Academic Conferences International

Proceedings of
The 2^nd European Conference on IS Management, Leadership and Governance
held at the Ministry of Research, Paris, France
12-13 July 2006

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Paper Title	Author(s)	Page
Preface		iii
Biographies of Conference Chair, Programme Chair, Keynote Speaker		v
Biographies of contributing authors		vi
Who is Managing the Business Information?	Toon Abcouwer and Jan Truijens University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands	1
Linking Leadership, Change and Culture in UAE Higher Education Contexts	John Deary Dubai Men’s College, Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, UAE.	11
Governance as a Force for Mitigating Risk When Implementing ERPs in Loosely Coupled Systems	Lois Fitz-Gerald and Jennie Carroll Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	21
Managing Stakeholders in IT Investment Evaluations	Lorraine Galvin Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland	29
A Need for Change in e-Business Management	Varuna Godara School of Management, University of Western Sydney, Australia	43
A Knowledge Based Interactive Agent Assistant for Leadership	Ronald Hartung¹and Anne Håkansson² ¹Science,Franklin University, Columbus, Ohio USA ²Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden	53
Business Process Reengineering in China: An Empirical Study	Xin James He Dolan School of Business, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 06824, USA	61
A Survey of Risk Assessment for Corporate Networks	Philip Irving and David Nelson University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK.	71
How Improvement of IS Governance Influence Governments Decision when it Reorganise Hosting of Software Applications	Björn Johansson Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University.	79
A Bridge Between Practice and Research: Which Governance Vehicle Suits Best the Purpose?	Narcisa Jonsson and Mårten Simonsson Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden	87
Managing Diversity in Multicultural Arenas: An Investigation of Social Influences Across Four Nations	Kritika Kongsompong Chulalongkorn University	97
The Impact of Board Configuration on Financial Performance: Evidence from the Greek Service Sector	Dimitrios Koufopoulos and Maria-Elisavet Balta, Brunel Business School, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK	107
Using Availability Management to Bridge the Gap between Business and Information Services	Lionel Laratte Primavera Systems, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, PA USA	117
Emotional Intelligence Inputs in a Systemic Project Management Approach	Olivier Lazar and Fabrice Roy ESC Lille, Lille, France	123
The Need for a New Perspective in Enterprise System Design	Themistokles Lazarides¹, Evangelos Drimbetas² and Nikolaos Sariannidis¹ ¹Technological Institute of West Macedonia, Kozani, Greece ²Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece	131
Bank Marketing: How can Share of Wallet Be Maximized? Analysis of Determinants and Obstacles	Soumaya Letaifa and Jean Perrien University du Quebec A Montréal, Montreal, Canada	139
Management Information Searching for Leadership and Governance	Sam Lubbe School of IS&T, UKZN, Private Bag X54001, Durban; 4000	149
From IT Manager to CIO	Sharm Manwani and Phil Ives Henley Management College, Henley-on-Thames, UK	157
The Impact of Leadership and Power on Perceptions of Creativity in the Workplace	John Politis Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai Men’s College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	167
Strategic Information Systems Planning in Inter-Organizational Networks: Adapting SISP Approaches to Network Context	Hannu Salmela¹ and Ton Spil² ¹Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Turku, Finland ²University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands	179
Business and IT Governance Alignment: The Importance of Using Process Simulation	Enrique Silva Industrial Information and Control Systems, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden	189
The Project Management Office: What is it really Managing? Process and System-Based vs People-Based PMOs: Data Management or Knowledge Management	Michel Thiry and Olivier Lazar ESC Lille, Lille, France	199