Can IT earn its keep?
(PRLEAP.COM) Is it possible to assess the worth of information and communications technologies? Can IT really “earn its keep” in a modern organisation, or is it simply an expensive corporate status symbol?These questions will be addressed by Professor Paul Beynon-Davies at “Assessing the Worth of IT”, an ITWales event to be held in Swansea on 23 March 2006.
Recent prominent IT systems failures have fuelled the debate, but Professor Beynon-Davies believes the reality behind those failures is the fact that IT had not been properly integrated with other drivers of organisational performance.
In his presentation, Professor Beynon-Davies will explain how to build IT for success, and demonstrate how a holistic model of an organisation’s systems can provide a more effective way of evaluating the worth of IT to organisations both in the private and public sectors.
Places are limited so advance registration is essential. Places can be booked by email to info@itwales.com; on the website at www.itwales.com/events, or by phone 01792 295881.
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“Assessing the Worth of IT” takes place on Thursday 23 March 2006 at 6.30pm in the Robert Recorde Room, Department of Computer Science, Faraday Building, Swansea University.
Registration opens at 6.00pm, with refreshments, and a light buffet will be available following the presentation at approximately 8.00pm.
The event is free of charge.
About ITWales
ITWales launched in 1993 as the industrial liaison unit of the Department of Computer Science, University of Wales Swansea. The Department is one of the most distinguished in the UK, being placed in the top 10, and has a growing reputation in research both nationally and internationally.
ITWales now supports businesses across Wales from its headquarters in Swansea, and office in the School of Informatics at the University of Wales Bangor.
ITWales provides practical, accessible support to business, via a wide range of activities designed to nurture and support the Welsh IT industry. ITWales is uniquely placed to identify the technological needs of business, exploiting its links with academia to help companies remain competitive, innovative and ahead of the game.
The ITWales programme is part financed by the European Social Fund
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About Professor Paul Beynon-Davies
Paul Beynon-Davies is currently Professor of eBusiness in the Cardiff Business School at Cardiff University and Deputy Director of the eCommerce Innovation Centre. He received his BSc in Economics and Social Science and PhD in Computing from University of Wales College, Cardiff. He is currently a member of the British Computer Society, the Association of Information Systems and the UK Academy of Information Systems.
Before taking up an academic post he worked for several years in the information systems industry in the UK both in the public and private sectors.
Prof. Beynon-Davies has published widely in the field of information systems. He has currently published nine books and numerous academic papers and professional articles on topics ranging from electronic business, electronic government, information systems planning, information systems development and database systems.
Paul Beynon-Davies still regularly acts as a consultant to the public and private sector particularly in the area of information and communications technology (ICT) and its impact on organisational performance. He has been engaged recently in a number of government-funded projects related to the impact of ICT on the economic, social and political spheres including an evaluation of electronic local government in Wales and the evalution of the National Assembly for Wales’ Cymru-ar-Lein/Information Age strategy for Wales.
Further information about Professor Beynon-Davies, and the eCommerce Innovation Centre can be found at www.ecommerce.ac.uk.
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