http://hdl.handle.net/2173/83653 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:31:02 GMT 2013-06-19T15:31:02Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/84306 Title: Application service provision: origins and development Authors: Tebboune, Sofiane Abstract: For many years, IS outsourcing has been an important strategy researched by many academics and practitioners. The emergence of the application service provision (ASP) model has given a new dimension to outsourcing, but, at the same time, drawing much confusion as to whether it is a new model or just reshaped traditional outsourcing. The aim of this paper is to establish a discussion about linking these two phases in the development of information systems and technology (IS/IT) outsourcing: traditional IS outsourcing and ASP. The authors argue that the emergence of ASP is both evolutionary and revolutionary. Evolutionary in that it has its inspiration from traditional outsourcing, and revolutionary in that it exploits a revolutionary networking and communication media: the Internet. This paper investigates different aspects of each strategy (IS/IT outsourcing and ASP), then draws a model for relating them. The paper concludes by arguing that traditional IS/IT outsourcing assumptions could be used as a basis for studying the ASP environment; however, the need for further research on the new aspects of this model, and thus the formulation of new rules, remain of major importance. Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Business Process Management Journal, published by and copyright Emerald. Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/84306 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/84305 Title: Analyzing the risk factors of moving to a remote application outsourcing model Authors: Weerakkody, Vishanth; Tebboune, Sofiane; Currie, Wendy L.; Khan, Naureen; Desai, Bhavini Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/84305 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/84283 Title: Learning to network and networking to learn: facilitating the process of adaptive management in a local response to the UK's national air quality strategy Authors: Stubbs, Mark A.; Lemon, Mark Abstract: The adaptive management leitmotiv of “learning to manage and managing to learn” sets out an attractive agenda for dealing with the overwhelming complexity of environmental phenomena that humans have problematized. To ensure that this rallying cry translates into effective action, it is important to give consideration to structures and procedures for facilitating the efforts of those willing or able to respond to the adaptive management call. To date, calls to establish the right organization to coordinate multiagency responses have tended to emphasize the noun, or bounded-entity, sense of the word organization. We believe that this is at the expense of its other, verb or process, connotation. In this paper, rather than searching for the perfect organization structure that mandates mutual trust and collective action shaped by all relevant parties' perspectives and possible contributions, we direct attention towards the process of nurturing integrated adaptive responses among individuals who have diverse organizational allegiances. By shifting the balance towards the process connotation of the right organization, we hope that a new mindscape can be discerned for those interested in putting adaptive management principles into practice. We seek to conjure up an image of this mindscape through the phrase “learning to network and networking to learn,” and set out to strengthen this by demonstrating how adaptive response networks can arise from the mutually defining relationship between stakeholders and issues. This is demonstrated through a local response to the United Kingdom's National Air Quality Strategy. Description: The original publication is available at http://www.springer.com/ Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/84283 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/84304 Title: Blended learning: one small step Authors: Stubbs, Mark A.; Martin, Ian Abstract: This article describes a blended learning project delivered over 9 weeks to 230 full-time first year undergraduates studying a unit about emerging information technologies. The unit was originally planned on a weekly 1+1 model of 1 hour lecture reinforced by 1 hour tutorial, running for 9 weeks. Summative assessment was designed as individual, face-to-face demonstrations of web pages produced by the students. Holistic redesign of the unit, using web-based learning materials and computer-supported assessment, enabled leaner delivery and assessment, better reinforcing the intended learning outcomes and saving 85 hours of staff time. Principles and assumptions underpinning redesign, delivery and assessment are presented and reviewed from three perspectives: a behavioural perspective, an IT perspective and a resource perspective. Description: Full-text of this article is available at http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/ltia/issue6/stubbsmartin.shtml Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/84304 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z