Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Corporate mergers and partnerships are common in today’s competitive environment and
inevitably require organisations to integrate information and telecommunication systems
when such unisons take place. One of the most important challenges in each enterprise,
especially forced by global markets and the resulting competition, is the capability to
efficiently interact, collaborate and exchange information with business partners and within
an organisation. Many software systems within organisations are not integrated into a
homogeneous structure and therefore the sharing and exchange of information, not being
synchronised, leads to possible misappropriation of such information. These isolated systems
in organisations, could consequently become possible platforms for corruption and fraud,
leading to increase in computer crime. While key risk areas remain, new dangers are
emerging. Government stakeholders require departments to be accountable and responsible,
which underpins the sharing and exchanging of relevant information, which in turn
necessitates the integration of inter- as well as intra-departmental systems. If corruption and
fraud is committed in these departments the impact may be significant, including damage to
their reputation and image and even detrimental to service delivery to communities.
Government and law enforcement agencies all over the world are faced with challenges of
combating corruption and fraud. Fighting corruption and fraud committed via computers
necessitates the need to close the gaps created by computers which were designed without
consideration for future integration. Hence organisations should seek a way to link systems
that were developed in isolation in order to simplify and automate business processes to the
greatest extent possible. The aim of this study is to discuss factors affecting the
implementation of application systems in large organisations with special reference to the
South African Department of Defence (SA DOD). Current systems will be studied and a
possible approach on how the DOD Vehicle Management Systems could be integrated will
be recommended. This study introduces and defines the problem, describes different research
methodologies including the methodology that was used. The topics of corruption and fraud,
electronic commerce and e-government will be explored through intensive research of the
extant literature, drawing interpretations to be applied to the empirical data gathered on fraud
and corruption in DOD and on their ITC systems. Finally the findings and recommendations
of this research, based on the theoretical and empirical data, will be presented. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Korporatiewe oornames en vennootskappe is algemeen in vandag se kompeterende
omgewing. Dit is dus onvermydelik dat daar van ondernemings verwag word om informasie
en telekommunikasie stelsels te integreer by die paasvind van sulke verbintenisse. Een van
die mees belangrike uitdagings in elke onderneming, veral in die lig van globale markte met
die gevolglike kompeterende uitdagings, is die vermoë vir effektiewe interaksie,
samewerking en uitruil van inligting met besigheidsvennote en ook in die onderneming self.
Talle sagteware stelsels in ondernemings is nie geïntegreer in ʼn homogene struktuur nie en
gevolglik, omdat dit nie gesinkroniseer is nie, lei die deel en uitruil van informasie tot
moontlike wederregtelike toe-eiening van sulke informasie. Sulke geïsoleerde stelsels in
ondernemings kan dus die platvorms word van korrupsie en bedrog en lei tot ʼn verhoging van
rekenaarmisdywe. Terwyl sleutel risiko areas steeds van toepassing is, is daar ook weer
nuwe gevare wat te voorskyn kom. Die Staat se aandeelhouers vereis dat departemente
aanspreeklik en verantwoordelik sal wees wat die belangrikheid van die deel en uitruil van
inligting onderstreep en wat op sy beurt weer die integrasie van inter- asook intradepartementele
stelsels noodsaak. As misdaad en korrupsie gepleeg word in hierdie
departemente mag die impak betekenisvol wees. Dit sluit in skade aan hul reputasie en beeld
en kan selfs dienslewering aan gemeenskappe belemmer.
Om korrupsie en bedrog wat met rekenaars gepleeg word te beveg, is dit nodig om die
gapings toe te maak wat deur ontwerpe geskep is sonder dat toekomstige integrasie
inaggeneem is. Ondernenings moet dus ‘n manier soek om stelsels te koppel wat in isolasie
ontwikkel was met die doel om besigheidsprosesse tot die grootste moontlike mate te
vereenvoudig en te outomatiseer. Die doel van hierdie studie is om die faktore te ondersoek
wat die implementering van stelsels beïnvloed in groot ondernemings met spesifieke
verwysing na die Suid Afrikaanse Departement van Verdediging (SA DVV). Huidige sisteme
sal bestudeer word en ʼn moontlike benadering sal aanbeveel word oor hoe die DVV se
Voertuig Bestuurstelsels geintegreer kan word. In hierdie studie word die besiheids- asook
die navorsings-probleem gedefineer. Die onderwerpe van korrupsie en bedrog, elektroniese
handel en e-regering sal ondersoek word deur intensiewe navorsing van bestaande literatuur
te doen. Dit word aangevul deur vertolkings van die hierdie toepaslike literatuur gepaard met
empiriese data versameling oor bedrog en korrupsie in die DVV en die Departement se
“ITK” stelsels. As finale stap sal die bevindings en aanbevelings van hierdie navorsing,
gebasseer op teoretiese en impiriese data, aangebied word.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/20253 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Phalama, Mmabore S. H. |
| Contributors | Botha, Daniel F., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Information Science. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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