DATABASE/PAYROLL MANAGEMENT: A PROPOSAL
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This 5-page paper covers an example of a proposal to upper management about the necessity of a payroll database management system to manage checks and employees. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MTpayrma.rtf

DBA: The Challenge
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What it takes to be a database administrator is in this paper, which explores both the generalist and the expert categories of being a DBA. Bibliography lists 4 sources. jvDBAdm.rtf
Filename: jvDBAdm.rtf

Deciding Whether Or Not To Invest In High-Priced Information Systems
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A detailed, 12 page analysis of Stratex, a company faced with the dilemma of deciding whether or not large investments in certain information technologies will be both beneficial and feasible. The competitive environment, assets and liabilities associated with various options, and current strategy are evaluated. It is concluded that the company's financial segment must learn to re-assign, to re-evaluate, and to re-think the way that it assesses costs and values. After all, the ability of the described information systems project to centralize, to facilitate, to add competitiveness, and to ease the communication process is one that is indeed worthy of a high price tag. Original case information unavailable. No Bibliography.
Filename: Stratex.wps

Decision Making and Leadership in a Cyber Environment
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This 4 page paper looks at cyber management and focuses on elements of decision making and leadership. Leadership is defined. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA320cyb.rtf

Decision Making in a Small Company
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of a decision making process for a small marine supply company seeking to provide better service for a large shipping company. This paper relates the use of a decision tree for the development of new technologies. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MHComInvest.rtf

Decision Support System for a Mobile Telephone Company
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This 5 page paper relates the development of an Internet-based Decision Support System (DSS) for a mobile telephone company, which requires an understanding of the methods for the development of this kind of system and the elements that make a “good” online DSS. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHBusDSS.rtf

Decision Support Systems
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This 4 page paper explains what is meant by Decision Support Systems (DSS) as well as why and how they are used. Examples of systems are given to illustrate the facts presented.
Filename: TEDss001.rtf

Decision Support Systems
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A 5 page paper discussing how an expert system would function in the area of marketing, the pros and cons of using an expert system, and how its implementation can save money. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Dss.wps

Dell Systems
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This 19 page paper examines the well known computer company Dell. The paper examines the company background and how it has managed to attain a competitive advantage and then uses this knowledge to assess the information systems which are in place within the company. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
Filename: TEdellsysytem.rtf

Designing a Call Center for Shands Healthcare
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An 8 page paper proposing the creation of a call center for one of the hospital’s clinics, providing a project overview and supplying project milestones. The call center will operate with web servers and VoIP technology. Success of the project will be measured in terms of greater productivity and enhanced customer service. Staff members will be able to retrieve their messages electronically from any location, and the servers will preserve full records of all call-related activity. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KSitCallCtrShands.rtf

Designing a New IT System; Approaches, Quality Control and Timetable
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This 8 page paper looks at the way in which a call handling system could be designed women to deserters. The paper is written in three parts. The first part of the paper looks at how success can be insured with the way that the project and design is approached. The second part of the paper considers issues of quality assurance. The last part of the paper presents timetable for the development of the system. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEcaseem.rtf

Designing an IT System
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This 14 page paper considers how an IT system may be designed for a specific business. The paper considers the position of Harley Davidson, but can be applied to any other organizations. Using models such as soft systems modelling, actor network theory and supply chain analysis, the paper shows how the system may be designed to meet commercial and user needs. The bibliography cites 14 sources.
Filename: TEdesITS.rtf

Desirable Practices in the Implementation of a New Technology System
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This 7 page paper examines the problems and pitfalls of changing systems in an organization. Attention to human resources—both technical and non-technical—is given. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA734tek.rtf

Developing a Technological Strategy
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This 5 page paper considers how a technological strategies may be developed, what type of information needs to be considered, how different needs should be assess and how these may be brought together to create value by maximising tangible and intangible resources, including the customer base. The writer also considers when the strategy may need to be amended for different departments within a company. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEtecstr.rtf

Developing a Web Page for “Eyes R Us”
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This 12 page report discusses the processes involved in the creation of a Website for an organization called “Eyes R Us.” From designers to dentists to dairy farmers, small-business owners are finding that the Web is an affordable and effective way to promote their products and services. Equally important to know with some degree of certainty whether or not a company’s prospective clients go on the Web to research and buy products and services. With the proliferation of software tools promising an easy-yet-professional-looking site in just a matter of hours playing on the home computer, it is easy to assume that there is no reason to hire an expensive “webmaster” or developer to create a site. The keys to successful Web marketing include planning for costs, developing a concept, and product positioning . . . as well as a great Web site. The author of this paper clearly advocates outsourcing the process. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BWeyerus.wps