CENTRE FOR GRADUATE STUDIES: Managing Information Systems

Previous studies have suggested the use of PMIS is considered to be advantageous towards successful project management. Using the antecedents of system success model proposed by DeLone and McLean, and the updated Information System Success Model (ISSM), this study attempts to examine the implementation of PMIS in agro-based projects undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry in Malaysia (MoA). The objectives of the study are to examine PMIS effectiveness and identify the determinants that influence system effectiveness. The sample for this study comprised of PMIS end-users from MoA. The findings of this study indicate that PMIS is an effective system to support end users for project management and monitoring activities.

This study investigates the critical relationship between organizational system development policies, procedures and processes and the resulting security quality of the systems developed. We draw from a general software quality model to provide a theoretical foundation for testing this relationship. We used paperbased survey as well as online surveys to collect data from software developers and project managers. Our results revealed a significant relationship between management support and security policies and development process control.

The provision of computer-mediated communication (CMC) portal services through information technologies (IT) in higher educational institutions (HEIs) in developing countries should not be an impossible task considering the growth in information systems (IS) and an upsurge of internet users. There have been numerous efforts aimed at implementing CMC portals by HEIs but just a few could be said to be successful.

In the last three decades, there has been considerable advancement in the design of information systems used in organizations. Information systems facilitate critical organizational activities like recording and processing of business transactions, analyzing complex and large sets of data and generating management and executive level reports. However, their adoption is generally fraught with challenges because of the negative attitude of employees to the impending change in their work life.

The research reported here is part of an ongoing longitudinal study of career maturation and progression involving a national sample of information system (I/S) professionals. The present study describes the job characteristic preferences and self-described personal attributes and work traits (dependent variables) of persons entering I/S careers with three levels of demonstrated academic achievement (independent variable). A second analysis combined the respondents' sex and level of achievement to create a gender-sensitive independent variable. While high achievers enter the workplace with distinguishing work-related profiles, the results suggest that the commonalities among high-achieving females and males vastly overshadow their differences.

Information sharing across organisations is critical to effectively managing the security risks of inter-organisational information systems. Nevertheless, few previous studies on information systems security have focused on inter-organisational information sharing, and none have studied the sharing of inferred beliefs versus factual observations.

At present, the Management Information System (MIS) is a strategic component that allows the development, growth and continuous improvement of public and private sector organizations.

Effective implementation of information systems (IS) remains subject to several contributory factors that have both positive and negative influences.