Discussion and Response Forum Data Visualization & GIS

by Akash Thakur 

The organizations are in a constant quest to improve, develop and grow their competitive advantage in the market to sustain and be profitable in their global competition. Data Visualization and GIS plays an important role in making sure that the organizational employees play a vital role in following IT industry standards and best practices, metrics of information integration and flows to contribute to the common goal and overall success of the organization (Tworek et al., 2019). The use of knowledge management portals, Service Now knowledge repository, data visualization, GIS and data warehouses has gained huge importance as well as popularity in devising essential information technology visualization, practice, rules and procedures among both IT and Non-IT crowd of the organization. The information technology virtualization and integration do instill a sense of high innovation culture among the team members of different departments in the organization.

            As an IT manager, I would definitely incorporate various ways to engage various team members through various cross-departmental communication techniques via creating a knowledge management portal, a repository showing dashboard and metrics that would include transparent and integrated information flow for various IT applications, systems, ethical practices, problem troubleshooting etc. I would ensure that we have a next-generation automated catalog of informational topics that empowers the end-users of the organization utilizing automated search functionality to find the quickest and easiest way to access important information (Garnett & Kanaroglou, 2015).

            The visualization and GIS dashboard designed to deliver essential information to the peers in other departments could be designed to instill authenticity, reliability, reachability and innovation of information to be delivered to the peer audience in the departments of the organization thus making sure that the textbook’s USP as well its usability has its purpose of connecting information technology reliability to the organizational process, knowledge, procedures and product innovation that would ultimately help the employees in the various cross-departmental teams working towards the success of the organization in the competitive market.

            The role of an IT manager is monumental in designing any kind of information metrics and visualization whether it’s an electronic record, information rules, or a knowledge management data visualization dashboard in delivering fast and reliable information to other departments (Golfarelli & Rizzi, 2019). The API metrics should also be reviewed and revised with updated information on a regular basis to maintain the relevance and importance of the information in the textbook to be served as an important pillar of information communication strength in any organization.

References:

Golfarelli, M., & Rizzi, S. (2019). A model-driven approach to automate 

             data visualization in big data analytics. Information Visualization, 19(1), 24–47. 

           https://doi.org/10.1177/1473871619858933

Garnett, R., & Kanaroglou, P. (2015). Qualitative GIS: An Open Framework Using SpatiaLite 

                                         and Open Source GIS. Transactions in GIS, 20(1), 144–159.                        

                https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12163

Tworek, K., Walecka-Jankowska, K., & Zgrzywa-Ziemak, A. (2019). Information Technology 

          Reliability in Shaping Organizational Innovativeness of SMEs. Organizacija, 52(2), 143–154. 

         https://doi.org/10.2478/orga-2019-0010

Warm, D. L., Thomas, S. E., Heard, V. R., Jones, V. J., & Hawkins-Brown, T. M. (2008). Benefits 

           of information technology training to National Health Service staff in Wales. Learning in 

           Health and Social Care, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1473-6861.2008.00195.x

Zaslavskaya, O. Y., & Levchenko, M. S. (2020). Designing a system of electronic training 

           materials for remote post-training support for corporate training. RUDN Journal of 

            Informatization in Education, 17(1), 36–48. https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-8631-2020-17-1-36-48