Dr. Ayman Abuhamdieh's

Neck of the Web

Scott College of Business Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809 812 237 2287

Welcome! I am an associate professor of Management Information Systems and E-commerceat at Indiana State University. They are exciting fields of study that combine human intelligence with the speed of a computing machine. Humans cannot calculate as fast as computers, and computers are not as smart as humans, so both need each other.

Information systems are used in companies to achieve goals. This is where management comes in Management Information Systems. The CEO (Chief Executive Officer) is like a captain of a ship that has all sorts of passengers and crew members. He is responsible for taking the ship safely from point A to point B. The information systems people in a company are like the ship crew who make sure the engines are running smoothly. They don’t decide on where the ship is going (CEO’s job), but they try to keep the engines humming.

Companies compete to dominate their markets. They try to stay afloat and grow their profits to give some of it back to their investors. They use technology to achieve that. That use involves managing companies’ information to give it to the right people at the right time, which is a constant challenge along with deciding which technologies to choose.

The Web is changing many aspects of these challenges. It created a flood of information that drowned industries that could not adapt to it, and is threatening the ones that will not. The ones who know how to ride this tidal wave are succeeding. How do we use the Web and other electronic means to exchange goods and services is what E-commerce is about.

I hope you enjoy your time on my small island and best wishes.