Submitted by Silvana Teresinha Dornelles Studzinski (sstudzinski) on 2016-06-28T14:56:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Antônio Ricardo Monteiro Marin_.pdf: 5519237 bytes, checksum: 092df886e33eade7c0b83550a8c8939e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-28T14:56:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Antônio Ricardo Monteiro Marin_.pdf: 5519237 bytes, checksum: 092df886e33eade7c0b83550a8c8939e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-14 / ESPM – Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing / Os investimentos em Tecnologia da Informação (TI) têm crescido nas últimas décadas, tanto em importância para as empresas, quanto em número de artigos publicados. Estudos acadêmicos demonstram a existência de falhas na tomada de decisão de investimentos em TI, dificuldades para o entendimento dos fatores de adoção da TI na justificativa de investimentos, inabilidade das análises para identificar os impactos intangíveis da TI e a lacuna existente no entendimento das relações entre fatores de adoção da TI e benefícios gerados para a organização. Nesse contexto, nesta pesquisa propõe-se a identificar e analisar as relações entre os fatores de adoção da TI e os benefícios intangíveis percebidos pelos gestores da organização. Para alcançar esse objetivo foi desenvolvida uma revisão da literatura envolvendo os conhecimentos relacionados ao processo de investimento em TI e aos benefícios intangíveis gerados para a organização. Foram identificados os fatores de adoção da TI relacionados às pessoas; ao ambiente da empresa; à TI, com a estratégia organizacional; e aos benefícios esperados da TI. Os benefícios intangíveis percebidos pelos gestores da organização foram relacionados, no ambiente externo, aos clientes; concorrentes; fornecedores; produtos e serviços, e no ambiente interno, aos funcionários; processos organizacionais; e informação e comunicação. O estudo foi desenvolvido através da realização de estudos de casos múltiplos em três empresas do ramo do varejo de moda que possuem uma administração central e uma rede de lojas. No total foram realizadas 24 entrevistas, sendo nove entrevistas episódicas, baseadas em um guia de entrevista, para identificar os fatores de adoção da TI que participaram do processo para a realização do investimento em TI, e mais 15 entrevistas semiestruturadas para identificar os benefícios intangíveis percebidos pelos gestores de cada uma das áreas da organização. Os resultados revelam o surgimento de novos fatores de adoção da TI e também a não ocorrência de fatores de adoção da TI, considerando-se os fundamentos teóricos examinados. A percepção dos executivos das organizações analisadas demonstra que muitos benefícios intangíveis constantes na estrutura conceitual não foram confirmados e ainda surgiram novos benefícios intangíveis não mencionados pelos autores analisados. Foram identificadas relações entre os fatores de adoção da TI e os benefícios intangíveis percebidos relacionadas aos seguintes fatores de adoção da TI: interesse dos tomadores de decisão, estrutura e suporte organizacional, processos e controles organizacionais, apoio aos objetivos estratégicos, alinhamento da TI com a estratégia e benefícios esperados da TI. A pesquisa oferece evidências que o interesse dos tomadores de decisão na realização dos investimentos em TI é percebido pela maioria dos gestores da organização; os objetivos estratégicos previstos são percebidos após a realização dos investimentos; os benefícios intangíveis esperados da TI são diferentes dos benefícios intangíveis percebidos pelos gestores da organização; os gestores com menor tempo na empresa percebem menos benefícios intangíveis gerados em relação aos gestores mais antigos na empresa. As evidências encontradas possibilitam que os executivos possam entender melhor o processo de investimento em TI através da identificação da relação entre os fatores de adoção da TI com os benefícios intangíveis percebidos e gerados para a organização. / Information Technology (IT) investments have grown in recent decades, both in importance for companies and in number of published articles. Academic studies show the existence of failures in decision-making on IT investments, difficulties in understanding the IT adoption factors in justification of investments, inability of analysis to identify the intangible impacts of IT and the gap in the understanding of the relation between IT adoption factors and benefits generated for the organization. In this context, this research proposes to identify and analyze the relation between IT adoption factors and intangible benefits perceived by the organization's managers. In order to achieve this goal it was developed a literature review involving the knowledge related to the process of IT investment and the intangible benefits generated for the organization. The IT adoption factors related to people; to the company’s environment; to IT with organizational strategy; and to expected benefits of IT were identified. Intangible benefits perceived by the organization's managers have been related in the external environment, to customers; competitors; suppliers; products and services, and in the internal environment to the employees; organizational processes; and information and communication. The study was developed by conducting multiple case studies in three companies in the fashion retail industry that have a head office and a shop network. In total 24 interviews were conducted, where nine of those were episodic interviews based on an interview guide to identify the IT adoption factors that participated in the process for the realization of IT investment, and plus 15 semi-structured interviews to identify the intangible benefits perceived by managers of each organization area. The results reveal the emergence of new IT adoption factors and also the non-occurrence of IT adoption factors, considering the theoretical foundations examined. At the analyzed organizations, the executives’ perception shows that many intangible benefits contained in the conceptual framework have not been confirmed. However new intangible benefits not mentioned by the authors emerged. Relations between IT adoption factors and the perceived intangible benefits related to the following IT adoption factors were identified: interest of decision makers; structure and organizational support; processes and organizational controls; supporting the strategic goals; IT alignment with the strategy, and expected IT benefits. The research provides evidence that the decision makers’ interest in the achievement of IT investments is perceived by the majority of the organization's managers; the expected strategic aims are realized after accomplishment of investments; expected intangible benefits of IT are different from intangible benefits perceived by the organization managers; managers with less time in the company realize less intangible benefits generated compared to senior managers in the company. The found evidences enable executives to better understand the process of investment in IT by identifying the relation between IT adoption factors with the intangible benefits perceived and generated for the organization.

Bakalauro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjama savitarna lyginant ją su tradicine paslauga prekybos centruose Lietuvoje bei naujos paslaugos įtaka jos vartotojams. Teorinėje dalyje pateikta savitarnos esmė ir bendrosios jos savybės, savitarnos valdymo veiksnių analizė (naudojimosi savitarna lemiami veiksniai, savitarnos priėmino veiksniai), aptarti savitarnos technologijos tinkamumo kriterijai bei savitarnos reikšmė aptarnaujant klientus. Darbo problema. Stiprėjanti konkurencija paslaugų sektoriuje skatina paslaugų įmones ieškoti naujų verslo technologinių sprendimų, kurti naujas paslaugų technologijas, kurias taikant paslaugos teikiamos efektyviau. Savitarnos technologijos taikymas aptarnaujant vartotojus yra efektyvesnis negu individualizuotas, tačiau nevisos savitarnos paslaugos prigyja. Savitarnos pripažinimas iš vartotojų pusės yra susijęs su pasitikėjimu paslaugos teikėju, todėl yra svarbu nustatyti veiksnius darančius įtaką vartotojų suvokimui apie pačią paslaugą ir nustatyti savitarnos mašinų reikalingumą Lietuvos prekybos centruose. / This bachelor final paper analyses self-service comparison to traditional service of shopping centers in Lithuania and the input of self-service technology on service users. Theoretic chapter provides the analysis of the essence and general properties of self-service as well as analysis of the self-service operate factors (the use of self-service determinant factors and self-service adoption factors), discussion of the eligibility criteria for self-service technology and self-service importance for customer needs. Work problem. Increasing competition in the services sector encourages service companies of finding new technological solutions for their business and create new technology based services for more efficiency. Self-service technology for customer servicing is more effective than individualized but not all self-service naturalize. Self-service recognition from the consumer side is related to the trust of the service provider, so it is important to identify the factors influencing consumer’s perceptions of service and the need for self-checkout alternative in shopping centers of Lithuania.

The emergence of cloud computing is influencing how businesses develop, re-engineer, and implement critical software applications. The cloud requires developers to elevate the importance of compliance with security policies, regulations and internal engineering standards in their software development life cycles. Cloud computing and agile development methodologies are new technologies associated with new approaches in the way computing services are provisioned and development of quality software enhanced. However adoption and use of agile and cloud computing by SMMEs in South Africa is seemingly constrained by a number of technical and non-technical challenges. Using Grounded Theory and case study method this study was aimed at exploring the development of a framework for agile methodologies to promote the adoption and use of cloud computing services by SMMEs in South Africa. Data was collected through survey and in-depth interviews. Open, Axial and Selective coding was used to analyse the data. In tandem with its main objective the study, besides exploring the development of the envisaged framework, also generated and made available valuable propositions and knowledge that SMMEs in South Africa using agile development methodologies can use to work better with cloud computing services in the country without compromising on software quality. The findings of this study and the emerging insights around the development of the framework, which in itself also constitutes an important decision making tool for supporting adoption and use of cloud computing services, are a substantial contribution to knowledge and practice in the ICT field of information systems in South Africa / Information Science / D. Phil. (Information Systems)