Purpose There has been a lack of meaningful information systems architecture, which comprehensively conceptualise the essential components and functionality of an information system for fire emergency response addressing needs of different job roles. The purpose of this paper is to propose a...

Explores the evolution of computing and information systems in small firms. Specifically, addresses how computing has developed in small firms, the factors that influence these developments, and whether or not models developed to describe large-firm computing are relevant to small firms. Since...

The lack of consideration of organizational issues in systems development can lead to project failure. A review of the literature and a pre-test survey suggested classifying organizational issues into five categories and examining how these are considered by IT managers. A postal survey with...

This paper suggests that the use of spreadsheets for teaching students about LP modelling can be further enhanced by supplying students with a suitable template at the introductory stage. With a rearrangement of the layout, which corresponds to a standard pedagogic approach, it is possible to...