Impact of Management in
the Flow of information, Case of An International Laboratory
Introduction
This proposal will focus on
identifying the impacts of management in the flow of information in an
International Laboratory, particularly the Centre Pasteur Du Cameroon Yaounde. The
identification of these impacts will be significant to International Laboratory
as the failures and successes encountered through this information flow strategy
will be identified (Bejou, & Palmer, 1998). The main objective of conducting
this study is to evaluate the role of management in the flow of information in
an International Laboratory and to discuss its contribution to performance of
Centre Pasteur Du Cameroon Yaounde. In order to achieve this objective, the
Centre Pasteur Du Cameroon Yaounde staff will be used as the participants of
the study. Specifically, a total of 5 employees will serve as the respondents.
Using the interview method, each employee will be asked to provide data
regarding their respective laboratories’ success or failure brought about by management
in the flow of information. Centre Pasteur Du Cameroon Yaounde records such as
IT evaluation reports, laboratory effectiveness, past and present operation
records as well as highlights of the laboratory approaches will also be used to
support the results of the interview. All of these data will then be subjected
to analysis and presented in textual, tabular and graphic formats. In addition
to quantitative data, data gathered from the research process will also be
supported by previous literature discussing various cases that applied a
similar management strategy.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of this proposed
study is to investigate and determine the impact of management to the flow of
information to an International Laboratory, particularly the Centre Pasteur Du
Cameroon Yaounde. Specifically, this study will concentrate on the role of management
of IT to an International Laboratory. The following will be the main objectives
of the study:
- To identify the key drivers of
applying IT as a operation and information tool in International
Laboratory
- To determine how IT enhances the International
Laboratory’s activities
- To analyze the management success
or failure of Centre Pasteur Du Cameroon Yaounde brought about by management
in IT utilization
- To recommend ways on how IT can be
optimized by Centre Pasteur Du Cameroon Yaounde for operation purposes
Research Methods
This proposed study will be
conducted in order to investigate and determine the different impacts of management
of information flow and IT utilization to Centre Pasteur Du Cameroon Yaounde. Specifically,
the impact of management of information flow and IT utilization to Centre
Pasteur Du Cameroon Yaounde will be identified. Two research instruments will
be used for this study. These include the interview method and the desktop
research (Allen, & Morton, 1994).
The interview method will be used in order to acquire
first hand data as well as support secondary information (Creswell, 1994). Relevant records and reports will be the main source of secondary
data for this study. This source was selected in order to ensure the
reliability and accuracy of the research results. The desktop research will be
composed primarily of published articles of similar company cases. As this
study will concentrate on Centre Pasteur Du Cameroon Yaounde and their information
flow experiences, the case study approach is the most appropriate research
methodology (Creswell, 1994).
The main research question for this proposal is: “What
are the impacts of Impact of Management in the Flow of information, Case of An
International Laboratory ?”. In order to answer this problem, Centre Pasteur Du
Cameroon Yaounde staff will be randomly selected to participate. This
laboratory was identified implementing a specific IT management tool or
strategy for about five years or more. Within each of these chosen staff, they
will be asked to undergo the semi-structured interview procedure. The Centre
Pasteur Du Cameroon Yaounde was chosen for this study as the employees from
this laboratory can provide the most accurate and relevant information. In
order to test the validity of the semi-structured interview process, the
prepared interview schedule will be initially tested to 5 respondents. These
participants will not be part of the actual study; however, this procedure will
be done in order to detect areas of the schedule that needs improvement or
changes.
References:
Allen, T. & Morton, M. (eds.) (1994). Information Technology and the Corporation
of the 1990s: Research Studies.
Bejou, D. & Palmer, A. (1998). Service Failure
and Loyalty. Journal of Services
Marketing, 1, 21-22.
Creswell, J.W. (1994). Research design.
Qualitative and quantitative approaches.
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