Submitted by KAREN KAHN (karenkipnis@yahoo.com.br) on 2018-05-16T23:19:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Mestrado_Karen_Kahn_maio_pdf.pdf: 4705611 bytes, checksum: 869c1cc805d03b2a42e697ef57340c5c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Telma Jaqueline Dias Silveira null (telmasbl@marilia.unesp.br) on 2018-05-17T14:34:20Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 kahn_k_me_mar.pdf: 4705611 bytes, checksum: 869c1cc805d03b2a42e697ef57340c5c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-17T14:34:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 kahn_k_me_mar.pdf: 4705611 bytes, checksum: 869c1cc805d03b2a42e697ef57340c5c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-04-24 / Não recebi financiamento / Fazeres pós-custodiais em ambiência digital de tradicionais Instituições da Informação, como arquivos, bibliotecas e museus, exigem novos saberes e novas representações padronizadas de dados. Tais dados devem convergir com linguagens computacionais que os traduzam para efetivas interoperabilidades entre sistemas para o armazenamento, a preservação, o acesso e compartilhamento da informação em processo de Curadoria Digital. No Museu da Pessoa, observa-se a convergência do Design da Informação (DI) com demais sistemas complexos, como a Curadoria Digital e a Ciência da Informação, para a construção intencional de memórias de pessoas ou comunidades na Web 2. 0. Atores informacionais que interagem nas interfaces das ambiências digitais destas instituições atuam como designers da informação. Os agentes institucionais devem capacitar-se para ações que justapõem disciplinas a fim de minimizar o risco de obsolescência digital e valorização das informações, idealmente armazenadas em repositórios digitais confiáveis para seu aceso e preservação a longo prazo. O estudo observa o papel do DI no processo de Curadoria Digital do Museu da Pessoa. O objetivo geral da pesquisa é descrever como o DI, definido em e para sua Curadoria Digital, estrutura e organiza as interfaces Homepage e Conte sua História (CSH) do portal do Museu e das páginas Principal e Nova História da base de dados. Ao objetivo geral da pesquisa, somam-se os objetivos específicos: levantar as transformações tecnológicas do Museu desde sua origem (1991); conhecer como se desenham e se apresentam os conteúdos informacionais em interfaces do seu ambiente digital a partir de suas Homepage (back-end e front-end); identificar convergências de linguagens e interoperabilidades entre o subsistema e sistemas digitais, recursos de DI previstos em Curadoria Digital; verificar as implicações do DI nas interações entre sujeitos e o ambiente digital do Museu e reconhecer o papel do DI nos processos contínuos e interativos do ciclo de vida da Curadoria Digital do Museu. A pesquisa descritiva parte de exploração por observação participativa indireta em livros, dissertações, artigos acadêmicos e sites; e observação participativa direta ou etnografia virtual para imersão e verificação do princípio de mutualidade sujeitoambiente. Justifica-se por contribuir para o entendimento epistemológico, acadêmico e transdisciplinar do Museu e por dar um passo necessário em direção à compreensão técnico-científica sobre como o DI prevê convergências de linguagens, codificações multimodais e interoperabilidades entre sistemas. Do ponto de vista político-social, a descrição do processo de Curadoria Digital do Museu da Pessoa poderá servir de modelo a sistemas memoriais que objetivem a socialização da informação mediada por Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC). Destaca que no acervo do Museu, resultante de emergências bottom-up facilitadas por simulacro top-down (DI), o fato museal, memórias intangíveis, representam-se por metadados (DI). Descreve o papel estruturante do DI em camadas visíveis e invisíveis do sistema digital; bem como organizador da apresentação e representação de informações previstas em e para a Curadoria Digital. Observa possíveis atualizações na Curadoria Digital do Museu para que o acesso e compartilhamento da informação possa ser garantia de sua preservação a futuras gerações. / Post-custodial practices on digital environments of traditional information institutions such as archives, libraries and museums demand new knowledge and new standardized representation of data. Such data should converge with computational languages that translate them into effective interoperability across systems for the storage, preservation, access and sharing of information in the process of Digital Curation. In Museu da Pessoa, the convergence of Information Design (ID) with other complex systems, such as Digital Curation and Information Science is observed, for the intentional construction of memories of people or communities on the Web 2.0. Informational actors interacting at the interfaces of the digital environments of these institutions act as information designers. Institutional agents should be empowered to take actions that juxtapose disciplines in order to minimize the risk of digital obsolescence and information valorization, ideally stored in reliable digital repositories for their access and long-term preservation. The study discusses the role of ID in the process of Digital Curation of Museu da Pessoa. The general objective of the research is to describe how Information Design resources, defined in and for its Digital Curation, structure the interfaces of Homepage and Conte sua História (CSH) of the museum's digital ambience, and Principal and Nova História from the database. To the general objective of the research, the specific objectives are added: to raise the technological transformations of the museum from its origin (1991); to know how the information contents are designed and presented on the interfaces of their digital environment from Homepage (back-end and front-end); to identify language convergences and interoperability across the subsystem and digital systems, ID resources planned in the Digital Curation; to verify the implications of ID in the interactions between subjects and the digital environment of the museum and to recognize the role of ID in the Digital Curation of Museu da Pessoa. The descriptive research is based on bibliographical and documentary review, historical study and indirect participation in planned observation in sites, dissertations, theses, scientific articles and academic journals, documents and books; and direct participatory observation or virtual ethnography for immersion and verification of the principle of subject-environment mutuality. It is justified because it seeks to contribute to the epistemological, academic and transdisciplinary understanding of the museum and to take a step towards the technical-scientific understanding about how ID plans language convergences, multimodal coding and interoperability across systems. From the political-social point of view, to describe the Digital Curation process of Museu da Pessoa may serve as a model for memory systems aimed at socializing information mediated by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). We highlight that in the Museum's collection, resulting from bottom-up emergencies facilitated by top-down simulations (ID), the museum fact, intangible memories, are represented by metadata (ID). We describe the structuring role of ID in visible and invisible layers of the digital system; as well as organizer of the presentation and representation of information provided in and for Digital Curation. We observe possible updates in the Digital Curation of the Museum so that the information access and sharing can be guarantee of its preservation to future generations.

Thesis (MTech (Business Information Systems))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2008. / There is need to realise the potential of information and communication technologies (ICT) for farmers and agricultural role players, in order to achieve agriculture development. However in South Africa, it is not yet established which specific ICT are used and how they are used in different agricultural farm enterprises, and if used, their extent of deployment. In addition, few studies have focused on the factors that influence the use of ICT in South African agriculture. This study addresses these issues. This study investigates factors of ICT use that are helpful and necessary for the recognition of the importance and benefits of ICT in Western Cape commercial agriculture, specifically in the wine industry. The study investigates the different forms of ICT used in the wine industry, how they are being used in the industry, what they are used for, how important these technologies are as enablers of production, and the factors that affect their use. This study focuses on the use, not the adoption, of ICT in commercial agriculture. The study involved two groups of participants and was in two phases. In phase one, a survey of commercial farmers was conducted in Robertson Wine Valley. Phase two involved their farm employees who are involved in farm activities ranging from field, winery and administrative work in Robertson Wine Valley. 15 farmers and 60 farm employees responded to the questionnaire. The scope of the results for this study is limited to descriptive statistics, chi-square tests and correlation analysis. From the chi-square and correlation analysis, it was found that ICT training, age, race, current occupation on farm, monthly salary, education level and ICT literacy influence the use of ICT by farm employees.

Com a mesma velocidade em que cresce a importância da Tecnologia da Informação para a sobrevivência das empresas, aumenta a necessidade de acerto em processos decisórios de investimentos e o número de variáveis que interferem, positiva ou negativamente, no resultado final da análise. Desta forma, o objetivo principal desta dissertação consiste na elaboração de uma sistemática de avaliação de investimentos em Tecnologia da Informação que, além de conduzir o processo de tomada de decisão a partir do desdobramento estratégico, seja também capaz de identificar os custos, os riscos, o retorno econômico e a contribuição estratégica associados aos mesmos. A metodologia do estudo foi baseada na pesquisa-ação, no sentido de desenvolver a sistemática com a participação dos colaboradores da empresa estudada e de validar a mesma com a sua aplicação. A sistemática, que foi aplicada na Divisão de Laticínios de uma cooperativa da Região do Vale do Taquari/RS, para a avaliação de implementação de soluções para a gestão da Manufatura, foi estruturada em uma seqüência de 8 etapas, que compreendem: (i) Contextualização organizacional e estruturação de equipe; (ii) Posicionamento estratégico empresarial, otimização e classificação dos processos quanto à aplicação de TI; (iii) Definição dos objetivos e expectativas; (iv) Posicionamento e dimensionamento tecnológico; (v) Identificação de custos e avaliação financeira preliminar; (vi) Análises econômica e estratégica (identificação dos benefícios); (vii) Tomada de decisão; e (viii) Retroalimentação e atualização da Sistemática. A aplicação da sistemática permitiu à Empresa Focal identificar os elementos associados ao investimento, a viabilidade econômica do mesmo e a capacidade de contribuição estratégica proporcionada por cada uma das soluções analisadas. Além disto, a sistemática apresentou boa aderência às necessidades da Empresa Focal, e fácil aplicabilidade, destacando-se como principais contribuições (i) a formação de um grupo de trabalho multifuncional com capacidade de atuação em novos processos de avaliação de investimentos; (ii) identificação das forças, fraquezas, oportunidades e ameaças quanto à aplicação de TI nos processos; (iii) identificação dos objetivos do investimento em TI, a partir do desdobramento estratégico e do mapeamento dos processos; (iv) estruturação do processo de avaliação de investimentos em TI que, através de uma seqüência de ferramentas de fácil aplicabilidade, considera benefícios, elementos de custos, riscos e a estratégia empresarial; e (v) otimização da combinação entre os processos empresariais e a aplicação de TI, através da retroalimentação e reaplicação da sistemática. / With the same speed that grows the importance of Information`s Technology for the survival of businesses, increases the need for hits in decision making processes of investment and the number of variables that interfere, positively or negatively, in the end result of the analysis. Thus, the main objective of this dissertation is the development of a systematic evaluation of investments in Information`s Technology that, in addition to drive the decision-making process from the strategic deployment, is also able to identify the costs, the risks, the economic return and strategic contribution associated therewith. The methodology of the study was based in action research, to develop a systematic with the participation of employees of the company studied and validated it with their application. The systematic, which was implemented in the Division of Dairy of a cooperative of the Region of the Vale do Taquari / RS, for the evaluation of implementation of solutions for the management of Manufacturing, was structured in a sequence of 8 steps, which include: (i) Contextualization organizational and structure of team, (ii) Positioning strategic business, optimization and classification of the processes in the implementation of IT, (iii) Definition of goals and expectations, (iv) Positioning and technological sizing, (v) Identification of costs and preliminary financial evaluation, (vi) Economic and strategic analysis (identification of the benefits), (vii) Decision making, and (viii) Feedback and upgrade of Systematic. The application of systematic enabled the Company Focal identify the factors associated with the investment, the economic viability of the same and the ability to strategic contribution provided by each of the solutions considered. Moreover, the systematic showed good adherence to the needs of the Company Focal, and easy applicability, such as main contributions (i) the formation of a working group with multifunctional ability to act on new procedures for the evaluation of investments, (ii) identification of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats as to the application of IT in the processes, (iii) identification of the objectives of investment in IT, from the strategic deployment and the mapping of processes, (iv) structure of the evaluation process of investments in TI, through a sequence of tools for easy applicability, considers benefits, elements of costs, risks and business strategy, and (v) optimization of the combination between the business processes and the application of IT, through feedback and reapplication of systematic.

A habilidade de uma organização em inovar é diretamente relacionada com a sua habilidade de alavancar ideias e gerenciar o conhecimento. As ferramentas baseadas na web viabilizam a interação e a colaboração, apresentando um papel muito importante no contexto do processo da inovação, e fundamentais no suporte à colaboração além fronteiras. A colaboração, por sua vez, é a competência que possibilita explorar o conhecimento com a finalidade de conduzir para a inovação. O potencial das ferramentas de TIC para a colaboração é demonstrado no emprego dessas ferramentas por muitas empresas para salientar e suportar a inovação colaborativa. Por esta razão, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo analisar, sob o uso de tecnologias baseadas na web como facilitadores, quais são os fatores preponderantes que impulsionam a Colaboração para a Inovação e, a partir daí, propor um modelo conceitual. Este estudo evidencia a utilização de métodos mistos da mesma unidade empírica, a organização multinacional MAHLE do segmento automotivo. Esta abordagem é caracterizada pela utilização de estratégias de pesquisa quantitativa e qualitativa, permitindo que as lacunas deixadas por uma abordagem possam ser preenchidas pela outra. Essa etapa constituiu-se da revisão sistemática da literatura pertinente ao tema. A abordagem qualitativa foi composta por entrevistas semiestruturadas, procurando captar em profundidade a perspectiva dos atores pesquisados e permitindo fundamentar a análise na questão de pesquisa e nas dimensões importantes contidas. Quanto à abordagem quantitativa, foi realizado um levantamento do tipo survey com os profissionais das áreas de P&D&I. A partir da análise crítica da literatura e com base na opinião dos entrevistados, foram desenvolvidos o modelo conceitual e seus respectivos itens de mensuração, testados e refinados pela técnica de modelagem de equações estruturais MEE-PLS em termos de sua confiabilidade e validade. Os resultados mostraram haver um impacto dos fatores relativos da TIC sobre a Colaboração para Inovação, bem como validaram as dimensões de Confiança, Comunicação, Comprometimento e Motivação propostas no modelo. Os resultados apresentados contribuem com o entendimento do processo da Colaboração com a finalidade da Inovação, por meio do uso das ferramentas baseadas na web, para as empresas que almejam alcançar sucesso na capacidade de inovar. / The ability for an organization to succeed in innovation is directly related with its ability to encourage ideas and manage the knowledge. The tools based on the web enable interaction and collaboration, representing a very important role in the context of the process for innovation, and being fundamental to the support of collaboration across boundaries. The collaboration, in turn, is the capability that enables to explore the knowledge with the goal to direct it to innovation. The potential of the ICT tools to the collaboration is demonstrated through the usage of these tools by many firms in order to stress and support the collaborative innovation. For this reason, the objective of the present job was to analyze, by having technologies based on the web as facilitators, what were the dominant factors that drive the collaboration to the innovation and, from then onwards, propose a conceptual model. This study reveals the usage of mixed methods from the same empirical unit, a multinational organization MAHLE from the automotive sector. This approach is represented by the category of completeness for addressing a wide answer for the research question by the usage of quantitative and qualitative research strategies, allowing for the gaps left by one method to be filled by the other. This step consisted of the systematic revision of the literature relating to the subject. The qualitative approach was composed by semi-structured interviews, seeking to take in depth the perspective of respondents and allowing to explain the analysis of research\'s question. While for the quantitative approach a survey was taken with employees from the areas of R&D&I. From the critical analysis of the literature and with base on the opinion of the interviewed, the conceptual model was developed and its measurements tools, tested and refined by the structural equation modeling (SEM-PLS), in terms of its reability and validity. The results showed an impact of the factors of ICT towards the Collaboration to Innovation, and validated the dimensions of Trust, Communication, Commitment and Motivation. The showed results contribute towards the understanding of the process of Collaboration with the goal of Inovation, through the use of the tools based on the web, for the firms that want to reach success in the capability to innovate.

Information security has significant role in Healthcare organizations. The Electronic Health Record (EHR) with patient’s information is considered as very sensitive in Healthcare organization. Sensitive information of patients in healthcare has to be managed such that it is safe and secure from unauthorized access. The high-level quality care to patients is possible if healthcare management system is able to provide right information in right time to right place. Availability and accessibility are significant aspects of information security, where applicable information needs to be available and accessible for user within the healthcare organization as well as across organizational borders. At the same time, it is essentials to protect the patient security from unauthorized access and maintain the appropriate level in health care regarding information security. The aim of this thesis is to explore current management of information security in terms of Electronic Health Records (EHR) and how these are protected from possible security threats and risks in healthcare, when the sensitive information has to be communicated among different actors in healthcare as well as across borders. The Blekinge health care system was investigated through case study with conduction of several interviews to discover possible issues, concerning security threats to management of healthcare. The theoretical work was the framework and support for possible solutions of identified security risks and threats in Blekinge healthcare. At the end after mapping, the whole process possible guidelines and suggestions were recommended for healthcare in order to prevent the sensitive information from unauthorized access and maintain information security. The management of technical and administrative bodies was explored for security problems. It has main role to healthcare and in general, whole business is the responsibility of this management to manage the sensitive information of patients. Consequently, Blekinge healthcare was investigated for possible issues and some possible guidelines and suggestions in order to improve the current information security with prevention of necessary risks to healthcare sensitive information. / muqadas@gmail.com

Magister Legum - LLM / This paper is inspired by the ills borne out of the internet. The internet has become a modern day tool for criminals seeking to conceal the proceeds derived from their crime, hence the problematic notion of cyberlaundering. This paper journeys through the world of cyberlaundering by looking into the structure of the crime in great depth. It explores various possibilities, and tries to hatch out viable solutions to the dilemma. / South Africa

Magister Curationis - MCur / Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are for information storage, retrieval, display and transmission through electronic means in our day-to-day life. The use of technology in education has made both learners and educators to achieve new possibilities because life is made easy for them due to its inherent advantages which range from support of conventional classroom work, design, development of learning materials to accessing virtual libraries. Harnessing these benefits places a great deal of demand on nurse educators to improve the teaching-learning experience of learners. However, the major players, especially the nurse educators in Nigeria, have not been properly investigated to find out if they use technology in teaching, and if they do, what types they use. The study aimed to explore and describe the nurse educators‟ use of Information and Communication Technologies in teaching and learning in nursing schools in Edo State, Nigeria. It focused on the type of Information and Communication Technologies used by nurse educators, how they use them, and the challenges they face, if any, in the use of technologies with a view to suggesting ways of overcoming the identified challenges. An exploratory descriptive quantitative research design with the use of self-administered questionnaires was adopted. The population was all the 36 nurse educators in the three universities that offer the Bachelor in Nursing Science programmes in Edo State. Validity and reliability of the study questions were ensured and a pilot study was done to ensure internal consistency by measurement with the Cronbach‟s alpha consistency measure that yielded 0.85. Descriptive analysis was employed with the aid of frequencies, tables and graphs. Findings of the study indicate that the nurse educators use technology for teaching and learning. They all use the laptop 34(100%); desktop computer iii accounts for 33(97.1%). The respondents use these technologies in conjunction with word processing and spreadsheet for direct classroom teaching, preparation of lectures and students‟ results as well as classroom facilitation. Twenty-five (25) respondents (73.5%) use the mobile technologies such as cell phones and emails to send and receive messages from students. Thirty (30) respondents (88.2%) store information as well as browse the Internet. The use of these applications is quite high, unlike video transmission to receive recorded lectures from out-stations which amounted to 7(20.6%) and video conferencing to dialogue with nursing experts 6(17.6%). The CD ROMS are used for direct classroom teaching, storage of course materials and for rehearsal and revision purposes by less than 50% of the respondents each. The respondents identified erratic power supply, unstable connectivity and inadequate ICT facilities as some of the major challenges they encounter. In conclusion, the study recommends among other things that the various departmental and personal offices of the lecturers be equipped with modern technology facilities. The university management is urged to explore other alternative power supply like solar energy. Furthermore, all the role players are urged to play their part effectively to make ICT for teaching and learning beneficial and effective.

Telecommuting is becoming an increasingly popular trend in the modern workforce. Among the growing number of teleworkers are engineers, a profession where communication is a necessity. This study employs a phenomenological research approach to understand and describe the ways in which information communication technology (ICT) affects teleworking engineers’ interpersonal communication in the workplace and perceptions of isolation in social and organizational contexts. Uses and gratifications theory and media richness theory were used to better understand teleworkers’ selection and use of ICT. The findings revealed six themes: emotional impact, workplace relationships, information communication technology in the workplace, the nature of telework, telework and connectivity, and the organizational role in telework. This study contributes to communication research by adding to the growing body of knowledge about the influence of telework on workplace communication and relationships from the perspective of a niche population, engineers.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(地球環境学) / 甲第21978号 / 地環博第185号 / 新制||地環||37(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院地球環境学舎地球環境学専攻 / (主査)准教授 真常 仁志, 教授 舟川 晋也, 教授 西前 出 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Global Environmental Studies / Kyoto University / DGAM

The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which ICT (Information Communication Technology) is accepted and used in teaching in four public South African schools. The constructs of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) were used to generate an understanding of educators’ technology acceptance and use in their classrooms for the purpose of teaching. It is generally understood that for the model to be successfully implemented, all the pillars of this theoretical framework must be present and operational in the classroom. This study followed a qualitative research approach and focused on multiple case studies. The use of a multiple-case study, which involved four schools in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa within a limited time, allowed the researcher to detect things that could be hidden or go undetected in a large-scale, broader, longitudinal study. Semi-structured interviews allowed the researcher to investigate individuals' opinions, their experiences, beliefs and/or possible motives on certain subjects. This instrument for collecting information allowed for more open-ended questions and is less structured. Data was also collected through field notes, observation and document analysis. The researcher opted to use the Atlas.ti programme to prepare and organise the data for analysis. It can be concluded from the findings that the educators perceived educational technology to be useful. There was a positive consensus among the participants that the technologies received are not difficult to use, and have in fact, reduced their workload. Further, there is a positive attitude from both learners and educators towards the technology. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2019. / Science, Mathematics and Technology Education / MEd / Unrestricted