Business and Law: Conference Contributions
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Lego Blocks - A Foundation for Effective Group Work
(2020)In addition to being technically competent in their chosen discipline, employers expect graduates to have well-developed problem solving, communication and teamwork skills (Karzunia, West, De Costa, Philippou & Gordon, ... -
Evaluating the Alignment of IT with Business Processes in SMEs
(2007)This paper takes a new approach to IT alignment by focusing on the alignment of IT with business processes. Thus the paper focuses on operational alignment rather than strategic alignment. The paper proposes a new instrument ... -
Assessment and Development of Prior Knowledge for IS Learning Effectiveness: Reflections on Practice
(2004)Ramsden (1992) suggests that excellence in teaching requires constant attention to how a subject is being understood by students and the ability to use the assessment to change instruction so that it more accurately ... -
Development of Assessment Portfolios for IS Majors
(2004)While assessment is acknowledged as a critical enabler of student learning, literature shows lack of alignment between learning objectives and the types of assessment used in practice. This paper reports on the findings ... -
Making sense of blockchain in food supply-chains
(2019)Blockchain is a potentially disruptive and game-changing technology that has created excitement about its potential applications. The agriculture industry in New Zealand is facing increased pressure to be able to accurately ... -
Conceptualizing public service value in e-government services
(2010)Given the substantive investments that governments are making in information technology and the development of e-government channels to improve interactions with citizens, there is increasing interest in determining whether ... -
Conceptualising Creative Use: An Examination of the Construct and its Determinants
(2007)Organizations depend on the creativity of their employees in order to get the best possible outcome from the technologies that have been put into place. Yet IT research exhibits few studies in understanding the types of ... -
Application of a Data Mining Process Model: A Case Study- Profiling Internet Banking Users in Jamaica
(2010)Internet banking has become widely available in Jamaica and yet there have been few studies to understand the characteristics of its users. For banks to improve their service and similar services it becomes imperative ... -
Identifying Key Software Development Practices in the English-Speaking Caribbean Using the Nominal Group Technique
(2008)This paper explains how a simplified process improvement framework was developed with practices from the capability maturity model integration (CMMI) model using the nominal group technique (NGT). The NGT was used to ... -
Measurement of IT Management Sophistication in Small Firms
(2005)This study developed an instrument to measure IT management sophistication in small firms. Multiple-case studies were used to explore the concept of IT management sophistication in small firms and provide a pool of indicators ... -
Understanding the Impact of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation on Knowledge Sharing
(2013)Organisations invest heavily in knowledge management technologies and initiatives which are entirely dependent on the willingness of employees to share their knowledge. Educational and reward programs need to be informed ... -
Understanding Involvement in Technology Adoption
(2006)Adoption research often draws on frameworks such as the Technology Acceptance Model and the Theory of Planned Behaviour to explain an individual"s intention to use information technology (IT). Collectively these models ... -
Active Learning in IS Education: Choosing Effective Strategies for Teaching Large Classes in Higher Education
(1999)This study investigates teaching with active learning techniques, as a means of enhancing student motivation and learning in large IS classes. The combination of traditional lectures with active learning techniques to ... -
An Integrated Perspective on Factors Influencing Online Health-Information Seeking Behaviours
(University of Wollongong Faculty of Business, 2016)Today medical practice has turned to the development of online health systems and models aimed at helping people to become more independent in managing their well-being and care. Healthinformation seeking is a key aspect ... -
Emergency Notification on Mobile Devices – A Trade -off between Protection Motivation and Privacy Concern
(2017)Worldwide, natural disasters are increasing. In 2016 alone there was over $175 billion in damages and 8900 lives lost. To mitigate the impact of these events on people, countries are turning to location-based mobile emergency ... -
Embedding Accounting Courses in Entrepreneurship Education
(2020)This project is aimed to fill the gap of explicitly adapting accounting education for future entrepreneurs by investigating the current status of embedding accounting courses in the entrepreneurship curriculum; and ...
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