Journal of Systems Management articles from June 1993

Journal of Systems Management archives from June 1993

Red flag exception reporting. (reducing unnecessary reports) (Looking Back) (Column) (Tutorial)
June 1, 1993... A recent newspaper article quoted the president of a major corporation complaining that company personnel spend too much effort preparing unnecessary reports, thus reducing time to attend to their primary responsibility of managing company...

Learning from Hurricane Andrew: Arby's disaster plan and recovery. (includes related article on the first steps in disaster recovery preparation)
June 1, 1993... In August, 1992, Hurricane Andrew slammed into South Florida either destroying or damaging everything in its path. Unfortunately, that included Arby's corporate headquarters, based in Miami Beach, Fla., home to its Information Technology group....

Business resumption planning: exercising the disaster management team. (Tutorial)
June 1, 1993... Disaster Simulation exercises are used to test the staffing, management, and decision making of both the computer and non-computer related aspects of an organization's business continuity and life-safety plans. Special simulation methods must...

Electronic monitoring of employees: issues & guidelines.
June 1, 1993... The installation of electronic monitoring systems has many problems and pitfalls that are not obvious. If these problems aren't carefully addressed by management, not only will productivity suffer, but the organization could be susceptible to...

Why international? (Why does the Association for Systems Management have an international structure?)
June 1, 1993... As I sit down to write this month's article I want to address the question which keeps coming up in various forms, i.e., "Why International?" There is a feeling that since most of the members' dues are kept by headquarters, that headquarters...

Information systems auditors: friend or foe? (remaining competitive while coping with constantly new technologies)
June 1, 1993... Information Systems management finds itself in a dilemma. Maintaining competitiveness in the marketplace increasingly means that organizations must rely on computing and networking technologies that are new and essentially unfamiliar, that are...

Disaster preparedness of small businesses with micro-computer based information systems. (study of 67 small businesses)
June 1, 1993... As organizations, both small and large, become more and more dependent on their Computer Based Information Systems (CBIS), any interruption in the availability of CBIS could lead to anywhere from a minor inconvenience to a permanent loss of...

Killing with kindness. (what happens when managers protect people from change)
June 1, 1993... Sometimes just announcing change brings a chaos that complicates the orderly preparation for change. This article reviews motives behind withholding information about change, evaluates some of the common reactions to inadequate information...

Ten tips to enhance data security. (Tutorial)
June 1, 1993... 1. The key impediment to uninvited intrusion is the entry password. Unfortunately, systems managers and even users sometimes ignore this available protection. Some leave the password blank, effectively eliminating what can be the vital security...