Abstract
Information Systems (IS) professionals from the United States and Korea were surveyed to explore potential similarities and differences in their views on the importance of various IS objectives. The IS objectives investigated were classified according to the level of IS impact on organizations: system, user, strategic, and organizational. Overall the results indicated that the IS professionals viewed the system level objective as the most important and the organizational level objective as the least important. In addition, the results revealed that the IS professionals from the U.S. rated the system level objective as less important but rated the user and strategic level objectives as more important than did the IS professionals from Korea. The difference in the perceived relative importance of the organizational level objective was not significant. The results also demonstrated that individuals who perceived the system level objective as more important than the other objectives also perceived a higher success rate on IS projects. The results were discussed in terms of the effects of cultural influences on global IS development and potential inaccurate perceptions of IS success.
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Dane K. Peterson
Dane K. Peterson is a professor of Quantitative Business Analysis at Southwest Missouri State University. He has published numerous articles related to behavioral issues in a variety of business areas. His research has appeared in the Journal of Applied Psychology, International Journal of Information Management, Journal of Global Information Management, Information Technology & People, and others.Chung Kim
Chung Kim is a professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems at Southwest Missouri State University. She received her PhD in MIS from Texas Tech University. Her current research interests include system development methodologies, business reengineering, and cultural issues in system development practices. Her research has been published in Information & Management, Journal of Global Information Management, Information Resources Management Journal, and others.Joong H. Kim
Joong Han Kim is an associate professor in the Department of Management Information Systems at Kyonggi University, Korea. He received a PhD.degree in management information systems from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research interests include information technology management, electronic commerce, and information architecture. His research has appeared in International Journal of Information Management, Information Resources Management Journal, Journal of Computer Information Systems, and others.
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