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Specialization: Do Your Job Well Helping Students Who Are Considering A Career In Programming Know How To Invest Their Time., Scott Pulley
Specialization: Do Your Job Well Helping Students Who Are Considering A Career In Programming Know How To Invest Their Time., Scott Pulley
Marriott Student Review
The article examines the effects of specialization on the hiring process for undergraduates studying programming whether in information systems or computer science.
Factors Influencing Knowledge Transfer In Onshore Information Systems Outsourcing In Ethiopia, Solomon A. Nurye, Alem Molla, Temtim Assefa Desta
Factors Influencing Knowledge Transfer In Onshore Information Systems Outsourcing In Ethiopia, Solomon A. Nurye, Alem Molla, Temtim Assefa Desta
The African Journal of Information Systems
Knowledge transfer in onshore information systems (IS) outsourcing projects in Africa is an important but under-researched phenomenon. This study focuses on the client-vendor perspective and examines the factors that influence knowledge transfer in onshore information systems outsourcing in Ethiopia. Conceptually, knowledge-based perspectives of IS outsourcing is used to identify an initial set of factors to frame the empirical study. This is followed by semi-structured interviews with ten project managers. The findings indicate that five key factors, namely mutual absorptive capacity, mutual learning intent, mutual trust, mutual disseminative capacity and project staff turnover influence knowledge transfer in outsourced IS projects. The …
Semantic Data Storage In Information Systems, Jean Vincent Fonou Dombeu, Raoul Kwuimi
Semantic Data Storage In Information Systems, Jean Vincent Fonou Dombeu, Raoul Kwuimi
The African Journal of Information Systems
The storage and retrieval of information are important functions of information systems (IS). These IS functions have been realized for decades, due to the maturity of the relational database technology. In recent years, the concept of Semantic Information System (SIS) has emerged as IS in which information is represented with explicit semantic based on its meaning rather than its syntax to enable its automatic and intelligent processing by computers. At present, there is a shortage of discussions on the topic of semantic data storage in IS as compared to the relational database storage counterpart. This study uses a combination of …