Browsing Information Systems and Technology by Type "Thesis"
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Computer-based productivity estimation of academic staff using the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy topsis method.
(2014)Universities generally use a human-intensive approach such as peer evaluations, expert judgments, group interviews or a weighting system to estimate academic productivity. This study ... -
Copyright in the digital age with specific reference to technological protection measures and the efficacy of exceptions.
(2005)No abstract available. -
Cyber-security and governance for industrial control systems (ICS) in South Africa.
(2016)Industrial control systems (ICS) and supervisory, control, and data acquisition (SCADA) systems have evolved from operating in a relatively trusting environment to the current prevalence of public networks. Cyber-threats ... -
Determinants of ICT adoption by small and medium enterprises in Pietermaritzburg.
(2019)Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been a major contributor to world economic growth. ICT plays a vital role when it comes to the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). In developed countries, SMEs ... -
Digital storytelling and teenage emotional intelligence : a South African case study.
(2012)Little guidance is given to teachers in South Africa with regard to integrating technology into the classroom. Yet they are required to teach 21st century skills such as ICT literacy and collaborative problem-solving, as ... -
Do Web 2.0 social media impact transnational social advocacy? : a study of South African civil society and Greenpeace.
(2012)This study focuses on how civil society organisations deploy Web 2.0 technologies for transnational social advocacy, the context of this technology use, and the effect of this adoption in achieving organisational goals. ... -
The effective use of computers and emerging technologies for e-education in public secondary schools in urban and rural communities of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2009)This study identifies problems and competencies, with the aim of establishing whether educators would be willing to adopt e-Education; and be ready to implement the policy in the classroom, as well as the acceptance of ... -
The effects of security protocols on cybercrime at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
(2018)The use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) within the educational sector is increasing rapidly. University systems are becoming increasingly dependent on computerized information systems (CIS) in order to carry ... -
Employee perceptions on adoption of an intelligent Port terminal : a case study of Durban Port terminals.
(2018)The global financial crisis of 2007–2008, which caused a decline in economic activities leading to the 2008–2012 global recession, has led to the need for performance improvement techniques and effective cost reduction ... -
The employees’ perception on the adoption of big data analytics by selected medical aid organisations in Durban.
(2017)The increase of number of data available in today’s world has prompted different industries to find a way to get the value out of the data available. Big data analytics is a term used to describe the analysis of the enormous ... -
Enhancing access to socioeconomic development information using mobile phone applications in rural Zimbabwe: the case of Matabeleland South Province.
(2018)Mobile phone access has grown exponentially, transforming access to information and communication in Africa. Mobile phone penetration has increased dramatically across the urban-rural, rich-poor and literate-illiterate ... -
Evaluating the effectiveness of mobile telecommunication services in Durban and Lagos.
(2011)Telecommunication includes voice, video and internet communication services. Thus, mobile telecommunication services involve voice communication, video streaming, graphics and television services at high speed. Technology ... -
An evaluation of employee-management relations in Zenith Bank Plc.: Lagos, Nigeria.
(2017)The relationship between management and employees involves an important management process that requires more attention than it has normally received. The internal relationship between the employer and employees can impact ... -
Evaluation of the adoption of information and communication technology in secondary school management.
(2017)In this Information and Communication Technology (ICT) era, any business transactions can now be effectively and efficiently carried out to realise organisational goals, with education administration in secondary schools ... -
An evaluation of the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s online social media strategy using the balanced scorecard.
(2017)This study analyses the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN) online social media (OSM) strategy to determine how it is manifested, its effectiveness and whether the strategy is achieving its stated objectives. This analysis ... -
An evaluation of the usability and end user acceptance of an education management software system.
(2018)The study is aimed at evaluating the usability and end user acceptance of a management software system. The study serves an exploratory agenda to determine the current state of usability regarding SASAMS and to determine ... -
Exploring student perceptions of smart-phone brand equity at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus.
(2018)Brief statement of the problem: Students often have a purchasing power but they form a large portion of the smart phone consumer market. There was therefore a need to explore student’s perceptions of smart phone brands on ... -
Factors influencing software developers’ use of pair programming in an agile software development methodology environment.
(2018)IT has been growing rapidly through the years and the IT solutions which are required are no simpler. Industries want IT solutions to be flexible enough to accommodate spikes in demand and to produce outcomes as soon as ... -
Factors influencing students’ intention to use Blackboard Learning Management System at Mangosuthu University of Technology, Durban.
(2018)The implementation and use of the Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS) varies from institution to institution in the South African higher education landscape. This variation is caused by the individual organizational ... -
Factors influencing the learning of introductory computer programing at the Durban University of Technology.
(2019)Computer programming is an extremely difficult skill to master for students who are novice computer programmers. The preceding assertion is based on reports of high failure rates in introductory computer programming courses ...