STUDENT NAME: Dewey Thomas Huckabee; NSU Student #: N00676812
DATE: October 21, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. STATEMENT OF PRE-APPROVED TOPIC AND NUMBER 1
2. PROBLEM STATEMENT 1
3. OUTLINE OF PAPER 1
4. REFRENCE LIST 1
1. STATEMENT OF THE PRE-APPROVED TOPIC AND NUMBER
8 - The application of blogs and wikis in MIS operations. Discuss how they are being used and what future directions are indicated.
Title: Wikis and Blogs Emerge as Virtual Forums for MIS Collaboration
2. PROBLEM STATEMENT
As Management Information System (MIS) operating environments continue to evolve in complexity and in their widespread geographical dispersion, the need for a facile and functional collaboration environment grows greater. Further, many of the document management and knowledge management systems require extensive overhead and burdensome user constraints while still not offering the full range of collaboration demanded in today’s rapidly changing information services environments. Wikis and blogs can help meet these collaboration and reference center needs with rather modest systems investments. These web-based technologies dynamically capture changes as project and situational dialogues evolve. This capability, being minimally intrusive, is one of the most valuable benefits to rapidly changing situations or development projects (Raman, 2006). As with any powerful and beneficial technology, there is a downside. The unbridled democratic nature of the wiki and blog allow what Robert L. Glass (2007) calls everyman communication. Just because a blogger wants to express himself or has a hot-button issue, “Do I really care…” and “Do I really trust …” (p. 104) captured the visceral sense that many have with this new phenomenon.
3. OUTLINE OF PAPER
DATE: October 21, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. STATEMENT OF PRE-APPROVED TOPIC AND NUMBER 1
2. PROBLEM STATEMENT 1
3. OUTLINE OF PAPER 1
4. REFRENCE LIST 1
1. STATEMENT OF THE PRE-APPROVED TOPIC AND NUMBER
8 - The application of blogs and wikis in MIS operations. Discuss how they are being used and what future directions are indicated.
Title: Wikis and Blogs Emerge as Virtual Forums for MIS Collaboration
2. PROBLEM STATEMENT
As Management Information System (MIS) operating environments continue to evolve in complexity and in their widespread geographical dispersion, the need for a facile and functional collaboration environment grows greater. Further, many of the document management and knowledge management systems require extensive overhead and burdensome user constraints while still not offering the full range of collaboration demanded in today’s rapidly changing information services environments. Wikis and blogs can help meet these collaboration and reference center needs with rather modest systems investments. These web-based technologies dynamically capture changes as project and situational dialogues evolve. This capability, being minimally intrusive, is one of the most valuable benefits to rapidly changing situations or development projects (Raman, 2006). As with any powerful and beneficial technology, there is a downside. The unbridled democratic nature of the wiki and blog allow what Robert L. Glass (2007) calls everyman communication. Just because a blogger wants to express himself or has a hot-button issue, “Do I really care…” and “Do I really trust …” (p. 104) captured the visceral sense that many have with this new phenomenon.
3. OUTLINE OF PAPER
A. Turning the power of the Web’s information access and communication into collaboration
B. The benefits of Wikis and Blogs in comparison to other MIS management methods
C. There are requirements for effective Wiki and Blog use within MIS
D. Wiki and Blogs usage is not without problems and limitations
E. The future of Wikis and blogs is as much a philosophy as it is a technology
4. REFERENCE LIST:
Glass, R.L. (2007, September/October). What’s with this blog thing? IEE Software, 24.5, 103.
Raman, M. (2006, Fall). Wiki technology as a “free” collaborative tool within an organizational setting. Information Systems Management, 23.4, 59-65.
B. The benefits of Wikis and Blogs in comparison to other MIS management methods
C. There are requirements for effective Wiki and Blog use within MIS
D. Wiki and Blogs usage is not without problems and limitations
E. The future of Wikis and blogs is as much a philosophy as it is a technology
4. REFERENCE LIST:
Glass, R.L. (2007, September/October). What’s with this blog thing? IEE Software, 24.5, 103.
Raman, M. (2006, Fall). Wiki technology as a “free” collaborative tool within an organizational setting. Information Systems Management, 23.4, 59-65.
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