The University of Bophuthatswana Act (No. I0 of 1978) led to the appointment, by
President Mangope, of the University Council, which held the first meeting on 28
September l 978. The Act charges the Council with the control of the University and
all its affairs and activities. "Uppermost in my mind was the wish to create in our own
country a university whose structures will be determined by the actual needs of
today's people in today's world" (President, Kgosi Dr Lucas Mangope, 1992: 15)
Today the universities key goal is teaching and learning. To better serve the need of
its students, staff and clients while at the same time achieve its goal, the institution
has pursued a vigorous changes on its IT system and IS policy.
As part of the institution's communication strategy. it uses e-mail. Internet and
Intranet as forms of electronic communication. Because of developments in
technology and the high premium placed by the University on quality education. there
is a need for the current mail system to be upgraded.
This project seeks to provide brief definition of GroupWare systems as well as an
overview of its features and benefits ·with particular reference to Microsoft Exchange,
Lotus Notes and Novell GroupWise.
This report explores the features of Group Wise 6.0 and highlights some of its benefits
to the University of the North West. This entails evaluating options for group-based
user computing, collaborative systems and their impact on Teaching & Learning,
Course Administration and Internal Communication.
This report also compares the use of GroupWare application in production at other
institutions and a local company.· Other areas of investigation that can improve the
system both for Teaching & Learning. Course Administration and Internal
communication are proposed. / M.Admin. (Comm.) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2004
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/11450 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Tshidzumba, Ndivhoniswani Aaron |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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