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How It Professionals Acquire Soft Skills, Paul Majett
How It Professionals Acquire Soft Skills, Paul Majett
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractIn this study, I investigated how information technology (IT) professionals learn/acquire soft skills. Little is understood about how IT professionals describe and apply the soft skills that they consider necessary for their own employability. Exploring how IT professionals describe and apply soft skills is important to their future work and career advancement. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to better understand how IT professionals learn/acquire soft skills. Bandura’s 1986, social learning theory served as the organizational conceptual framework of this study and guided the research question, which asked how IT professionals acquire learn/acquire soft skills. This research question …
Strategies To Increase Competitive Advantage In The Automotive Manufacturing Supply Chain, Amber Willis
Strategies To Increase Competitive Advantage In The Automotive Manufacturing Supply Chain, Amber Willis
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Some automotive manufacturing supply chain leaders lack strategies that are needed to implement information technology (IT) systems. Business leaders are concerned with implementing IT systems to achieve and maintain a competitive advantage. Grounded in the resource-based view theory (RBV), the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore information system strategies used by leaders in the automotive manufacturing supply chain to achieve competitive advantage. Participants were five leaders of an automotive manufacturing supply chain organization who implemented IT systems. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and a review of organization project documents. Through thematic analysis, five themes were …
Knowledge Management For Integration Of Agricultural Supply Chain In India, Sazzad Parwez
Knowledge Management For Integration Of Agricultural Supply Chain In India, Sazzad Parwez
Management Dynamics
Paper tries to explore the problems faced by Indian agriculture for food security in terms of inadequate infrastructure and highly inefficient supply chain in context of information technology. This paper broadly covers some of important aspects of agriculture supply chain in India-identification of issues at different levels in the supply chain; transformation in the agriculture due to various supply chain interventions; the role of information management in supply chain: and this paper also covers the suggestion to improve efficiency at different levels in supply chain. The paper concludes that information management plays very important role for development and contemporary issue …
Challenges Of The Industrial Revolution Era 1.0 To 5.0 : University Digital Library In Indoensia, Merlin Apriliyanti, Ilham M
Challenges Of The Industrial Revolution Era 1.0 To 5.0 : University Digital Library In Indoensia, Merlin Apriliyanti, Ilham M
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
This study explains the development of the world of libraries to establish a very close relationship with the world of information technology. For this reason, facilities and infrastructure are needed to facilitate data and information retrieval quickly and accurately. Facing the challenges of the Industrial Revolution 5.0 era by utilizing information technology, libraries must also adapt to the times. Because the library has an important role, among others, as a source of information and the development of knowledge. Used libraries are still conventional to be converted into digital libraries. In essence, this development represents the desire of library users for …
Strategies For Information Technology Small Business Owners To Sustain Beyond The First 5 Years, Edward Alan Rodarte
Strategies For Information Technology Small Business Owners To Sustain Beyond The First 5 Years, Edward Alan Rodarte
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small businesses are the foundation of an economy and spawn innovation, but small business owners fail at an alarming rate because they lack strategies to sustain business operations. Since 50% of small businesses fail within the first 5 years, small business sustainability research is critical to support small business owners. Grounded in entrepreneurial theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to identify strategies information technology (IT) small business owners use to sustain operation beyond the first 5 years. The participants included four IT small business owners in the Southwestern United States who sustained operations beyond the first 5 …
Strategies For Implementing Critical Success Factors For Improving Information Technology Information Systems’ Performance In Financial Organizations, Sherri L. Williams
Strategies For Implementing Critical Success Factors For Improving Information Technology Information Systems’ Performance In Financial Organizations, Sherri L. Williams
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Information technology infrastructure library (ITIL) business leaders lack strategies for implementing critical success factors (CSFs) to promote organizational effectiveness and project success. As a result, ITIL leaders may experience less project success if CSF strategies are not effectively implemented. Grounded in the balanced scorecard (BSC) theory, this qualitative multiple case study aimed to explore strategies ITIL business leaders use to implement CSFs successfully to improve organizational efficiency for project success. The participants comprised five ITIL business leaders in the financial industry located in the southwestern region of the United States who successfully implemented strategies to implement CSFs to improve organizational …
Strategies For Adoption Of Innovative Information Technology For Business Performance Improvement, James Melvin Smith
Strategies For Adoption Of Innovative Information Technology For Business Performance Improvement, James Melvin Smith
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Business leaders do not often consider investing in informational technology (IT) to increase performance. These business leaders lack knowledge of innovative IT adoption strategies to expand their revenue and reduce costs to sustain a competitive advantage. Grounded in the technology-organization-environment (TOE) theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore IT innovation adoption strategies business leaders use to increase performance. The participants were four successful business leaders selected from finalists for international entrepreneurial awards presented annually in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The data were collected using semistructured telephone interviews, media releases, and online publications. …
Information Technology Usage Among Afghan Women Business Leaders, Karen A. Putnam
Information Technology Usage Among Afghan Women Business Leaders, Karen A. Putnam
Communications of the IIMA
Prior to 2001, under the Taliban-ruled government, Afghanistan Information Technology (IT) usage was restricted to a few select individuals. Women were not allowed to attend schools or enter public areas without a related male escort and were expected to stay in the family home (Roshan, 2013). However, since 2001, the Afghan IT infrastructure allowed women to join the business sector to become educated in commerce, and they marketed products, goods, or services. Simple IT tools such as mobile phones have offered affordable business options for women, such as payment transactions over the phone or social media accounts. Afghan women leaders …
A Systematic Literature Review : Information Technology Capital And Performance, Ilham M, Anis Eliyana, Tri Siwi Agustina
A Systematic Literature Review : Information Technology Capital And Performance, Ilham M, Anis Eliyana, Tri Siwi Agustina
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
This study aims to conduct a systematic literature review of research in the field of Information Technology Capital and Performance with data from all international research publications. The data obtained in this study amounted to 113 academic documents published from 1994 to 2020 globally. Research has discussed a lot about the causal relationship between information technology capital and company performance, the results of empirical studies vary to some extent with the exception of Information Technology business partnerships which are referred to as Information Technology business and strategic alignment. To that end, strategic alignment has emerged as one of the most …
The Effect Innovation Of Information Technology, Product, Work, And Service Toward Development Performance Academic Business Laboratory In Indonesia, Ilham M, Tanti Handriana, Fendy Suhariadi
The Effect Innovation Of Information Technology, Product, Work, And Service Toward Development Performance Academic Business Laboratory In Indonesia, Ilham M, Tanti Handriana, Fendy Suhariadi
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
This study was conducted to compile a work plan and create an integrated laboratory information system and improve academic services at Uin Sunan Ampel Surabaya based on the implementation of work programs towards a world class university. The purpose of this research activity is to design and implement a system capable of providing work information for each manager of the integration laboratory and maximizing the utilization of the integration laboratory so that the use of the integration laboratory is better and more precise. The results of this research can form an integrated laboratory information system that can optimize the performance …
Health Care Manager Electronic Medical Record Systems Implementation Strategies To Improve Patient Outcomes, Mcarthur Bruno Damis
Health Care Manager Electronic Medical Record Systems Implementation Strategies To Improve Patient Outcomes, Mcarthur Bruno Damis
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Ineffective implementation of electronic medical record systems (EMRS) among health care outpatient clinics results in substantial financial loss. Health care managers (HCMs) in outpatient clinics who fail to implement EMRS adversely affect employee usage and performance. Grounded in fayolism theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the strategies health care managers used to implement EMRS in their organizations. The participants were six HCMs in a U.S East Coast city. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data from semistructured interviews and internal company documents. Five themes emerged: internal communication, overcoming barriers, time management, compensation improving …
Analysis Effect Of Audit Information Technology : Green Technology, Smart System And Innovation Behavior Working For Improving Business Services University In Indonesia, Merlin Apriliyanti, Ilham M, Tanti Handriana, Indrianawati Usman
Analysis Effect Of Audit Information Technology : Green Technology, Smart System And Innovation Behavior Working For Improving Business Services University In Indonesia, Merlin Apriliyanti, Ilham M, Tanti Handriana, Indrianawati Usman
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the use of technology and integrated information systems and recommend the development of new systems at PTKIN (UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya and UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang). The study of information technology management in tertiary institutions aims to measure the extent to which the application of information technology is able to support the activities of the Tri Dharma College in order to achieve world class universities. In measuring the results of the audit of information technology management the tertiary institution will conduct evaluation, monitoring and further development of information …
Digital Design And Fabrication Technologies Topromote Values Of Human Well-Being, Chadi Khoury Assistant Professor, Faculty Of Architecture – Design & Built Environment
Digital Design And Fabrication Technologies Topromote Values Of Human Well-Being, Chadi Khoury Assistant Professor, Faculty Of Architecture – Design & Built Environment
BAU Journal - Health and Wellbeing
Nowadays, thanks to technological development and knowledge, digital design has assumed a fundamental role in building human's well-being. No longer a mere functional element, today it is an interdisciplinary tool par excellence in the construction of new forms of relationship between human and his vital context. The process of design is subject of many studies in the field of psychology or social science or technologies. Its wealth is based on its complexity and the variety of operating conditions that include during its progress. This paper studies how it is possible for digital design and fabrication technologies to promote human well-being …
Transformational Leadership, Information Technology, Knowledge Management, Firm Performance: How Are They Linked?, Mostafa Sayyadi Ghasabeh
Transformational Leadership, Information Technology, Knowledge Management, Firm Performance: How Are They Linked?, Mostafa Sayyadi Ghasabeh
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
This paper investigates the possible effect of information technology on facilitating knowledge management processes by developing a link between transformational leadership and information technology. Research indicates that leaders that care considered transformational, are posited as change agents as they deploy information technology of a firm coupled with their transformational-leadership style. Information technology plays a mediating role in the relationship between transformational leadership and knowledge management. Existing literature combine the interactions between transformational leadership and knowledge management. I expand on this concept by attempting to better understand the mechanisms by which knowledge management and firm performance are influenced by transformational leadership. …
Engagement Of Information Systems Professionals In Open Source Software Development, Md Saifur Rahman Bhuiyan
Engagement Of Information Systems Professionals In Open Source Software Development, Md Saifur Rahman Bhuiyan
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Open source (OS) development of software is becoming increasingly desirable for individuals and organizations alike. Organizations that heavily resisted this new way of developing software are now actively participating in this process. Participation of information systems (IS) professionals in the open source environment has been a focal point in this stream of research in information systems. The dissertation goes beyond participation and examines engagement of IS professionals in the open source environment. The concept of engagement facilitates a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between a person and a his or her work. The three essays in the dissertation examine …
University Of Maine Copyright Violation Policy, University Of Maine
University Of Maine Copyright Violation Policy, University Of Maine
General University of Maine Publications
University of Maine Copyright Violation Policy
Acceptable Use Of Information Resources Policy, University Of Maine System
Acceptable Use Of Information Resources Policy, University Of Maine System
General University of Maine Publications
University of Maine System Acceptable Use of Information Resources Policy.
Strategies For Successful Healthcare Information Technology Projects, Chareese Dionne Hayes
Strategies For Successful Healthcare Information Technology Projects, Chareese Dionne Hayes
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Without successful information technology (IT) implementations, IT managers and project managers (PMs) would fail to support their customers' and patients' technological needs. IT managers in healthcare organizations who improve IT project success rates will enhance the organization’s financial health. Grounded in the transformational leadership model, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies some IT managers in healthcare organizations use to deliver IT projects meeting deliverable requirements. The participants were 5 IT managers and PMs in healthcare organizations in a metropolitan area of California who effectively used strategies to successfully deliver IT projects for health organizations. …
Strategies For Business Management Innovations To Improve Competitiveness, Roger George Denousse
Strategies For Business Management Innovations To Improve Competitiveness, Roger George Denousse
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Some African business leaders were, in 2019, less competitive because they continue to use traditional business management practices and have failed to incorporate advanced technology. Taking advantage of new management strategies and innovative technology to increase their global competitiveness will benefit African businesses. The purpose of this multiple case study, grounded in Burns’ transformational leadership theory, was to explore strategies that business leaders in Seychelles have used to implement management innovations to improve competitiveness. The participants consisted of 5 business leaders from 5 large innovative business organizations operating successfully and based in Mahe, Seychelles. The data were collected through semistructured …
Strategies To Implement Big Data Analytics In Telecommunications Organizations, Delton Aneato
Strategies To Implement Big Data Analytics In Telecommunications Organizations, Delton Aneato
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Information Technology (IT) leaders who do not invest in big data projects may struggle to gain a competitive advantage and business insights to improve performance. Grounded in the Kotterâs change and Six Sigma models, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies IT leaders used to implement big data analytics successfully. The participants comprised 4 IT leaders from 2 telecommunication organizations in the United States of America, who effectively used strategies to promote and maximize competitive advantage using big data analytics. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, company documents, and project-related documents and were analyzed using …
Relationship Between Information Technology Integration, Senior Leadership Involvement In Postmerger Integration, And Merger Performance, Francis Tella
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractIneffective post-merger performance places an organization at financial risk. Health care leaders are concerned with post-merger performance because of the high rate of post-merger failure and the significant economic and social impact that hospitals have on their communities. Grounded in Haspeslagh and Jemison's post acquisition integration framework, the goal of this quantitative ex post facto study was to evaluate the relationship between information technology integration, senior leadership involvement in post-merger integration, and post-merger performance. Secondary data were collected from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Hospital Compare and the American Hospital Association's annual survey databases for 2018. Data from Irving …
Key Strategies For Successful Information Technology Projects, David Morris
Key Strategies For Successful Information Technology Projects, David Morris
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractThe successful implementation of information technology (IT) projects globally depends on the increasing reliance of project managers on IT innovations. Some project managers and business leaders do not possess the strategies to effectively manage and successfully implement IT projects. Grounded in coordination theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies used to successfully implement IT projects. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and from company documents. The participants comprised 6 IT project managers in Northeast Ohio who successfully implemented IT projects. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Four themes emerged: communication amongst all …
Technological Innovation And The Gics: A Discussion Of Classification Needs In A Disrupted World, Madison Leann Moats
Technological Innovation And The Gics: A Discussion Of Classification Needs In A Disrupted World, Madison Leann Moats
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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Information Searching And Satisficing Process For It Decision Making Process Of Smes, Mohammed A. Enagi, Jean-Paul Van Belle
Information Searching And Satisficing Process For It Decision Making Process Of Smes, Mohammed A. Enagi, Jean-Paul Van Belle
The African Journal of Information Systems
Information Technology (IT) can provide Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with competitive advantage, effective management, and improved business performance. Decision making is an integral process of achieving a successful IT investment. SME owner-managers are usually the key IT decision makers despite the fact that they often do not possess sufficient IT skills. This study examines how SME managers search and prioritise information that guides their IT decisions. This study adopted a qualitative research method and conducted interviews with eleven SME owner-managers in Nigeria and South Africa to understand the process of IT investment based on the information available to the …
An Empirical Study About The Impact Of Internet In Smes, Albert Aliu
An Empirical Study About The Impact Of Internet In Smes, Albert Aliu
Theses and Dissertations
The aim of this research was to find out the current trends of usage of new technologies, with a special focus on the impact of the Internet based on chosen variables. The target group of the current research were small to medium size enterprises – SMEs, which are considered as the most-influential entities within a country. This is due to their influence on economy and employment opportunities they offer in every country. The results of this research show a better image about the current technological trends in Kosovo and no other research with identic approach was found out by the …
Healthcare Organization Change Management Strategies To Guide Information Technology With For Information Technology Change Initiatives, Sharita Dianthe Speed-Crittle
Healthcare Organization Change Management Strategies To Guide Information Technology With For Information Technology Change Initiatives, Sharita Dianthe Speed-Crittle
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
As technology and organizations continue to increase in complexity, a willingness to implement change management strategies for Internet technology (IT) change initiatives is necessary in a healthcare setting. This multiple case study explored change management strategies that 3 hospital administrators at 3 different hospitals in the southeast region of the United States used to guide organizational IT change activities to avoid waste and increase profits. The conceptual framework for this study was Lewin's organizational change model and Kanter's theory of structural empowerment. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and a review of hospital documentation from the 3 hospitals. The data …
Exploring Information Technology Return On Investment Reports For Planning, Budgeting, And Implementation, Constantine Bitwayiki
Exploring Information Technology Return On Investment Reports For Planning, Budgeting, And Implementation, Constantine Bitwayiki
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The failure rate of new government information technology (IT) projects in developing countries is high, with 35% classified as total failures and approximately 50% as partial failures. The population for this study was 10 senior managers of a public sector organization in Uganda selected because of high IT project successes achieved through leveraging IT return on investment (ROI) reports. The purpose of this qualitative single-case study was to explore the strategies Ugandan senior public sector officials used to leverage IT ROI reports during planning, budgeting, and implementation of IT projects to reduce failure rates. The conceptual frameworks were the strategic …
Age, Tenure, General Self-Efficacy, And Sales Performance Of Salespeople, Juhani Suhonen
Age, Tenure, General Self-Efficacy, And Sales Performance Of Salespeople, Juhani Suhonen
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Companies worldwide spend millions of dollars on sales training but often fail to address the significant effect of personal attributes of salespeople on sales performance. Grounded in Bandura's self-efficacy theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between age, tenure, general self-efficacy, and sales performance among face-to-face salespeople of technology companies worldwide. Understanding this relationship is important to sales managers for predicting sales performance to enhance sustainability. Data were collected from 103 participants between July and September 2019 via a survey link in the largest IT sales professional LinkedIn group. Multiple hierarchical linear regression analysis …
Top Management Support, Collective Mindfulness, And Information Systems Performance, Shaji A. Khan, Albert L. Lederer, Dinesh A. Mirchandani
Top Management Support, Collective Mindfulness, And Information Systems Performance, Shaji A. Khan, Albert L. Lederer, Dinesh A. Mirchandani
Shaji Khan
Mindfulness is a cognitive process that facilitates the discovery and correction of errors that might escalate. This study applies mindfulness theory to examine the impact of top management support for information systems on collective mindfulness, and that of collective mindfulness on IS performance. It treated such mindfulness in five dimensions, and top management support and IS performance as uni-dimensional. Forty-seven chief executive officers responded to a survey asking their perceptions of the constructs. Top management support predicted four of the dimensions with the strongest effect on sensitivity to IS operations. A negative path from support to commitment to IS resilience …
Invisible Labour: Support-Service Workers In India’S Information Technology Industry, Indranil Chakraborty
Invisible Labour: Support-Service Workers In India’S Information Technology Industry, Indranil Chakraborty
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
The dissertation investigates the life, working conditions and urban experience of support-service workers in the Information Technology (IT) sector of India: the janitors, security guards, fast food delivery service professionals and car pool drivers who work in and around technology parks that develop software applications for a world-market. The common experiences of these employees are migration from rural contexts to a radically modern employment setting, where they work long hours with minimal benefits in informal conditions that often violate basic labour laws. The thesis draws on quantitative and qualitative research, and in particular on analysis and interpretation of hundred and …