This text enjoys a strong loyalty among instructors who adopt it. Focusing on the role of managers within an organization, the text emphasizes the development of computer-based information systems to support an organization's objectives and strategic plans. The General Systems Model is, introduced in Chapter 6, and implemented throughout the rest of the text.

This special issue reflects the impact of neutrosophic theory in Latin America, especially after creating the Latin American Association of Neutrosophic Sciences. Among the areas of publication most addressed in the region are found in the interrelation of social sciences and neutrosophy, presenting outstanding results in these research areas. The main objective of this special issue is to divulge the impact publication related to the Neutrosophic theory and explore new areas of research and application in the region. The SI reflects the influence of the neutrosophic publications in Latin America by opening new research areas mainly related to Neutrosophic Statistics, Plithogeny, and NeutroAlgebra. Furthermore, it is worth mentioning the incorporation of authors from new countries in the region, such as Paraguay, Uruguay, and Panama, to have authors in total from 15 countries, 12 of them from the Latin American region.

This volume presents the proceedings of the CLAIB 2011, held in the Palacio de las Convenciones in Havana, Cuba, from 16 to 21 May 2011. The conferences of the American Congress of Biomedical Engineering are sponsored by the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), Society for Engineering in Biology and Medicine (EMBS) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), among other organizations and international agencies and bringing together scientists, academics and biomedical engineers in Latin America and other continents in an environment conducive to exchange and professional growth.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th Conference on Information Technologies and Communication of Ecuador “TIC-EC”, held in Riobamba City from November 21 to 23, 2018, and organized by Universidad Nacional del Chimborazo (UNACH) and its Engineering School, and the Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and Academia (CEDIA). Considered as one of the most important ICT conferences in Ecuador, it brought together international scholars and practitioners to discuss the development, issues and projections of the use of information and communication technologies in multiple fields of application. Presenting high-quality, peer-reviewed papers, the book discusses the following topics: • Communication networks • Software engineering • Computer sciences • Architecture • Intelligent territory management • IT management • Web technologies • ICT in education • Engineering, industry, and construction with ICT support • Entrepreneurship and innovation at the Academy: a business perspective The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the invited speakers for their inspirational talks, to the authors for submitting their work to this conference, and the reviewers for sharing their experience during the selection process.

This review is the first study that undertakes an in-depth analysis of e-government in Mexico from a whole-of-government perspective.

This book presents the proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Innovation and Research—A Driving Force for Socio-Econo-Technological Development (CI3 2021). CI3 was held on September 1–3, 2021. It was organized by the Instituto Tecnológico Superior Rumiñahui and GDEON, in co-organization with Higher Institutes: Bolivariano de Tecnología, Central Técnico, Espíritu Santo, José Chiriboga Grijalva, ISMAC, Policía Nacional del Ecuador Vida Nueva; and sponsored by the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Peru), Universidade Federal de Goiás (Brazil) and City University of New York (United States). CI3 aims to disseminate the research project results that are being carried out in different Higher Education Institutions, research centers, and the business sector.

Este libro de texto SISTEMA EMPRESARIAL PROSPECTIVO involucra la gestión estratégica prospectiva, el plan estratégico y el proceso prospectivo con herramientas de gestión, control y auditoría del sistema empresarial. Este enfoque sistémico concibe a la empresa como un sistema prospectivo que requiere de una gestión prospectiva en las acciones de un plan estratégico dinámico que fortalezca a la empresa en el desarrollo tecnológico del cambio. Esta dirección propone el trabajo efectivo de los subsistemas empresariales, a través de un proceso de pensamiento sistémico controlado y auditado, basado en el cumplimiento de las metas, objetivos y por supuesto la misión y visión empresarial de la empresa a futuro. Visión en la prospectiva de la dirección estratégica hacia aplicaciones gerenciales a la medida de cada empresa, teniendo en cuenta el horizonte de corto, mediano y largo plazo. El objetivo principal es alinear una aplicación gerencial con la visión prospectiva de la empresa como sistema, a través de la aplicación del proceso de dirección estratégica a los recursos estratégicos del negocio generadores de productos y servicios, en el contexto de un modelo sistémico que es retroalimentado continuamente, para orientar y prospectar a la empresa hacia un futuro exitoso.