Forwarded message from [mmahmood@MAIL.UTEP.EDU (Mo Adam Mahmood)] sent originally on Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:33:11 -0600: : JOURNAL OF END USER COMPUTING : (Official Publication of the Information : Resources Management Association) : Vol 12, Number 1 : : TABLE OF CONTENTS : : REVIEWED PAPERS : : The Role of Training in Preparing End Users to Learn Related Software : CONRAD SHAYO, California State University, San Bernardino : LORNE OLFMAN, Claremont Graduate University : : The aim of this paper is to determine what types of formal training methods : can provide appropriate mapping via training of a new DBMS. : : The Impact of Task and Cognitive Style on Decision-Making Effectiveness : Using a Geographic Information System : MARTIN CROSSLAND, Southwest Missouri State University : RICHARD T. HERSCHEL, St. Joseph's University : WILLIAMS PERKINS, Indiana University : JOSEPH SCUDDER, Northern Illinois University : : This paper focuses on a laboratory experiment that investigates how two : individual cognitive style factors, field dependency and : need-for-cognition, relate to decision making performance. : : Schools of Thought in Research into End-User Computing Success : ROGER W. HARRIS, University Malaysia Sarawak : : This paper analyses the last decade of research into the casual factors of : end-user computing success. : : INDUSTRY AND PRACTICE : : Shifting Paradigms: The New Informated Business Architecture : ANDREW TARGOWSKI & THOMAS CAREY, Western Michigan University : : This paper explores shifting business paradigms and presents a new : informated business architecture for global competition. It explores four : graphic models of paradigm shifts in the scope of shifting: power, : strategic resources, enterprise structure and management control. : : Book Review- Information Warfare and Security : EDWARD SZEWCZAK, Canisius College : : This review offers a look at Information Warfare and Security by Dorothy E. : Denning : : REVIEWED PAPER ABSTRACTS : : The Role of Training in Preparing End Users to Learn Related Software : CONRAD SHAYO, California State University, San Bernardino : LORNE OLFMAN, Claremont Graduate University : : The aim of this paper is to determine what types of formal training methods : can provide appropriate "mapping via training" of a new but related : database management system (DBMS) given that "mapping via analogy" is also : taking place. To this end, trainees' existing mental models were measured : prior to being exposed to one of three training methods. Training methods : were varied in an experimental setting across two dimensions: the training : task context (generic and/or relevant), and the number of DBMSs : demonstrated (one and/or two). Outcomes were measured in terms of learning : performance and perceptions of ability to transfer skills to a new but : related DBMS. The results indicate that both task context and the number of : software packages learned are important training variables that influence : trainees' mental models of the software, their transfer self-efficacy : expectation, and their perceptions about the usefulness of the training. : : The Impact of Task and Cognitive Style on Decision-Making Effectiveness : Using a Geographic Information System : MARTIN CROSSLAND, Southwest MO State University : RICHARD T. HERSCHEL, St. Joseph's University : WILLIAMS PERKINS, Indiana University : JOSEPH SCUDDER, Northern Illinois University : : A laboratory experiment is conducted to investigate how two cognitive style : factors, field dependence and need-for-cognition, relate to decision-making : performance for a spatial task. The intent of the investigation is to : establish a methodology for measuring cognitive fit for spatial tasks. The : experiment assesses the performance of 142 subjects on a site location task : where the problem complexity and availability of a geographic information : system are manipulated on two levels. Significant relationships are found : for both field dependence and need-for-cognition with the two dependent : performance variables, solution time and percent error. : : Schools of Thought in Research into End-User Computing Success : ROGER W. HARRIS, UNIMAS - University Malaysia Sarawak : : This article analyses the last decade of research into the casual factors : of end-user computing (EUC) success. The last ten years of EUC research are : characterized within an analysis of 16 studies, which demonstrates the : variety of influences that researchers have postulated to contribute : towards EUC success made by the behaviour of individuals, one is based on : the characteristics of an end-user application, and another is based on the : characteristics of the organization in which EUC occurs. The analysis : provides researchers and practitioners with a road-map for defining and : creating the conditions necessary for success with EUC. It is expected to : assist future research in identifying gaps in current knowledge as well as : facilitating a coherent progression of contribution to the field. : Practitioners can use it to identify those factors that contribute most : relevance to their achievement of success with EUC within their own : contexts. A framework and agenda are suggested for future research. : : INDUSTRY AND PRACTICE - PAPER ABSTRACTS : : Shifting Paradigms: The New Informated Business Architecture : ANDREW TARGOWSKI & THOMAS CAREY, Western Michigan University : : This paper explores shifting business paradigms and presents a new : informated business architecture for global competition. It explores four : graphic models of paradigm shifts in the scope of shifting: power, : strategic resources, enterprise structure and management control. Finally a : new set of post -modern business rules is offered. : : The playing field for business has increasingly expanded and now includes : the electronic global village. The village is less polar and more driven by : market demand rather than the military industrial complex. The key : strategic resources are the knowledge workers who work locally but think : and profit globally, within a border less enterprise. The new paradigm : requires imagination and applied knowledge within a vastly shorter time : span. Business is effective only to the extent that its knowledge workers : participate in the electronic global village. : : Book Review- Information Warfare and Security : EDWARD SZEWCZAK, Canisius College : : This review offers a look at Information Warfare and Security' by Dorothy : E. Denning, Addison- Wesley, Reading MA. Copyright 1999; ISBN 0201433036; : 544 pages- : : Excerpts: "One glance at the table of contents reveals a wide range of : topics from computer fraud to spam wars, data diddling, packet sniffers, : Van Eck receptors, viruses, digital signatures an national encryption : policy. Lest the reader think that the book is just another dull reference : work, may I say that I found reading through it both fascinatingly thorough : and thoroughly fascinating." : : "I should mention that there is much more to the book than just topics and : instances. For example : the Introduction presents a theory of information warfare, and there is a : strong concern for national security from beginning to end.....All in all, : I believe this book would be a welcome addition to any professional or : university library. It may also serve as the basis for a course in : information security. I recommend it highly." : : EDITORIAL NOTE : : If you are presently conducting research or have an interest in the end : user computing area and you would like to get a free copy of the present : issue of the journal, please let me know. Please remember that I will only : have a few sample copies to distribute and, therefore, I may not be able to : satisfy everyone's request (I was able to satisfy everyone's request for a : copy of the last issue). Of course, you can always buy a copy from Jan : Travers (email: jtravers@idea-group.com) at the Idea Group Publishing : office or ask your library to subscribe to JEUC. : : If you would like to submit a manuscript to JEUC for publication : consideration, please consult the manuscript submission guidelines provided : at http://www.idea-group.com/journalo.htm. After reviewing the guidelines, : please send us four copies of your manuscript. : : Sincerely, : : M. 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