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Digital Ecosystems: Ict’S Contribution To Addressing Climate Change, Helen M. Hasan, Alanah Kazlauskas
Digital Ecosystems: Ict’S Contribution To Addressing Climate Change, Helen M. Hasan, Alanah Kazlauskas
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
One of the most pressing challenges facing humankind is climate change, but it is a wicked problem. While the complexity of this problem can be overwhelming there are means through which the problem can be understood and advances made towards a solution. This paper applies a holistic theoretical sense-making framework and an ecosystem approach to research and practice on ICT issues in the climate change problem. It demonstrates how end-user tools and Web 2.0 technologies, which are embedded in digital ecosystems that include the social context, can play a positive role in the global challenges of climate change.
Developing A Climate Of Trust During New Product Development: A Conceptual Framework, Janette K. Rowland
Developing A Climate Of Trust During New Product Development: A Conceptual Framework, Janette K. Rowland
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
A gap exists in our understanding of the role that “trust” plays within organisations that produce new products. Recent organisational research suggests that trust may play a more significant role in modern organisational structures than previously thought. Trust encourages efficient information sharing, limits defensive behaviours, encourages citizenship behaviours, leads to co-operation and teamwork, and encourages collaboration. The NPD literature has traditionally focused on “integration methods” which promote information sharing and interaction among participants with trust often being viewed as a “by product” of these approaches. A conceptual framework is proposed, with several research propositions, which highlights the importance of understanding …