Information Technology Investment
eBook - PDF

Information Technology Investment

Decision-Making Methodology

  1. 416 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Information Technology Investment

Decision-Making Methodology

About this book

From the individual to the largest organization, everyone today has to make investments in information technology. Making a good investment that will best satisfy all the necessary decision criteria requires a careful and inclusive analysis. Information Technology Investment: Decision-Making Methodology is a textbook that will provide the understanding of methodologies available to aid in this area of complex, multi-criterion decision-making. It presents a detailed, step-by-step set of procedures and methodologies that readers can use immediately to improve their IT investment decision-making. Unique to this textbook are both financial investment models and more complex decision-making models from management science, so users can extend the analysis benefits to confirm and enhance the ideal IT investment choices.

A complimentary copy of the ‘Instructor's Manual and Test Bank’ and the PowerPoint presentations of the text materials are available for all instructors who adopt this book as a course text. Please send your request to [email protected].

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Information

Publisher
WSPC
Year
2004
eBook ISBN
9789813106208
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Decision Making
Index
Business
Part 
I 
Introduction 
to 
Information 
Technology 
Investment 
Decision-Making 
Methodology 
This 
page 
intentionally 
left 
blank
Chapter 
1 
Introduction 
to 
Informa 
tion 
Technology 
Investment 
Decision-Making 
Methodology 
Learning 
Objectives 
After 
completing 
this 
chapter, 
you 
should 
be 
able 
to: 
Describe 
different 
types 
of 
IT 
investment 
decisions 
manager 
face. 
Briefly 
describe 
some 
of 
the 
methodologies 
that 
are 
used 
in 
IT 
investment 
decision-making. 
Explain 
why 
IT 
investment 
decision-making 
is 
important 
as 
a 
subject 
to 
study. 
Explain 
some 
of 
the 
limitations 
that 
should 
be 
considered 
when 
using 
IT 
investment 
methodologies. 
Explain 
the 
role 
of 
IT 
investment 
decision-making 
within 
organizational 
planning. 
Introduction 
The 
productivity 
paradox 
refers 
to 
the 
absence 
of 
a 
positive 
relationship 
between 
spending 
on 
infomation 
technology 
or 
IT 
and 
its 
resulting 
contribution 
to 
productivity 
or 
profitability 
(Lucas, 
1999). 
Robert 
3 

Table of contents

  1. Information Technology Investment: Decision-Making Methodology
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Lists of Tables and Figures
  5. Part I Introduction to Information Technology Investment Decision-Making Methodology
  6. Part II Financial Information Technology Investment Methods
  7. Part III Multi-Criteria Information Technology Decision-Making Methods
  8. Part IV Other Information Technology Investment Methods
  9. Epilogue: The Costs of Not Making the Right Information Technology Decision (and Strategies on How to Avoid Them)
  10. Index