The emergence of information systems: a communication-based theory

An information system is more than just the information technology; it is the system that emerges from the complex interactions and relationships between the information technology and the organization. However, what impact information technology has on an organization and how organizational structures and organizational change influence information technology remains an open question. We propose a theory to explain how communication structures emerge and adapt to environmental changes. We operationalize the interplay of information technology and organization as language communities whose members use and develop domain-specific languages for communication. Our theory is anchored in the philosophy of language. In developing it as an emergent perspective, we argue that information systems are self-organizing and that control of this ability is disseminated throughout the system itself, to the members of the language community. Information technology influences the dynamics of this adaptation process as a fundamental constraint leading to perturbations for the information system. We demonstrate how this view is separated from the entanglement in practice perspective and show that this understanding has far-reaching consequences for developing, managing, and examining information systems

Penerapan "Balanced Scorecard" Padaanalisis Kelayakkan Sistem Informasi untuk Organisasi Pemerintah

Information systems are now a staple in the organization in supporting the implementation of operational activities. Application of information technology systems would be beneficial if the application in accordance with the objectives, vision and mission of the organization by implementing a strategy of information technology systems. The purpose of this paper is to provide insight for the perpetrators in government organizations in analyzing kelayakkan to an information system. In developing this paper information system using the theory of Balanced Scorecard. Stages of planning begins with determining the goals of the organization in implementing an information system. Surabaya BPPKI balanced scorecard uses four perspectives to address the needs of service desired. By applying the Balanced Scorecard can help actors in government agencies to determine that an information system is feasible

Building a semantically annotated corpus of clinical texts

In this paper, we describe the construction of a semantically annotated corpus of clinical texts for use in the development and evaluation of systems for automatically extracting clinically significant information from the textual component of patient records. The paper details the sampling of textual material from a collection of 20,000 cancer patient records, the development of a semantic annotation scheme, the annotation methodology, the distribution of annotations in the final corpus, and the use of the corpus for development of an adaptive information extraction system. The resulting corpus is the most richly semantically annotated resource for clinical text processing built to date, whose value has been demonstrated through its use in developing an effective information extraction system. The detailed presentation of our corpus construction and annotation methodology will be of value to others seeking to build high-quality semantically annotated corpora in biomedical domains

Selecting Economic Immigrants: An Actuarial Approach

There is growing international interest in a Canadian-style points system for selecting economic immigrants. Although existing points systems have been influenced by the human capital literature, the findings have traditionally been incorporated in an ad hoc way. This paper explores a formal method for designing a points system based on a human capital earnings regression for predicting immigrant economic success. The method is implemented for Canada using the IMDB, a remarkable longitudinal database that combines information on immigrants’ characteristics at landing with their subsequent income performance as reported on tax returns. We demonstrate the feasibility of the method by developing an illustrative points system. We also explore how the selection system can be improved by incorporating additional information such as country-of origin characteristics and intended occupations. We discuss what our findings imply for the debate about the relative merits of points- and employment-based systems for selecting economic immigrants.Immigrant selection, Points system, Human capital, Earnings prediction

Perancangan Sistem Informasi Pelayanan berobat di klinik Universitas Pasundan Bandung

In operational activities, a health service requires an information system to collect, process and store data and distribute an information, in which the information continues to grow and the number increases. Information Systems is a combination of human, technological facilities, tools, media, procedures and controls aimed at organizing critical communications networks, specific transactional processes and routines, assisting management and internal and external users and providing the basis for appropriate decision making. Based on the observation in Unpas Clinic, it shows some problem that is patient data which previously registered suddenly lost so that must fill new data, patient data still present in patient status card, when data input have not done digitally. From some of these problems it is necessary to design an information system to improve accessibility of data presented in a timely and accurate manner, without requiring the existence of information system intermediaries, ensuring the availability of quality and skills in utilizing information systems critically, developing effective planning process, The need for information systems support skills, establishing investments that will be directed to information systems, anticipating and understanding the economic consequences of new information systems and technologies, and improving productivity in systems development and maintenance applications. Keywords: care, clinic, information system