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High-profile computer security breaches -- involving exposure of sensitive consumer information, uncovering of classified documents or disruption of corporate and government websites and systems – hit the news with alarming frequency.

Henry David Thoreau may have penned more than 9,300 words urging people to fight unjust governments in his essay on civil disobedience, but today's political dissidents have brought throngs to the streets with 140 characters or less. Such is the power of social media.

 A new partnership between the Phoenix chapter of the Project Management Institute and the Department of Information Systems aims to promote interest in the profession of project management and bring new insights to the field.

What does a client need to do to manage a consultant effectively? This is Assistant Professor Dawson's research interest, and later this academic year he will bring what he has discovered in his research and lived in his consulting life to a W. P. Carey MBA Evening elective course.

Several media outlets picked up news about the W. P. Carey School's Department of Information Systems recently. This month we bring you three that tell our story particularly well.

Two new faculty members joining the W. P. Carey Department of Information Systems this fall will bring expertise in critical areas of information systems that have been making headlines. Roberto J.

Department of Information Systems faculty and students have been making waves! For example, last month we learned that our student organization received laurels for the second year in a row from the Association for Information Systems.

A psychological contract  is an individual’s beliefs about the informal obligations that exist between employer and employee. What happens when an employer fails to come through on these perceived promises?

Five years ago, the best-selling book "Competing on Analytics" made a case for the use of data to inform decision making.

When Christopher Olsen crossed the stage at Wells Fargo Arena to receive his Master of Science in Information Management (MSIM) in May, 2011, he had no way of knowing that within a few months he’d be back in class – but this time at the front of the room.