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Effects Of Exchange Benefits, Security Concerns And Situational Privacy Concerns On Mobile Commerce Adoption, Hua Dai, Yan Chen Jan 2015

Effects Of Exchange Benefits, Security Concerns And Situational Privacy Concerns On Mobile Commerce Adoption, Hua Dai, Yan Chen

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Few empirical studies have examined both privacy and security concerns in the context of mobile commerce (m-commerce) while accounting for the effects of situational privacy concerns specific to the context of m-commerce. This research fills this gap in research by exploring users’ exchange perceptions specific to the context of m-commerce in China and by examining the inhibitors and drives of m-commerce adoption in China from the perspectives of social exchange. Particularly, this research develops an integrated research model in which users’ perceptions on value added of and usefulness of m-commerce, and users’ privacy concerns and security concerns of m- commerce …

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The Innovation Value Chain And Adaptability Of Organizations, Jakobus Smit Jan 2015

The Innovation Value Chain And Adaptability Of Organizations, Jakobus Smit

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This paper reports on a study of adaptability of organizations and how that relates to their ability to generate innovations. Constructs from an organizational culture model and the innovation value chain was used as the foundation for a cross-sectional study in 7 organizations in Ireland. The findings reveal that adaptability is indeed related to innovativeness. Organizations that are good at creating change, learning, and creativity are better able to generate new ideas. In addition organizations that are also flexible can convert these ideas into outputs and subsequently disseminate them internally as well as outside the organization.

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From The Desk Of The Editor Jan 2015

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Information And Communication Technologies (Ict): Components, Dimensions, And Its Correlates, Alexander N. Chen, J. Gabriel Dominguez Castillo, Katherine Ligon Jan 2015

Information And Communication Technologies (Ict): Components, Dimensions, And Its Correlates, Alexander N. Chen, J. Gabriel Dominguez Castillo, Katherine Ligon

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has been identified as one of the crucial factors that affect teaching effectiveness and student learning worldwide. UNESCO, many international organizations, and many governments emphasized the importance of ICT and try to incorporate ICT into education systems. This study examined self-assessed computer competency in thirteen ICT areas from two samples, e.g., the United States and Mexico. Reliability tests were conducted, and rank analysis was done among them. By using factor analysis, these thirteen areas were grouped into three categories: “basic ICT skills”; “advanced ICT skills;” and “multimedia skills and attitudes towards ICT”. Subjects showed the …

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Comparing Mobile Apps Usability Characteristics For Designers And Users, Teuta Cata, Ben Martz Jan 2015

Comparing Mobile Apps Usability Characteristics For Designers And Users, Teuta Cata, Ben Martz

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As the mobile device market grows, so grows the commercial market and therefore the subsequent development of applications for this medium. As this rush to develop apps continues to grow, the search continues for what characteristics will help mobile apps be adopted and continued to be used. This exploratory study looks to see if there are differences between how users of mobile applications and developers of mobile applications perceive these characteristics. The results of our study identified areas of statistically significant differences on key design characteristics between mobile application designers with mobile applications users. More interestingly, a detailed analysis found …

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Long Term Factors Of Internet Diffusion In Sub-Saharan Africa: A Panel Co- Integration Analysis, Vasudeva N. R. Murthy, Ravi Nath, Mina Soleimani Jan 2015

Long Term Factors Of Internet Diffusion In Sub-Saharan Africa: A Panel Co- Integration Analysis, Vasudeva N. R. Murthy, Ravi Nath, Mina Soleimani

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Identifying factors that influence the diffusion of the Internet is paramount for researchers as well as policy makers in articulating strategies to improve the availability and subsequent use of the Internet. Most existing empirical studies have focused on this problem by analyzing diffusion data for countries for one fixed year and identified variables affecting the Internet diffusion. These variables, generally, come from the economic, technological, policy, culture, and human capital realms. These results have provided a good “snapshot” of what factors are important towards the diffusion of the Internet and the results tend to vary for studies conducted in different …

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From The Desk Of The Editor Jan 2015

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Business Processes Management In The Netherlands And Portugal: The Effect Of Bpm Maturity On Bpm Performance, Kevin J. Janssen, Pascal Ravesteyn Jan 2015

Business Processes Management In The Netherlands And Portugal: The Effect Of Bpm Maturity On Bpm Performance, Kevin J. Janssen, Pascal Ravesteyn

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In the last decade, business process management (BPM) has become essential for corporations to maintain their control over business processes. Therefore it is highly important for companies to know which factors influence business process performance. Consequently, this study focuses on the relationship between BPM maturity and BPM performance. The paper aims to determine (1) whether BPM maturity has a significant effect on BPM performance and (2) whether there is a significant difference between a country that is in a relatively more mature stadium with regard to BPM practices and one that is still going through an adapting phase. In this …

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Factors Influencing Students’ Attitudes To Computer Utilization In Tertiary Institutions: An Exploratory Study, Samuel A. Ejiaku Jan 2015

Factors Influencing Students’ Attitudes To Computer Utilization In Tertiary Institutions: An Exploratory Study, Samuel A. Ejiaku

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Students today need to have computer knowledge and skills to enable them perform their task at school and their jobs. This presents a challenge to universities on how to provide computer education to their students. This challenge is even more critical for students in developing countries. Few studies have been done on attitude of students’ use of computers in a university environment using a well-grounded technology acceptance mode. The purpose of this study is to find the factors that influence student attitude in the acceptance and use of computers in tertiary institutions in emerging economies using the Theory of Planned …

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Conceptual Model For Successful Implementation Of Big Data In Organizations, Mohanad Halaweh, Ahmed E. Massry Jan 2015

Conceptual Model For Successful Implementation Of Big Data In Organizations, Mohanad Halaweh, Ahmed E. Massry

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The term ‘big data’ has gained huge popularity in recent years among IT professionals and academicians. Big data describes the massive amount of data that can be processed and analyzed using technology to gain business values that will help organizations to achieve competitive advantages. The current paper aims to develop a holistic model that includes the factors that would affect the success or failure of the implementation of big data in organizations. Furthermore, this research examines the opportunities that organizations would attain from implementing big data, as well as the challenges that could hinder this implementation. The proposed model provides …

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An Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy System With Semi-Supervised Learning As An Approach To Improving Data Classification: An Illustration Of Bad Debt Recovery In Healthcare, Donghui Shi, Jozef Zurada, Jian Guan, Sandeep Goyal Jan 2015

An Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy System With Semi-Supervised Learning As An Approach To Improving Data Classification: An Illustration Of Bad Debt Recovery In Healthcare, Donghui Shi, Jozef Zurada, Jian Guan, Sandeep Goyal

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Business analytics has become an increasingly important priority for organizations today as they strive to achieve greater competitiveness. As organizations adopt business practices that rely on complex, large-scale data, new challenges also emerge. A common situation in business analytics is concerned with appropriate and adequate methods for dealing with unlabeled data in classification. This study examines the effectiveness of a semi-supervised learning approach to classify unlabeled data to improve classification accuracy rates. The context for our study is healthcare. The healthcare costs in the U.S. have risen at an alarming rate over the last two decades. One of the causes …

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Mobile App Installation: The Role Of Precautions And Desensitization, Mark A. Harris, Amita Goyal Chin, Robert Brookshire Jan 2015

Mobile App Installation: The Role Of Precautions And Desensitization, Mark A. Harris, Amita Goyal Chin, Robert Brookshire

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The purpose of this research is to investigate precautions that consumers take before installing mobile apps and consumer’s potential desensitization to excessive app permission requests. Through a survey of 209 participants, a prediction model was created that attempts to predict whether respondents would download applications asking for excessive permissions. The model results indicate those that take more precautions are less likely to download apps requesting excessive permissions. However, the precautions taken by participants may be inadequate and may leave consumers with a false since of security. Another key finding with the support of Communication Theory and the C-HIP Model is …

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Ethical Hacking Pedagogy: An Analysis And Overview Of Teaching Students To Hack, Regina D. Hartley Jan 2015

Ethical Hacking Pedagogy: An Analysis And Overview Of Teaching Students To Hack, Regina D. Hartley

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An area that is being scrutinized as a more effective method of educating and preparing security professionals is that of ethical hacking. The purpose of this research is to examine a more proactive approach to adequately prepare future information security professionals. Future careers in security may require that professionals be equipped with the necessary skill sets to combat an ever-growing presence of unwanted activity throughout the Internet. Many argue that future information security professionals need to have the same skill sets as attackers in order to adequately recognize and defend networks from intrusion. This research defines ethical hacking and examines …

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The Classification Performance Of Multiple Methods And Datasets: Cases From The Loan Credit Scoring Domain, Jozef Zurada, Niki Kunene, Jian Guan Jan 2014

The Classification Performance Of Multiple Methods And Datasets: Cases From The Loan Credit Scoring Domain, Jozef Zurada, Niki Kunene, Jian Guan

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Decisions to extend credit to potential customers are complex, risky and even potentially catastrophic for the credit granting institution and the broader economy as underscored by credit failures in the late 2000s. Thus, the ability to accurately assess the likelihood of default is an important issue. In this paper the authors contrast the classification accuracy of multiple computational intelligence methods using five datasets obtained from five different decision contexts in the real world. The methods considered are: logistic regression (LR), neural network (NN), radial basis function neural network (RBFNN), support vector machine (SVM), k-nearest neighbor (kNN), and decision tree (DT). …

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Shopping Preference: A Comparative Study Of American And Taiwanese Perceptions, Chuleeporn Changchit, Robert Cutshall, Tzong-Ru Lee Jan 2014

Shopping Preference: A Comparative Study Of American And Taiwanese Perceptions, Chuleeporn Changchit, Robert Cutshall, Tzong-Ru Lee

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With a growing number of households turning towards the Internet and the world of e-commerce to shop, invest, make payments, and do online banking, it is crucial for online businesses to understand why some consumers prefer online shopping and some prefer shopping at a physical store. It is also important to investigate further whether their shopping preference is influenced by culture. This study aims at comparing the shopping preference between the consumers in the U.S. and in Taiwan. Three hundred and seventy-two (372) Americans and three hundred twenty- six (326) Taiwanese participated in this study. Five factors of shopping perception, …

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Value Of Online Social Networks From The Perspective Of The User, A.J. Gilbert Silvius, Ruta Kavaliauskaite Jan 2014

Value Of Online Social Networks From The Perspective Of The User, A.J. Gilbert Silvius, Ruta Kavaliauskaite

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This paper reports a study on the willingness to pay for the services of online social networks (OSNs). The relevancy of the question is derived from indications that these OSNs are considering charging their users for more advanced services in order to develop from the advertisement-based business model. The value of these OSNs has been studied mainly from the perspective of the advertiser. This paper reports a study into the value of OSNs from the user perspective. More specifically, the study investigated the willingness to pay for the use of the OSNs Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, and the factors influencing …

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An Empirical Application Of Delone And Mclean Model In Evaluating Decision Support System In The Banking Sector Of Oman, Anu Manchanda, Saurabh Mukherjee Jan 2014

An Empirical Application Of Delone And Mclean Model In Evaluating Decision Support System In The Banking Sector Of Oman, Anu Manchanda, Saurabh Mukherjee

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Banks are investing a huge amount on information systems to provide fast services to their customers and to stay competitive. Therefore it becomes necessary to measure the success of these systems. The main objective of this study is to assess the applicability of DeLone and McLean model of information systems in evaluating decision support system in the banking sector of Oman and to check the relationship among variables of the model. In order to achieve the objectives, data was collected from the managers and assistant managers using decision support system in the banks of Oman. Hypotheses were tested using correlation …

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Technology Adoption: Issues And Challenges In Information Technology Adoption In Emerging Economies, Samuel A. Ejiaku Jan 2014

Technology Adoption: Issues And Challenges In Information Technology Adoption In Emerging Economies, Samuel A. Ejiaku

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Recognizing the need, effect and importance of Information Technology (IT) in any society, this study explored some of the challenges in the transfer and adoption of IT in developing countries. In Advanced countries, IT has generally revolutionized all facets of life, including technology, business, education and the global economy. Developing countries have not fully participated in this global revolution. This paper discusses some of the challenges that developing countries and donor countries encounter in the transfer and adoption of IT in developing countries. Some of these challenges include government policies, infrastructure, training, and culture of the recipient countries. The study …

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The Influence Of Cognitive Trust And Familiarity On Adoption And Continued Use Of Smartphones: An Empirical Analysis, Efosa C. Idemudia, Mahesh S. Raisinghani Jan 2014

The Influence Of Cognitive Trust And Familiarity On Adoption And Continued Use Of Smartphones: An Empirical Analysis, Efosa C. Idemudia, Mahesh S. Raisinghani

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In the information-driven and application rich environment of smartphones, power is closer to the user than ever before and it has the potential of helping them become more effective and efficient. Smartphones have become increasingly important for companies to create strategic opportunities and competitive advantage by adding value for its stakeholders and improving efficiency. Technological advances in smartphones have led to increased mobile applications and implications for theory and practice since they create strategic opportunities and competitive advantage by adding value for customers and improving efficiency through the use of mobile technologies. Understanding the factors that influence the continuance in …

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A Modified Stacking Ensemble Machine Learning Algorithm Using Genetic Algorithms, Riyaz Sikora, O'La Hmoud Al-Laymoun Jan 2014

A Modified Stacking Ensemble Machine Learning Algorithm Using Genetic Algorithms, Riyaz Sikora, O'La Hmoud Al-Laymoun

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With the massive increase in the data being collected as a result of ubiquitous information gathering devices, and the increased need for doing data mining and analyses, there is a need for scaling up and improving the performance of traditional data mining and learning algorithms. Two related fields of distributed data mining and ensemble learning aim to address this scaling issue. Distributed data mining looks at how data that is distributed can be effectively mined without having to collect the data at one central location. Ensemble learning techniques aim to create a meta-classifier by combining several classifiers created on the …

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Entropy Based Feature Selection For Multi-Relational Naïve Bayesian Classifier, Vimalkumar B. Vaghela, Kalpesh H. Vandra, Nilesh K. Modi Jan 2014

Entropy Based Feature Selection For Multi-Relational Naïve Bayesian Classifier, Vimalkumar B. Vaghela, Kalpesh H. Vandra, Nilesh K. Modi

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Current industries data’s are stored in relation structures. In usual approach to mine these data, we often use to join several relations to form a single relation using foreign key links, which is known as flatten. Flatten may cause troubles such as time consuming, data redundancy and statistical skew on data. Hence, the critical issues arise that how to mine data directly on numerous relations. The solution of the given issue is the approach called multi-relational data mining (MRDM). Other issues are irrelevant or redundant attributes in a relation may not make contribution to classification accuracy. Thus, feature selection is …

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Assessing Web Site Usability In Retail Electronic Commerce, Charles E. Downing, Chang Liu Jan 2014

Assessing Web Site Usability In Retail Electronic Commerce, Charles E. Downing, Chang Liu

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In the increasingly competitive environment of electronic commerce, companies are paying careful attention to Web site design and function to attract and retain both traffic and customers. One key factor that has been shown to increase both is Web site usability. This paper presents and tests a Web site usability research framework derived from prior literature. Fourteen Fortune 500 retail Web sites are examined by 261 potential customers and rated on aspects of usability. Results show that Content and Ease of Use are not currently differentiating sites with regard to usability (these attributes are expected and required just to survive …

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A Web-Based Knowledge Management Tool Utilizing Concept Maps For On-Line Student Advising, Jay M. Lightfoot Jan 2014

A Web-Based Knowledge Management Tool Utilizing Concept Maps For On-Line Student Advising, Jay M. Lightfoot

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Increasingly complex program offerings by universities combined with on-line educational opportunities have created a situation where students must deal with an extremely complicated array of curriculum decisions. At the same time, many universities are moving away from the traditional one-on-one advising model toward one that relies heavily on web-based resources. The result of this is that students are often forced to self-advise using complicated and often poorly structured websites. This paper describes a knowledge management tool to mitigate this problem by creating an intuitive, web-based interface to help students navigate directly to the Internet advising materials that are most applicable.

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Cloud-Based Email Adoption At Higher Education Institutions In South Africa, Melanie Willett, Rossouw Von Solms Jan 2014

Cloud-Based Email Adoption At Higher Education Institutions In South Africa, Melanie Willett, Rossouw Von Solms

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Cloud computing, in general, is having an impact on organizations today. Cloud-based email, in particular, is being adopted by educational institutions around the world on a large scale. This paper reports on the state of cloud-based email adoption at higher education institutions in South Africa; it does this by describing the findings of a survey of IT managers at sixteen of these institutions. It will show that South Africa follows the global trend of a large uptake of cloud- based email for higher education institutions. The fact that although organizations are satisfied with the service they receive from cloud-based email …

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A Model Of Jordanian Firm’S Trainees’ Acceptance Of A Web-Based Training, Amin A. Shaqrah, Al Hareth Abu Husain Jan 2014

A Model Of Jordanian Firm’S Trainees’ Acceptance Of A Web-Based Training, Amin A. Shaqrah, Al Hareth Abu Husain

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This study investigates E-learning technologies such as web based training “WBT” as a one of many products which wide used in all corporate training for delivering educational content to their employees. In order to achieve a better view and validate the study, researcher attempts to give details of how technology acceptance models help Jordanian trainees firms in accepting e- learning technology, and how if applied will result more attention to usage behavior. The empirical examination of study model which developed based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology ”UTAUT” which indicates that the Jordanian trainees’ firms’ usage behavior …

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A Tribute On The 25 Th Anniversary To The International Information Management Association (Iima) And Its Co-Founders: C. E. Tapie Rohm Jr., Patrick J. Mcinturff Jr. And Walter T. Stewart Jr., Warren Adis, Joseph O. Chan, Xin James He, Tanya Goette, Frank Lin, Emmanuel Uzoma Opara, Trevor Rohm, Gerhard Steinke, Jake Zhu Jan 2014

A Tribute On The 25 Th Anniversary To The International Information Management Association (Iima) And Its Co-Founders: C. E. Tapie Rohm Jr., Patrick J. Mcinturff Jr. And Walter T. Stewart Jr., Warren Adis, Joseph O. Chan, Xin James He, Tanya Goette, Frank Lin, Emmanuel Uzoma Opara, Trevor Rohm, Gerhard Steinke, Jake Zhu

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IIMA is a special place for all of us. For twenty-five years, it has served as a forum for all of us to gather together to engage in intellectual conversations, to disseminate knowledge, and to renew our profession. Over the many years, IIMA has helped many us with our tenure and promotion, and has made our manuscripts available worldwide through our publication outlets, the three IIMA journals and the seasonal conference proceedings. Also for many of us, IIMA is not only a forum for academics, but also a place for friendship, family and fun. Many of us have become life-long …

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Developing A Mobile Learning Environment: An Axiomatic Approach, Walter Rodriguez, Ngan Nguyen-Huynh, Arnold Fernandez, James Royal, Victor Fernandez Jan 2014

Developing A Mobile Learning Environment: An Axiomatic Approach, Walter Rodriguez, Ngan Nguyen-Huynh, Arnold Fernandez, James Royal, Victor Fernandez

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A new mobile environment for learning has been designed via an axiomatic approach. And by simultaneously designing both tools (software) and processes (pedagogy), the resulting environment matches the functional requirements of the instructional program. This paper describes the axioms established for mobile learning as well as development of the mobile computing environment. The paper discusses the developmental evolution and system architecture as well as the requirements of the portable training programs being offered via this new system. Apps are designed to connect learners, instructors and practitioners as well as to facilitate collaborative learning from a variety of mobile devices, anywhere …

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A Conflict Resolution Tool For Project Managers: Evaporating Cloud, Mahesh C. Gupta, Sharon A. Kerrick Jan 2014

A Conflict Resolution Tool For Project Managers: Evaporating Cloud, Mahesh C. Gupta, Sharon A. Kerrick

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Today’s ever changing business environment requires managers to interact globally with people across functional areas with conflicting points of view. A preliminary literature review suggests that a generic tool to understand and resolve conflicts is desirable. This paper demonstrates how a theory of constraints-based logical tool, an evaporating cloud, can enable IT managers to better understand conflicts underlying most problems. Using a commonly encountered conflict as an example, we show how this tool verbalizes a problem through the logic of cause and effect, surfaces the assumptions causing the conflicting actions and decisions, and presents injections – potential solutions – that …

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