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02
Nov
2008

Electronic Social Spaces, Web-Scrapers and Narrative Analysis: Problem Identification Tools for Web-based Counseling Support Services?

Communications of the IBIMA
Web-based counseling services have grown since the inception of Internet, typically built around traditional counseling models where clients approach service providers. This paper considers an approach that is pro-active in finding individuals who may be at risk. The paper outlines the relationship between the content…
31
Oct
2008

B2C E-Commerce Acceptance: The Moderating Effect of Gender

Communications of the IBIMA
The objective of this paper is to test the moderating effect of gender on e-purchasing behaviour. With this aim, we analyse a group of e-customers (males and females) with experience in online shopping through an extended Technology Acceptance Model. The results obtained show that there…
28
Oct
2008

A Work Breakdown Structure for Implementing and Costing an ERP Project

Communications of the IBIMA
This paper presents a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for a phased implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution. The key activities that constitute an ERP implementation project are discerned in detail, each in its entirety.  Each activity illustrates the tasks required to fulfill each…
25
Oct
2008

A Framework for Faculty Memory Information System

Communications of the IBIMA
Many approaches have been developed which claim to guide organization to use their common or shared memory in more efficient way. One of the approaches is realizing the organizational memory with the help of information system, resulting the term Organizational Memory Information System (OMIS). This…
23
Oct
2008

A Web Application to Create a Virtual Campus for Students at Petroleum and Gas University, Ploiesti

Communications of the IBIMA
In the recent years, the web site has become a necessity for organisations everywhere. Dynamic Web pages, which interact with the user, have become a semi-mandatory requirement for any Web site. An efficient application, easy to use and maintain, together with a robust database and…
21
Oct
2008

The Importance of Learning to Differentiate between ‘Hard’ and ‘Soft’ Knowledge

Communications of the IBIMA
For knowledge to be managed it has to be severed from those who produced it; it must be stable, replicable, and translatable across contexts, space and time. What this entails is that at some point in its development it has to be divided from its…
17
Oct
2008

Issues of Open Source Software Uptake in Australian Government Agencies

Communications of the IBIMA
Software generally used by individuals and organizations is proprietary software. This kind of software is closed, available at a cost, and its copyright is owned by the organization that develops it. This means that the end user does not have access to source code, cannot…
14
Oct
2008

Enhancing the Effectiveness of Virtual and Offshore Project Teams: Guidelines for Best Practice

Communications of the IBIMA
The literature on management of virtual and offshore project teams contains numerous examples of the ways in which such projects can fail. Typically, the failures relate to one or more of the three cornerstones of project management: the time frame is not adhered to; costs…
13
Oct
2008

Towards Restraining Cost in Healthcare Domain: A Multiagent Approach

Communications of the IBIMA
The proliferating cost with-in the healthcare domain is forcing the researchers and practitioners alike to revisit healthcare logistics domain again and again in order to control the cost. However, controlling healthcare cost requires that limits be placed either on prices, quantities of services or both.…
10
Oct
2008

Requirements of Knowledge Management Systems According To Performance and Risk Related Issues in Global Supply Chains

Communications of the IBIMA
The development in global network perspectives forces the demand for a proper knowledge management and according configuration of performance and risk issues that occur from the ongoing trend towards the globalized supply chain. The paper shows the requirement shift through globalized procurement. As an effect…