Avaliação dos resultados da adoção de tecnologias móveis e sem fio: o caso IBGE – Censo 2007

Abstract

The use of Mobile and Wireless Information Technologies (MWIT) in organizational processes is considered to be a rather recent process. Those technologies have been applied in several contexts for location, tracking, data collection and analysis, among other usages. However, the outcome of it, especially for organizations, still requires some studies. To contribute to fill that knowledge gap, this paper aims at evaluating the MWIT application results concerning providing services in the public sector, by analyzing IBGE’s case. The study carried out refers to MWIT use by IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística), in the 2007 census when the technology was massively adopted, by utilizing 82,000 mobile devices – PDAs, which distinguishes it as a singular case, as well as relevant to the purpose of the research. The analysis of the case shows a set of results that may be evaluated from distinguished points of view, depending on the each one of the stakeholders involved, such as the government, or