support system which would automate the ERP selection process, the quantitative analysis of ERP selection criteria would be required.
Šio darbo tikslas – įvertinti dabartinį informacinių technologijų teikiamą verslo sprendimų paramos potencialą, suderinant sprendimus priimančių asmenų požiūrį ir egzistuojančius pastarojo meto šios ...srities tyrimus. Aptariama dabartinė sprendimų paramos technologijų ir tyrimų būklė. Atkreipiamas dėmesys į poslinkį informacinių sistemų ir technologijų tyrimo srityje link labiau žmonėms orientuotų sistemų, o tam reikia gana gerai pažinti vartotojų elgseną ir aplinką. Darbe naudojama surinkta pokalbių su įvairių verslo sprendimus priimančiais asmenimis 1999–2002 m. medžiaga.
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