Web links are organised under the following headings – use the links below to navigate the list:
Data privacy and protection
www.dataprotection.gov.uk
Link to the office of the Information Commissioner - responsible for data protection.
www.freedomhouse.org
Human rights organisation that monitors censorship of the Internet.
Development
www.dsdm.org
Dynamic systems development method: an agile development method.
eBusiness
http://it.toolbox.com
A site with articles on many aspects of ICT such as programming languages, ERP systems and DBMS.
www.ecch.cranfield.ac.uk
The European Case Clearing House maintains three separate collections of business case materials from the Harvard Business School (HBS), the University of Western Ontario (UWO) and The European Case Clearing House (ECCH). Collectively these represent over 10,000 items and include case studies, videos, technical notes, industry notes, case software and course modules. This information is available via COLIS, the Case On-Line Information System to which UWS has a subscription. There's also a database guide (pdf) available at:
www.swan.ac.uk/lis/help_and_training/pdf/colis.pdf
www.dell.com
Dell company web-site.
www.cisco.com
Cisco company web-site.
www.amazon.com
Amazon web-site.
www.brint.com
A Business Researcher's Interests is a searchable listing of links to online resources related to contemporary business and Management and Information Technology issues. It provides links to hundreds of full-text articles, case studies and tools, as well as other Internet resources. Topics covered include Business Process Reengineering, Knowledge Management, Organizational Learning, Complex Systems & Chaos, Intranets, Virtual Corporations, Outsourcing, Electronic Markets & Electronic Commerce.
www.business2.com
Business 2.0 magazine. General business magazine that has regular features on business models appropriate to the 'New Economy'.
www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=38
International journal of electronic business. Bi-monthly refereed journal dealing with working and potential e-business models and applications as well as emerging issues of interest to professionals and academics.
http://news.cnet.com
A commercial web-site offering technology news.
www.informationweek.com/index.jhtml
An on-line magazine covering business technology.
www.zdnet.com
A commercial web-site covering the latest ICTs
www.businesscases.org
Business Cases website: online, up to date business case studies for teaching. Areas covered are marketing, small businesses, international business, management, business information systems, accounting, operations management, public sector management, human resources and leisure. The summaries of the case studies can be viewed, but the full studies must be bought online.
eCommerce
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7825605.stm
BBC news item on Tesco
www.easyjet.com
Easyjet company web-site. (B2C)
www.ebay.com
eBay company web-site. (C2C)
www.guardian.co.uk/business/supermarkets
The Guardian newspapers' online newspaper section on the newspaper business
www.gvsu.edu/ssb/ijec
International journal of electronic commerce. Refereed quarterly journal devoted to the understanding and practice of eCommerce.
www.napster.com
Napster company web-site. (C2C)
www.ogc.gov.uk
Office of Government Commerce. UK government department supporting the government gateway process (eGovernment)
www.tesco.com/clubcard/clubcard/charter
Tesco webpage of the loyalty card charter
www.tesco.com/greenerliving
Tesco's green web-site
www.tesco.com/talkingtesco
Tesco feedback site
www.tescocorporate.com
Tesco's corporate web-site
ICT
www.howstuffworks.com
A general site with some accessible explanations of some key information technologies.
www.mysql.com
Official web-site of MySQL (Database system: DBMS: RDBMS)
Software
www.google.com
Google web-site (search engine.)
www.linux.org
Official site of the Linux operating system
www.mysql.com
Official web-site of MySQL (Open source software)
www.opensource.org
Manages the open source trademark and promotes open source development. (Open source software)
www.sap.com
SAP company web-site. (Enterprise software:ERP)
Modelling
www.omg.org
Business motivation modelling, business process modelling and business rules
Outsourcing
www.eds.com
EDS company web-site.
Service management
www.itil-officialsite.com
ITIL site
Personal identity management
www.freedomhouse.org
Human rights organisation that monitors censorship of the Internet.
www.dataprotection.gov.uk
Link to the office of the Information Commissioner - responsible for data protection.
Project management
www.prince-officialsite.com/home/home.asp
Official Prince2 site.
Key academic associations, professional bodies and organisations
http://informationr.net/wl
A list of world-wide academic departments in the informatics area.
www.acm.org
The Association for Computing Machinery is both a professional body and a venue for academic discussions on any issues relating to computing in the large.
www.aisnet.org
The Association of Information Systems: an organisation promoting the Information Systems field internationally.
www.bcs.org.uk
The British Computer Society - professional body for information systems engineering in the UK.
www.iee.org
Although called the Institute of Electrical Engineers, this institution does cover one of the reference disciplines for organisational informatics - software engineering.
www.imis.org.uk
The Institute for the Management of Information Systems is a professional body specialising in the management of IS.
www.isoc.org
The Internet Society (ISOC) is a non-profit organisation founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy.
www.isworld.org
An international site maintaining various academic resources on the information systems field.
www.isworld.org
An international site maintaining various academic resources on the information systems field.
www.netacademy.org/
A site of business resources with articles on eBusiness.
www.ukais.org
The UK Academy for Information Systems: an organisation promoting the Information Systems field in the UK.
www.w3.org
World wide web consortium, covering Semantic Web, services, Web 2.0 and XML
Key journals
www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30434/description
International journal of information management is an international, peer-reviewed journal.
www.electronicmarkets.org
International journal of electronic markets. Quarterly, refereed journal published by the Institute for Media and Communications Management, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
www.palgrave-journals.com/ejis
European Journal of Information Systems
www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=38
International journal of electronic business. Bi-monthly refereed journal dealing with working and potential e-business models and applications as well as emerging issues of interest to professionals and academics.
www.gvsu.edu/ssb/ijec
International journal of electronic commerce. Refereed quarterly journal devoted to the understanding and practice of eCommerce.
www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/isj
Information Systems Journal
http://isr.pubs.informs.org
Information systems research
www.misq.org
MIS Quarterly. Leading US-based journal in the Information Systems area.
www.palgrave-journals.com/jit
Journal of Information Technology
www.elsevier.com/locate/jsis
Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Information systems in practice
www.ecch.cranfield.ac.uk
The European Case Clearing House maintains three separate collections of business case materials from the Harvard Business School (HBS), the University of Western Ontario (UWO) and The European Case Clearing House (ECCH). Collectively these represent over 10,000 items and include case studies, videos, technical notes, industry notes, case software and course modules. This information is available via COLIS, the Case On-Line Information System to which UWS has a subscription. There's also a database guide (pdf) available at:
www.swan.ac.uk/lis/help_and_training/pdf/colis.pdf
www.bcs.org.uk
The British Computer Society - professional body for information systems engineering in the UK.
www.cw360.com
Computer Weekly on-line magazine - has a regular e-business section.
www.computing.co.uk
Computing magazine.
Information systems in industry
www.tesco.com
Tesco company web-site. (Consumer)
www.ikea.com
IKEA company web-site. (Consumer)
www.eds.com
EDS company web-site. (Producer)
www.sap.com
SAP company web-site. (Producer: Software)
www.microsoft.com
Microsoft company web-site. (Producer: Software)
Virtual Community
www.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia web-site.
www.ideastorm.com
Dell's customer community site. (Adjunct)
Social networking
www.myspace.com
MySpace social networking site.
www.youtube.com
YouTube social networking site.
www.facebook.com
Facebook social networking site.
www.flickr.com
Flickr social networking site. A photo sharing application.
www.friendster.com
Friendster social networking site.
Careers
http://bcs.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.5672
British Computer Society website, which includes an extensive section on careers in IT
www.itjobswatch.co.uk/
IT Jobs Watch, which tracks the IT jobs market and includes information on jobs in business information systems
www.prospects.ac.uk
Prospects, the official graduate careers website, which includes information different job roles within the IT and management sectors
www.bls.gov/oco/ocos258.htm
Bureau of Labor Statistics, which includes details on business information systems jobs in the US and gives an overview of the BIS sector as a whole
Study skills
www.skills4study.co.uk
Helpful advice on study skills and useful links to other resources
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