Browsing Masters Degrees (Information Systems and Technology) by Title
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A qualitative investigation of perceptions of stress and coping strategies employed by caregivers of individuals with a traumatic brain injury in KwaZulu-Natal : a retrospective study.
(2017)Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are a major health and socio-economic concern which negatively impacts communities worldwide (Maas, Stocchetti & Bullock 2008; Udoh & Adeyemo, 2013). Although most traumatic brain injury ... -
Real-time strategy games and task switching.
(2014)Numerous authors have examined the effects of video games on executive functions. This research focuses on the effects of video games on task switching, one aspect of executive functions. Switching between different tasks ... -
The role of information systems integration in achieving Batho Pele within the KZN Provincial public service.
(2014)A major responsibility confronted the Government of National Unity (GNU) in 1994 was to undo the apartheid legacies of poverty, inequality and racial segregation in order to create a single, and efficient public service ... -
Security testing challenges of web developers in the Lagos, Nigeria IT industry.
(2020)Web applications are instrumental for businesses. Due to the susceptible nature of the internet, which is their main operating environment, many vulnerabilities that compromise web applications are constantly reported. ... -
Smartphone usage of employees at an I.T. firm.
(2015)Smartphone applications have the potential to revolutionise the way tasks are performed including: communication and messaging, information retrieval and analysis, file management, scheduling and planning, social networking, ... -
Social media and its contribution to brand building with special reference to Generation Y.
(2014)This study investigated the contribution of Social media to brand building, with special reference to a sample of Generation Y consumers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The study is based on four research objectives. ... -
Staff perceptions and use of blackboard at Durban University of Technology.
(2015)Students of today up to the age of 25 are referred to as digital natives. They have grown up in a world of computers and the Internet. They live in a so called anytime/anyplace world, that is not constrained by time or ... -
Students’ perceptions of computer-based assessment: a case of UKZN.
(2018)Assessment may be defined as the process of measuring the skill, capability, understanding and knowledge of an individual. It may also be defined as the process that involves testing of students’ knowledge about what they ... -
A study of cloud computing technology adoption by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Gauteng Province.
(2015)This study investigates small and medium enterprises in the IT sector located within the province of Gauteng, to ascertain their perceptions on the benefits and risks associated with cloud computing, and to assess the ... -
The thinking styles of IT students and practitioners.
(2005)IT expenditures and organizational performance have been disconnected in the past due to an economic transition from an era of competitive advantage on information, to one based on knowledge creation. The earlier era was ... -
To investigate the state of IT governance in the South African banking sector - with particular reference to the Nedbank branch network at eThekwini.
(2018)Information technology (IT) is at the core of banking operations; it is the fabric pervading everything. Banks cannot provide their products and services without relying on IT; they are completely dependent on IT. This ... -
UKZN Westville students’ use of on-campus Wi-Fi and their perceptions of quality of service.
(2019)As Higher Learning Institutions set up Wi-Fi infrastructure in different locations on-campus, they need to provide high quality services to support students’ learning. However, there has been little effort to ascertain how ...