Students

Information managers work in a dynamic environment. They must know how to deploy the latest technologies to maximize the competitive edge for their firms, but they must also watch the horizon for the next game changer.

Considerable business research discusses how organizations should design and conduct formal onboarding or orientation programs for their new hires. For the W. P.

Alumnus Adam Boatsman is co-founder of Boatsman Gillmore PLLC, the second largest privately-owned accounting firm in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.

This month, seven interesting scholars will arrive in Tempe to join the full-time faculty of the Department of Information Systems. Their research probes the advance edges of practice, and their findings will enrich the classroom, further equipping W. P.

In most PhD programs at American universities, students spend their first two years in the classroom, taking seminars and basic courses before exploring independent research in subsequent years.

Technology now enables organizations to amass and organize vast quantities of data about business processes and customers. Data can deliver efficiency and competitive advantage, but businesses must be able to use the information they collect strategically.

Last week I delivered an invited keynote panel presentation at the 8th IEEE World Congress on Services where IEEE made a major announcement about cloud computing.

With chapters in countries across the globe, the Society for Information Management is the premier organization worldwide for senior IT executives. SIM is also a key partner with the Department on Information Management in developing professional talent.

MSIM alumnus Lisa Perez says that data from her recycling business shows that 14 to 22 percent of waste generated by resorts and events is food scraps. Fruits and vegetables can be composted, but not meat, so businesses have had little reason to recycle food scraps.

Information systems professor Paul Steinbart will spend fall semester on sabbatical, working with defense contractor, General Dynamics, in the company’s Phoenix location. A sabbatical gives a professor a chunk of time to study a topic in-depth.