This article discusses the introduction of information and communication technology in educational management (ITEM) into the academic and financial administrative activities of Uganda’s oldest and largest university. This university has seen the relevance of ITEM especially in enhancing its efficiency and effectiveness in view of increased enrolment. Data used were collected through documentar...

At one time, information technology was thought to be best left to technicians so that managers could concentrate on the serious business of management. However, that might have been an effective division of labor only when computers were used solely to automate well-defined administrative functions, such as batch processing of payroll or preparation of summary financial returns. The organizati...

Information Systems (IS) sourcing continues to be a topic of great concern to both IS professionals and senior management. While a number of articles and books discuss the pros and cons of outsourcing, little has been written about companies that evaluate outsourcing but choose insourcing. Do companies actually achieve the cost savings proposed in the insourcing bid? This question prompted the ...

Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management This paper shows that top management structures in large US firms radically changed since the mid-1980s. While the number of managers reporting directly to the CEO doubled, the growth was driven primarily by functional managers rather than general managers. Using panel data on senior management positi...

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