A study of the data management construct: design, construction, and utilization

Author

Amoroso, Donald L. ; Atkinson, John ; Secor, Susan

Author_Institution

Coll. of Bus., Colorado Univ., Colorado Springs, CO, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

5-8 Jan 1993

Firstpage

490

Abstract

Data management problems in organizations are investigated. Past research indicates that data management practices are not part of the mainstream of corporate information management. Using the literature in database and information management, the authors have defined the data management construct as consisting of three theoretical entities: database design, database construction, and data utilization. A survey was administered to 49 high-level managers in large Fortune 500 firms. Each theoretical entity was tested for threats against internal validity, external validity, and scale reliability. The data were analyzed using correlation matrices. The authors found polarized, bimodal tendencies when examining data distributions. They conclude that the data management construct is robust and recommend future research directions

Keywords

administrative data processing; commerce; data structures; database management systems; bimodal tendencies; corporate information management; data management construct; data management practices; data utilization; database construction; database design; external validity; high-level managers; internal validity; large Fortune 500 firms; scale reliability; theoretical entities; Data analysis; Educational institutions; Information management; Planning; Polarization; Reliability theory; Resource management; Robustness; Springs; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1993, Proceeding of the Twenty-Sixth Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wailea, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3230-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1993.284226

Filename

284226