Modern Management in the Developing World: The Success of EIS in Mexican Organizations

Executive Information Systems are being used in organizations around the world to assist with the increased managerial information needs related to the opening of markets and the globalization of enterprise. This study adapts a model of IS success to the context of EIS in order to examine the potential success of EIS use by Mexican managers to help them cope with their highly competitive environment. Using data gathered from 89 Mexican senior and middle managers, the study examines some antecedents of EIS use, types of EIS use, individual impacts of EIS use, and organizational impacts of EIS use. The study suggests that Mexican managers use EIS to monitor internal and external information which enables them to make decisions faster, tohaveabetterunderstandingoftheirenvironment,andtoengageinmorethoroughdecisionanalysis. These individual benefits of EIS use then lead to certain organizational benefits, including a shared vision of organizational goals and performance, improved communication in the organization, improved competitive response, and improved organizational decision making effectiveness

School District Governance and Corpoduction: An Exploration of Parent and Nonprofit Coproduction in Schools

The structure of educational institutions has frequently been at the center of education reforms in recent years. Beginning with the school choice movement, advocates of market-based approaches have infused school systems with policy tools that aim to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of schools while also satisfying consumers (parents and families). School choice, contracting, and performance management are major features of these systems. However, schools in the United States traditionally doubled as neighborhood centers connecting community members to each other. This dissertation explored the relationships between market-based district governance approaches and the levels of engagement and coproduction exhibited by a school community. I used three different datasets to empirically investigate these relationships. The first dataset included national data from the 2017-18 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) to explore principal perceptions of parent behaviors. The second two datasets were created from the National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) IRS 990 data to measure levels of coproduction from school-supporting nonprofits. I found that, in general, levels of coproduction are no different between districts with traditional and market-based governance models. However, different types of schools and nonprofits behave differently in these contexts