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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"information and technology"”.
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Gender equalities and career progression of indian women in the information and technology sector in India: women's views and perspectives
… out to explore women’s perceived difficulties and challenges in career progression in the IT sector in India. While there is a growing body of literature about women’s paid employment in the formal sector in India their increased participation in professional occupations such as IT, the gaps in …
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Integrating project management and change management to reduce information and technology (it) project failure. A soft systems methodology (ssm) enquiry into a failing it project at UNHCR, South Africa.
… to the study – The continued failure of Information and Technology (IT) projects has generated a lot of interest in literature in recent times despite huge capital investments into the industry. However, the failure is not only attributed to technical deficiencies but there is a growing …
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The antecedents of information security policy compliance
Information security is one of the major challenges for organizations that critically depend on information systems to conduct their businesses. Ensuring safety of information and technology resources has become the top priority for many organizations since the consequences of failure can be …
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Academic Professionals and Faculty in a Research-Oriented University: An Introductory Comparative Study
… personnel have become more numerous and more vital to the operation of large, public, research-oriented universities as these organizations respond to the pressures created by expanding information and technology, and by increasing demands for service and accountability from state and …
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Using multifactor inputs bp neural network to make power consumption prediction
<p>With the development of modern information and technology (IT), smart grids became one of the major components of smart cities, to take full advantage of the smart grid, the capability of intelligent scheduling and planning of electricity delivery is essential. For this purpose, researchers have …
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Black manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises in the Western Cape : an analysis of success factors
This thesis examines manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the Western Cape, drawn from three leading industries in the manufacturing sector: clothing, furniture, and panel beating and metal works. The aim of the study is to analyze factors that contribute to the success of …
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Integrating Global Competencies into Business and Information Technology and Marketing Education Curricula
… knowledge of global context 21st century skills and do not have enough global experiences to assist them in providing this context. Although a great deal of effort has been put into providing teachers revised global Career and Technical Education (CTE) curriculum, very little is known concerning …
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Information management and the holistic, process-oriented enterprise
This research examines the role of the information management process within a process-oriented enterprise, Xerox Ltd. The research approach is based on a post-positive paradigm and has resulted in thirty-five idiographic statements. The three major outcomes are: 1. The process-oriented holistic …
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Information and knowledge society and its impact on poverty alleviation and economic empowerment among informal sector women entrepreneurs in South Africa
… from the industrial revolution in the late 18th and 19th centuries that saw the increased use of machines and developments in the mining industries, to the increased use of information and technology in the 20th century and major breakthroughs that sparked the evolution into the information and …
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Incremental power : the nexus between information technologies and community development
… connections between power, knowledge, and information is fundamental to promoting democracy and equity. This thesis examines current and potential uses of information technologies in community development work. It argues that while these technologies are vital to developing and …
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Healthy Behavior: Essays in Health and Behavioral Economics
These essays examine beliefs and decision-making in health settings, emphasizing the role of attention, information, and technology in shaping behavior. The first essay studies human error in chest x-ray interpretation, a common and consequential medical task. It casts radiologists as facing a …
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Online to Offline Civic Engagement: The Effects of Social Media on Offline Civic Engagement
The effects of traditional internet (e.g. email and web browsing) and social media (e.g. Facebook, Google +, Twitter etc.) remain a valuable area of study among scholars seeking to understand civic engagement (e.g. volunteering, attending political rallies, protesting about local issues etc.). …
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Ambient Intelligence with Wireless Grid Enabled Applications: A Case Study of the Launch and First Use Experience of WeJay Social Radio in Education
<p>Wireless grid and ambient intelligent (AmI) environments are characterized as supportive of <em>collaboration, interaction, </em>and<em> sharing</em>. The conceptual framework advanced for this study incorporated the constructs of innovation, creativity and context awareness while offering …
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Operational Water Prediction in Highly Regulated, Transboundary Watersheds using Multi-Basin Modelling, Earth Observations and Co-production
Useful, actionable and timely forecasts of surface water resources across time and space can provide informed science-based information for policymakers. In developing countries, sparse in-situ monitoring networks, limited data access and rapid growth of reservoirs and dams inhibit the accurate …
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A communication strategy for development initiatives with special reference to a population development case study in North-Eastern Kwazulu-Natal
… World development, focusing on the diffusion of information and technology, in its plight to persuade the Third World to adopt Western innovations and to change its behaviour accordingly. Growth and success were measured in economic terms and infrastructural development was usually the outcome of …
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Open Access and Closed Discourses: Constructing Open Access as a 'Development' Issue
… open access - the free online availability and distribution of scientific and scholarly publications - and the 'developing world' from a postdevelopment perspective. It takes a discourse analytical approach, drawing predominantly on Michel Foucault's understanding in discourse. It aims to …
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Institutional framework for promoting and supporting small, micro and medium enterprise in South Africa: supply perspective
… demonstrate the importance of Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) in lifting-up the economy and creating employment. Many governments around the world have created institutions with the aim to enhance SMME survival and growth. This in turn contributes to social and political …
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Vulnerable Sovereignty: A cybernetic essay in political sciences
… broader context using the cybernetic concept of information as a key explanatory element. It is clear that there are a variety of criteria and even ideological viewpoints used in the political sciences and there may be some readers who do not agree with some judgments employed in this work. The …