Research Area/Project Codes

[A] Managing the MIS function
a. Organization
b. Staffing/personnel function
c. Equipment selection
d. Performance measurement and evaluation
e. Project control
f. MIS consting and allocation
g. Auditing/EDP
h. Safeguards and security
[B] Planning and control
[C] MIS analysis and design
a. Procedure and practices
b. Tools and technology
[D] Behavioral topics
a. Human factors in design
b. Systems implementation
c. Humans as information processes
d. Evaluation of MIS impact (organizational, individual)
[E] Applications of MIS
a. The private sector
Production/logistics
Marketing
Finance
b. The public sector
Health care delivery systems
Educational deivery systems
Governmental systems
[F] Decision support systems (GDSS,IES)
a. Simulation
b. Technical issues (imbedded models, etc.)
c. Human interface
[G] Database
[H] Social aspects of MIS
a. Privacy
b. Security
c. Organizational/societal impact
[I] MIS education and curriculum development

[J] Quality assurance, testing

[K] Configuration management
[L] Office automation and office communication systems
a. Telecommunications, EDI
[M] Research methodology

[N] Expert systems/AI

[O] Other (Multimedia, Virtual Reality, Advanced Technologies)