The Walking Judge From Alabama

This anecdotal Article is the story of the Honorable Pamela Willis Baschab\u27s campaign for Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Judge Baschab, in an effort to speak out against the influence of special interest groups in the Alabama judicial system, walked from one end of Alabama to the other. She describes her progression through the Alabama legal system, her campaign trail (literally), and her experiences with different people along the way

The Effect of Information Technology Steering Committees on Perceived IT Management Sophistication in Hotels

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of information technology (IT) steering committees on perceived IT management sophistication in hotels. MANOVA was used to test if there was a significant difference in the levels of IT management sophistication between hotels that have an IT steering committee than in hotel companies that do not have such committee. Results indicated that the hotels that have an IT steering committee have a higher level of IT planning, culture, integration, control, and organization sophistication. Such committees are of strategic importance to the overall success of the hotel in achieving not only its IT strategic objectives, but also gaining an edge over its counterparts in terms of the potential to maximize its return on the investment in technology. This is the first study of effects of IT steering committees on IT management sophistication in the hotel industry