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Norberg, Patricia A. "Managed profiles : the value of personal information in commercial exchange /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2003. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/dlnow/3115636.

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Honniger, Werner. "Networking the enterprise : a solution for HBR personnel." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16481.

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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2004.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This Extended Research Assignment discusses the information systems found in HBR Personnel. The discussion, based on the research problems, proposes steps in which the systems of HBR can be integrated so that they add the most value. Furthermore, a review of Corporate Portals is undertaken to show the potential impact it may have on organisational efficiencies and knowledge. The Assignment, according to the methodologies given, analyses the HBR information system for system incompatibilities and bottlenecks and proposes solutions for these problems. The solutions include changing core system databases and computer systems, together with a portal to fully integrate HBR Personnel’s information systems.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie Uitgebreide Navorsingsopdrag bespreek die informasiestelsels gevind in HBR Personnel. Die bespreking, gebaseer op die navorsingsprobleme, stel stappe voor waardeur die stelsels van HBR geïntegreer kan word om die meeste waarde toe te voeg. Verder word ‘n oorsig gedoen van Korporatiewe Portale om te wys watter potensiële impak dit kan hê op organisatoriese doeltreffendheid en kennis. Na aanleiding van die gegewe metodologieë analiseer die opdrag HBR se informasiestelsel vir sistemiese probleme en bottelnekke en stel oplossings voor vir hierdie probleme. Die oplossings sluit in ‘n verandering van kern-sisteem databasisse en rekenaarstelsels, tesame met ‘n portaal om HBR Personnel se informasiestelsels ten volle te integreer.

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Harmse, Magda Susanna. "Physicians' perspectives on personal health records: a descriptive study." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/6876.

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A Personal Health Record (PHR) is an electronic record of a patient’s health-related information that is managed by the patient. The patient can give access to other parties, such as healthcare providers and family members, as they see fit. These parties can use the information in emergency situations, in order to help improve the patient’s healthcare. PHRs have an important role to play in ensuring that a patient’s complete health history is available to his healthcare providers at the point of care. This is especially true in South Africa, where the majority of healthcare organizations still rely on paper-based methods of record-keeping. Research indicates that physicians play an important role in encouraging the adoption of PHRs amongst patients. Whilst various studies have focused on the perceptions of South African citizens towards PHRs, to date no research has focused on the perceptions of South African physicians. Considering the importance of physicians in encouraging the adoption of PHRs, the problem being addressed by this research project thus relates to the lack of information relating to the perceptions of South African physicians of PHRs. Physicians with private practices at private hospitals in Port Elizabeth, South Africa were surveyed in order to determine their perceptions towards PHRs. Results indicate perceptions regarding benefits to the physician and the patient, as well as concerns to the physician and the patient. The levels of trust in various potential PHR providers and the potential uses of a PHR for the physician were also explored. The results of the survey were compared with the results of relevant international literature in order to describe the perceptions of physicians towards PHRs.

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Bantom, Simlindile Abongile. "Accessibility to patients’ own health information: a case in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2411.

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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016.
Access to healthcare is regarded as a basic and essential human right. It is widely known that ICT solutions have potential to improve access to healthcare, reduce healthcare cost, reduce medical errors, and bridge the digital divide between rural and urban healthcare centres. The access to personal healthcare records is, however, an astounding challenge for both patients and healthcare professionals alike, particularly within resource-restricted environments (such as rural communities). Most rural healthcare institutions have limited or non-existent access to electronic patient healthcare records. This study explored the accessibility of personal healthcare records by patients and healthcare professionals within a rural community hospital in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The case study was conducted at the St. Barnabas Hospital with the support and permission from the Faculty of Informatics and Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology and the Eastern Cape Department of Health. Semi-structured interviews, observations, and interactive co-design sessions and focus groups served as the main data collection methods used to determine the accessibility of personal healthcare records by the relevant stakeholders. The data was qualitatively interpreted using thematic analysis. The study highlighted the various challenges experienced by healthcare professionals and patients, including time-consuming manual processes, lack of infrastructure, illegible hand-written records, missing records and illiteracy. A number of recommendations for improved access to personal healthcare records are discussed. The significance of the study articulates the imperative need for seamless and secure access to personal healthcare records, not only within rural areas but within all communities.

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Kyazze, Michael. "A hybrid model for managing personal health records in South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/3145.

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Doctors can experience difficulty in accessing medical information of new patients. One reason for this is that the management of medical records is mostly institution-centred. The lack of access to medical information may negatively affect patients in several ways. These include new medical tests that may need to be carried out at a cost to the patient and doctors prescribing drugs to which the patient is allergic. This research investigates how patients can play an active role in sharing their personal health records (PHRs) with doctors located in geographically separate areas. In order to achieve the goal of this research, existing literature concerning medical health records and standards was reviewed. A literature review of techniques that can be used to ensure privacy of health information was also undertaken. Interview studies were carried out with three medical practices in Port Elizabeth with the aim of contextualising the findings from the literature study. The Design Science Research methodology was used for this research. A Hybrid Model for Managing Personal Health Records in South Africa is proposed. This model allows patients to view their PHRs on their mobile phones and medical practitioners to manage the patients’ PHRs using a web-based application. The patients’ PHR information is stored both on a cloud server and on mobile devices hence the hybrid nature. Two prototypes were developed as a proof of concept; a mobile application for the patients and a web-based application for the medical practitioners. A field study was carried out with the NMMU health services department and 12 participants over a period of two weeks. The results of the field study were highly positive. The successful evaluation of the prototypes provides empirical evidence that the proposed model brings us closer to the realisation of ubiquitous access to PHRS in South Africa.

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Tedori, Veronica. "Design of a safety management information and tracking system." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03302010-020341/.

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Fulmer, Charles A. "Developing information storage and retrieval systems on the internet a knowledge management approach." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5596.

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Search is becoming the primary way in which people get information. In 2010, global Internet usage was over two billion people, with 92% of online adults using search engines to find information. Most commercial search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.) provide their indexing and search services at no cost. The DoD can achieve large gains at a small cost by making public documents available to search engines. This can be achieved through the utilization of important design components and effective knowledge management. This thesis examines methods for making information available to search engines at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). In a large-scale project, over 200,000 documents were organized on the website dodreports.com. The results of this research revealed improvement gains of 8-20% for finding reports through commercial search engines during the first six months of implementation.

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Fei, Qi. "Operation models for information systems /." View abstract or full-text, 2009. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?IELM%202009%20FEI.

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Bae, Sanghoon. "Development of a real-time and geographical information system-based transit management information system." Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11242009-020226/.

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Kim, Hyojun. "Informed storage management for mobile platforms." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45768.

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Storage devices are rapidly changing, and we need to adapt the OS storage software stack to keep up with the changes. Such a re-evaluation of the storage software stack is especially required for mobile platforms because they are relying on inexpensive flash storage devices having very different performance characteristics from the familiar hard disk.In this thesis work, we first show the importance of storage in mobile platforms; contrary to conventional wisdom, we find evidence that storage is a significant contributor to application performance on mobile devices. Then, we explore the solution space for flash storage; user-level library for selective logging, host-side write buffering layer, and OS buffer replacement scheme for flash storage have been studied. Finally, we build an integrated solution for smartphone storage, named Fjord. In the Fjord study, we re-design logging and RAM buffering solutions for smartphones, and also propose fine-grained reliability control mechanisms. We prove that non-volatile logging can improve storage performance remarkably. Understanding the characteristics of cloud-backed applications and controlling the reliability constraint for chosen cloud-backed applications can achieve additional significant performance gain.We implement and evaluate our solution on a real Android smartphone, and demonstrate significant performance gains for everyday apps on such platforms.

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On, Sai Tung. "Efficient transaction recovery on flash disks." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2010. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1170.

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Raymond, Scott P. "Operation and Maintenance Support Information (OMSI) creation, management, and repurposing with XML." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Sep%5FRaymond.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. 2004.
Thesis Advisor(s): Daniel R. Dolk, Gordon H. Bradley. Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-120, 121-122). Also available online.

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Grabs, Torsten. "Storage and retrieval of XML documents with a cluster of database systems /." Berlin : Aka, 2003. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0713/2007435297.html.

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Hyland, Peter. "Supporting the retrieval and analysis of external statistical data by casual and novice users." Access E-Book, 2001. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20011220.095735/index.html.

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Madhavan, Thiruvenkatachari, and n/a. "Implementation of enterprise systems : a process view." University of Otago. Department of Accountancy and Business Law, 2008. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20080414.160905.

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During the 1990s, many organizations across the globe migrated existing information systems to Enterprise Systems (ES) packages, which promised both business and technical solutions to their existing sets of problems. However, ES implementations have gained notoriety for not meeting budgeted expenditures and schedules. Such events have warranted academic research to gain an understanding about the role of ES packages and the importance of ES implementation. A large number of academic researchers have adopted a variance approach to examine ES implementation. As a result they have identified a range of critical success factors said to be influential in achieving successful implementation of ES packages. An alternate perspective for researching ES implementation is the process approach but this has remained largely neglected in academic debates. Furthermore, it has still not been possible for researchers or practitioners to understand the degree to which specific critical success factors, or other considerations, might be influential in any given ES implementation, either pre- or post-project. This research therefore adopts the process approach to examine ES implementations. The process approach is focused on explaining an outcome, given a set of activities. This research draws upon the work of Markus and Tanis (2000) and O�Leary (2000), who have established frameworks to explain an outcome (success or failure) of ES implementations. In addition, this research draws on the work of Davenport (2000) and Brehm et al. (2001), who have established models that outline activities related to configuration of business and software processes during implementation of ES packages. To enable this inquiry, a single case study (site) was chosen, to expose the actions and events that transpired during the implementation of an ES package. This research concludes that the framework of O�Leary (2000) is better suited to explain the outcome of an ES Implementation than the framework of Markus and Tanis (2000). The framework of Markus and Tanis (2000) was found to be useful in understanding the implementation process of an ES package. In addition, this research developed a novel model that portrays a comprehensive set of activities, undertaken by the case organization during the configuration of business and software processes. This model traversed the 'High-Level', 'Detailed Development' and 'Implementation' stages of the configuration process. It is asserted that this model is a significant improvement when compared to models presented by Davenport (2000) and Brehm et al. (2001). This research also explored some of the issues of the case study that did not fit neatly into the existing theoretic frameworks employed. Six issues emerged in this regard; 'Selection of industry specific ES package solution'; 'Selection of Proven Implementation Partner'; 'Project Planning and Management'; 'Incremental Implementation Strategy'; 'Ownership of the ES Project' and 'Selection of Best Practice Business Processes'. It is contended that each have played a critical role in the successful deployment of the ES package at this case site.

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Dlamini, Dudu Nomangwane Bawinile. "The management of indigenous knowledge in Swaziland, with specific reference to the Swaziland National Library Service (SNLS)." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&amp.

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Indigenous knowledge systems (IKSs) have made positive contributions in agriculture
health care
medicine
food preparation and preservation
land use
education and a host of other activities in rural communities as well as in urban ones (Warren, 1991:26). Yet hardly a day goes by when an elderly man or woman does not die with all the wealth of knowledge, which is then buried beyond recovery. Therefore, there is a need for institutions, which are in the business of information like libraries and/or information centers to manage (collect, document, organize, store, disseminate) the indigenous knowledge for potential contribution in present and future endeavours. Ngulube (2002: 96) rightly points out that the loss of IK will &ldquo
impoverish society&rdquo
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The main aim of the study was to explore the issue if indigenous knowledge within the library and information sector, specifically within the Swaziland National Library Service
investigate if IK is managed
determine how it can best be managed in order to contribute positively to the community
and identify ways to best manage it. This study adopted the qualitative research methodology using the triangulation method, which allows the use of different data collection techniques.

The study found that Swaziland National Library Service (SNLS) manages IK, but at a very low level. Lack of funds is one major issue that has been voiced as the biggest hindrance to Indigenous Knowledge Management and that Library and information professionals are not adequately trained to manage IK. The study also discovered that Library and information services in Swaziland are still very much book-based and very much westernized, such that only a select elite is catered for by the current services. Intellectual property rights are not dealt with, with respect to IK.

From the findings, this study recommends that Library and information professionals include indigenous knowledge in the existing collection development policies or must design collection development policies that include IK.

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Labert, Matthew J. "Implementation of information assurance risk management training into existing Department of the Navy training pipelines /." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5991.

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With the implementation and continuing research on information systems, such as Information Technology for the 21st Century (IT-21), Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), and "Network-Centric warfare," there is little doubt that the Navy is becoming heavily dependent on information and information systems. Though much has been accomplished technically to protect and defend these systems, an important security issue has thus far been overlooked-the human factor. Information Assurance Risk Management (IARM) was a proposal to standardize the way DON personnel discuss, treat, and implement information assurance. IARM addresses the human security aspect of information and information systems in a regimented way to be understandable through all levels of the DON. To standardize the way DON personnel perceive information assurance, they must be taught what IARM is and how to use it. Can an IARM course be implemented in the DON, and if so at what level and to whom should it be taught?

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Taraszewski, Stephen A. "Understanding Knowledge Storage/Retrieval System Success: An Analytic Network Process Perspective." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1493926537562139.

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Vaillancourt, Peter-John Carleton University Dissertation Management Studies. "An investigation of benefits associated with computerized preventive maintenance systems." Ottawa, 1992.

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Law, King Yiu. "Two routing strategies with cost update in integrated automated storage and retrieval system /." View abstract or full-text, 2007. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?IELM%202007%20LAW.

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Ma, Shanshan Wiedenbeck Susan McCain Katherine Wootton. "Using hierarchical folders and tags for file management /." Philadelphia, Pa. : Drexel University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1860/3271.

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Mullin, Jim. "Prototype system for document management." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9868.

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Huml, Kathy Pederson. "Intelligent Data Object Management System (IDOMS)." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9918.

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Sarasua, Wayne Alexander. "SIG-GIS : a GIS based traffic signal coordination and information management system." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19085.

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Hafernik, Carolyn T. "Automatic methods to disambiguate geospatial queries /." Connect to online version, 2007. http://ada.mtholyoke.edu/setr/websrc/pdfs/www/2007/246.pdf.

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Megler, Veronika Margaret. "Ranked Similarity Search of Scientific Datasets| An Information Retrieval Approach." Thesis, Portland State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3629331.

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In the past decade, the amount of scientific data collected and generated by scientists has grown dramatically. This growth has intensified an existing problem: in large archives consisting of datasets stored in many files, formats and locations, how can scientists find data relevant to their research interests? We approach this problem in a new way: by adapting Information Retrieval techniques, developed for searching text documents, into the world of (primarily numeric) scientific data. We propose an approach that uses a blend of automated and curated methods to extract metadata from large repositories of scientific data. We then perform searches over this metadata, returning results ranked by similarity to the search criteria. We present a model of this approach, and describe a specific implementation thereof performed at an ocean-observatory data archive and now running in production. Our prototype implements scanners that extract metadata from datasets that contain different kinds of environmental observations, and a search engine with a candidate similarity measure for comparing a set of search terms to the extracted metadata. We evaluate the utility of the prototype by performing two user studies; these studies show that the approach resonates with users, and that our proposed similarity measure performs well when analyzed using standard Information Retrieval evaluation methods. We performed performance tests to explore how continued archive growth will affect our goal of interactive response, developed and applied techniques that mitigate the effects of that growth, and show that the techniques are effective. Lastly, we describe some of the research needed to extend this initial work into a true “Google for data”.

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Kosonen, Heikki M. "The internationalization of industrial systems suppliers : a case study of the internationalization process of industrial systems suppliers with special emphasis on strategy and organization /." Helsinki : Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, 1991. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=005933726&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Ngqungqu, Siphokazi. "An evaluation of management information systems in the Department of Social Development, province of the Eastern Cape." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020889.

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The alignment of information systems with organisational objectives and strategies is crucial to the efficient performance of any organisation. There is a growing focus on the effectiveness of management and evidence-based decision making in public institutions in South Africa. The Eastern Cape Department of Social Development and Special Programmes (ECDSD) implemented a Social Development Information Management System (SDIMS), which is an information system that supports various functions performed by the Department. While SDMIS provides large amounts of valuable information, it still has much ground to cover in terms of fully meeting the Department’s information needs. There is an increasing demand for information to inform decision making with regards to priority setting, resource usage, monitoring the impact of the Department’s intervention programmes, and monitoring the progress of the Department’s strategic goals. The main purpose of this study was to analyse the extent to which MIS is utilised in the Eastern Cape Department of Social Development and Special Programmes and to make recommendations for the alignment of MIS with organisational objectives in order to achieve these objectives. Furthermore, the study intends to investigate the extent to which the information needs of managers are considered in designing and providing information. The objectives of the study are, firstly, to analyse the current state of MIS utilisation in the Department. Secondly, to evaluate the utilisation of information provided by the MIS unit for decision making, and, thirdly, to make recommendations on how to improve MIS utilisation. Qualitative approach techniques were utilised to collect data for the study. Research questionnaires were distributed to thirty respondents. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven interviewees out of a target number of ten. The response rate was 68 percent and this was considered as adequate for scientific analysis and reporting. The study produced the following research findings:  Mainly, the MIS users believe that they understand MIS and its capabilities, and have received training on how to use the system.  The quality of information provided by MIS is mostly complete and largely meets user requirements and expectations.  MIS information is for the most part accurate and comprehensive enough to expedite decision-making.  Although MIS largely meets user requirements and expectations in terms of completeness, accuracy and reliability, the study indicates that it still falls short in integrating information from other sources, which include government transversal systems such as the Basic Accounting System (BAS) and the Personnel Salary System (PERSAL).  MIS information is mostly available and easy to access, but occasionally not timely. This is mostly caused by the unavailability of real-time information synchronisation between MIS and other government systems. In light of the above findings, the researcher recommends that: There is still more to be done in order to continuously inform and train users on the latest MIS capability developments in the form of awareness workshops, contact and remote support, and through internal news bulletins.  The Department needs to work with other government entities that are custodians of transversal systems in finding a solution to the creation of real-time integration of MIS with other external sources of information. Even though the level of MIS utilisation is not too much of a concern, the Department needs to ensure that users of information are kept up to date with new MIS reporting capabilities so as not to underutilise the system. It is therefore recommended that the Department ensure that information is more often reviewed and reports are customised to meet the ever-changing needs of the Department.

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Els, Dierdre Jean. "A framework for managing timetable data quality within the NMMU." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/948.

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This dissertation investigates the influencing factors on timetable quality, not only from a data quality perspective, but also from an information quality perspective which takes into account the quality of the business processes involved in creating the timetable. The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University was used as a case study for assessing the quality of the timetable process, the quality of the source data, and the quality of the final timetable produced. A framework for managing the data quality during the timetabling process is proposed. The framework is based on reviews done on data quality management best practices and data quality aspects. Chapter 1 introduces the current Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University timetable, and motivates why data quality management is essential to its success. The scope and research objectives are presented for this dissertation. Chapter 2 covers a literature study on business process and data quality management best practices. The common thread through all the management methodologies investigated, was top management involvement and commitment to continuously improving the quality of data. Chapter 3 discusses various characteristics of data quality. Quality is determined to be whether the end result meets the quality requirements for which it was intended. Hence each system could have quality aspects that are unique to it. Chapter 4 explains various research designs and which were followed for this dissertation. The combination of literature studies, a questionnaire and a case study were used. Chapter 5 is a case study of the data quality and timetabling processes used at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and is based on the research design described in chapter 4. The current business processes followed in setting up the current timetable are presented, as well as the proposed timetabling process that should produce a better quality timetable for the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan 4 University. The data quality aspects most pertinent to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University are determined, being timeliness, accountability, integrity and consistency, as well as the most probable causes for bad timetable quality, like uniform technology, processes, ownership and using a common terminology. Chapter 6 presents a framework for managing timetable data quality at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University using an Information Product Map approach that will ensure a better quality timetable. Future research is also proposed. It is evident from this dissertation that data quality of source data as well as the quality of the business process involved is essential for producing a timetable that satisfies the requirements for which it was intended. The management framework proposed for the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University timetabling process can potentially be used at other institutions as well.

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Narasayya, Vivek R. "Index selection using hypothetical configuration evaluation /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6963.

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Johnson, Daryl G. "An image storage system using a relational database management system to facilitate picture data handling /." Online version of thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10182.

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Pretorius, Linda. "Remote information management of an automated manufacturing system." Thesis, Bloemfontein : Central University of Technology, Free State, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/104.

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Thesis (M. Tech.) -- Central University of Technology, Free State, 2007
With technology advancing, more and more people turn to the World Wide Web to conduct business. This may include buying and selling on the Web, advertising and monitoring of business activities. There is a big need for software and systems that enable remote monitoring and controlling of business activities. The Mechatronics Research Group of the Faculty of Engineering, Information and Communication Technology at the Central University of Technology, Free State, has identified a similar need. This research group has created an Automated Manufacturing System around which research topics revolve. They want to monitor this Automated Manufacturing System from remote locations like their offices or, if possible, from home. The Remote Information Management (RIM) System was developed, using the Rapid Application Development (RAD) Methodology. The reasons why this methodology was used, is because it is the best to use in a changing environment, when the system needs to be developed very quickly and when most of the data is already available. This is a good description of the Automated Manufacturing System’s environment. The RAD methodology consists of four stages: Requirements Planning, User Design, Rapid Construction and Transition. Project Management is used throughout these stages to ensure that the project goes according to plan. Development of the RIM system went through all four stages and project management was applied. The final system consisted of a Web Page with Web Camera views of the Automated Manufacturing System. The application that was developed using National Instruments LabVIEW, Microsoft Visual C++, and Microsoft Excel, is embedded in this Web Page. This application is called a Virtual Instrument (VI). The VI shows real-time data from the Automated Manufacturing System. Control over the VI can be granted and will allow the remote user to create reports on how many different products was produced and system downtimes. A system like the RIM System has advantages in the business world. It can enable telecommuting and will allow employees and managers to monitor (and even control) manufacturing systems, or any system connected to a PLC, from remote locations.

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MCHENRY, WILLIAM KEITH. "THE ABSORPTION OF COMPUTERIZED MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN SOVIET ENTERPRISES (HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SOCIAL IMPACT)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187955.

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Since the mid-1960s, the Communist Party and government of the Soviet Union have allocated substantial resources for introducing computers into industrial enterprises. This dissertation assesses the results of this program by addressing three fundamental questions: (1) To what extent have computerized management information systems been absorbed into Soviet enterprises? (2) What has facilitated or hindered absorption? (3) What is the long-range potential for computerized enterprise management information systems (ASUPs)? Although computing has had a revolutionary impact on the way that business is done in the United States, no such effect has been obtained in the USSR. Mainframes have been installed in a relatively small number of large Soviet enterprises, but computing has failed to become an integral part of management with the exception of some routine accounting and planning applications. A handful of time-sharing centers provide computing services for other enterprises. At the superstructure level, which comprises primarily those organizations positioned above the enterprise, the Soviet enterprise is subject to conflicting or misdirected incentives and a great deal of bureaucratic interference. ASUPs have been constrained because informal, marginal, or illegal procedures and relationships necessary to manage Soviet enterprises are not amenable to computerization; the payoff from computing is small, while the risk is great; and other parts of the system have failed to adapt to it. At the infrastructure level, which provides computing services to enterprises, the overall quality of hardware, software, and systems design has been poor. Even within the constraints on applicable usage, ASUPs have failed to live up to their potential. The focus of the Soviet computing effort is shifting away from enterprise management into other areas which are somewhat more isloated from the surrounding system: process control, robotics, and computer-aided design and manufacturing. Further efforts within the ASUP program are being directed towards time-sharing centers to provide services to smaller enterprises and national standards for accounting applications. The incremental absorption of management applications will continue, but without major systemic changes, its impact will remain marginal.

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Brener, Sheba. "The relationship between corporate strategy and information systems strategy in Hong Kong insurance companies." Thesis, [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1992. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13302309.

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Tatarinov, Igor. "Semantic data sharing with a peer data management system /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6942.

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Arditi, Rocha Luis M. "Intelligent retrieval system for conditions of contract documents in construction." FIU Digital Commons, 1992. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1304.

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The outcome of this research is an Intelligent Retrieval System for Conditions of Contract Documents. The objective of the research is to improve the method of retrieving data from a computer version of a construction Conditions of Contract document. SmartDoc, a prototype computer system has been developed for this purpose. The system provides recommendations to aid the user in the process of retrieving clauses from the construction Conditions of Contract document. The prototype system integrates two computer technologies: hypermedia and expert systems. Hypermedia is utilized to provide a dynamic way for retrieving data from the document. Expert systems technology is utilized to build a set of rules that activate the recommendations to aid the user during the process of retrieval of clauses. The rules are based on experts knowledge. The prototype system helps the user retrieve related clauses that are not explicitly cross-referenced but, according to expert experience, are relevant to the topic that the user is interested in.

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Cohill, Andrew Michael. "Patternmakers and toolbuilders : the design of information structures in the professional practice of architecture /." Diss., This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05042006-164522/.

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Michail, Nancy. "Importance of improved communication between stakeholders in information systems implementation projects." View thesis, 2006. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/31558.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2006.
A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Business, School of Management, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master Commerce (Honours), Management. Includes bibliographies.

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Boda, Gayatri. "Benchmarking dairy information using interactive visualization for dairy farm decision making." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=97910.

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The main goal of this research was to explore the use of benchmarking in the dairy industry. This includes descriptions of the various sectors in North America where benchmarking has been used successfully on a continuous basis or in research. Benchmarking methods that are currently used in the Quebec dairy industry are examined. An improvement to such methods is proposed through the use of visualization, coupled with interactivity, and with a focus on adaptability and usage. The advantages of such an interactive tool are discussed in light of on-farm decision-making, and a further use of visual slider applications is described to help with parameters of known economic importance.

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Macpherson, Janet Robertson. "Implications of the inclusion of document retrieval systems as actors in a social network." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4913/.

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Traditionally, social network analysis (SNA) techniques enable the examination of relationships and the flow of information within networks of human members or groups of humans. This study extended traditional social network analysis to include a nonhuman group member, specifically a document retrieval system. The importance of document retrieval systems as information sources, the changes in business environments that necessitates the use of information and communication technologies, and the attempts to make computer systems more life-like, provide the reasons for considering the information system as a group member. The review of literature for this study does not encompass a single body of knowledge. Instead, several areas combined to inform this study, including social informatics for its consideration of the intersection of people and information technology, network theory and social network analysis, organizations and information, organizational culture, and finally, storytelling in organizations as a means of transferring information. The methodology included distribution of surveys to two small businesses that used the same document retrieval system, followed by semi-structured interviews of selected group members, which allowed elaboration on the survey findings. The group members rated each other and the system on four interaction criteria relating to four social networks of interest, including awareness, access, information flow, and problem solving. Traditional measures of social networks, specifically density, degree, reciprocity, transitivity, distance, degree centrality, and closeness centrality provided insight into the positioning of the nonhuman member within the social group. The human members of the group were able to respond to the survey that included the system but were not ready to consider the system as being equivalent to other human members. SNA measures positioned the system as an average member of the group, not a star, but not isolated either. Examination of the surveys or the interviews in isolation would not have given a complete picture of the system's place within the group.

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Watt, Justin C. "Design and Implementation of a Web-based Financial Information System." Thesis, School of Information and Library Science, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1901/71.

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This paper describes the design and initial implementation of a web-based financial information system, intended to replace a Microsoft Access financial database in support of a federally funded, international health project. This system is being reimplemented for the web in order to provide stakeholders across the country (and potentially around the world) access to the project's financial information.

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Lofstead, Gerald Fredrick. "Extreme scale data management in high performance computing." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/37232.

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Extreme scale data management in high performance computing requires consideration of the end-to-end scientific workflow process. Of particular importance for runtime performance, the write-read cycle must be addressed as a complete unit. Any optimization made to enhance writing performance must consider the subsequent impact on reading performance. Only by addressing the full write-read cycle can scientific productivity be enhanced. The ADIOS middleware developed as part of this thesis provides an API nearly as simple as the standard POSIX interface, but with the flexibilty to choose what transport mechanism(s) to employ at or during runtime. The accompanying BP file format is designed for high performance parallel output with limited coordination overheads while incorporating features to accelerate subsequent use of the output for reading operations. This pair of optimizations of the output mechanism and the output format are done such that they either do not negatively impact or greatly improve subsequent reading performance when compared to popular self-describing file formats. This end-to-end advantage of the ADIOS architecture is further enhanced through techniques to better enable asychronous data transports affording the incorporation of 'in flight' data processing operations and pseudo-transport mechanisms that can trigger workflows or other operations.

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Chen, Minder. "The integration of organization and information system modeling: A metasystem approach to the generation of group decision support systems and computer-aided software engineering." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184471.

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Information systems have become an essential part of every business organization's production and management process. It is critical to an enterprise to integrate its organization and information systems. However, the lack of computer-supported tools for modeling organization and information systems has put their integration far beyond our reach. In this research, a metasystem approach that can integrate organization and information system modeling by means of group decision support systems (GDSS) and computer-aided software engineering (CASE) has been proposed. A prototype system, called MetaPlex, has been designed and implemented to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach. The emphasis in design and implementation of MetaPlex has been on making the underlying knowledge representation expressive enough to meet modeling requirements and ensuring that the user interface is easy for managers and users to use. The use of a GDSS makes it possible to capture strategic assumptions and business objectives, as well as structures of an organization, from managers through face-to-face group meetings. The application of the metasystem concepts in generating GDSS tools makes the customization of a GDSS environment possible. Because of GDSS environment driven by a metasystem can be used to acquire information about a target system from multiple experts in a structured format that can be integrated with CASE tools, this approach provides a basis for a seamless integration of GDSS and CASE tools to support both organization and information system modeling.

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Janakiraman, Muralidharan. "Abstract Index Interfaces." PDXScholar, 1996. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5288.

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An index in a database system interacts with many of the software modules in the system. For systems supporting a wide range of index structures, interfacing the index code with the rest of the system poses a great problem. The problems are an order of magnitude more for adding new access methods to the system. These problems could be reduced manifold if common interfaces could be specified for different access methods. It would be even better, if these interfaces could be made database-system independent. This thesis addresses the problem of defining generic index interfaces for access methods in database systems. It concentrates on two specific issues: First, specification of a complete set of abstract interfaces that would work for all access methods and for all database systems. Second, optimized query processing for all data types including userdefined data types. An access method in a database system can be considered to be made up of three specific parts: Upper interfaces, lower interfaces, and type interfaces. An access method interacts with a database system through its upper interfaces, lower interfaces and type interfaces. Upper interfaces consist of the functions an index provides to a database system. Lower interfaces are the database-system dependent software modules an index has to interact with, to accomplish any system related functions. Type interfaces consist of the set of functions an index uses, which interpret the data type. These three parts together characterize an access method in a database system. This splitting of an access method makes it possible to define generic interfaces. In this thesis, we will discuss each of these three different interfaces in detail, identify functionalities and design clear interfaces. The design of these interfaces promote development of type-independent and database-system independent access methods.

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Bourget, Jean Paul. "Role-based file archiving /." Online version of thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/8045.

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Costur, Gurkan. "Sharing Information among various organizations in relief efforts." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Sep%5FCostur.pdf.

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Wang, Chao Gilbert Juan E. "CSSE document management system implementation and usability evaluation /." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Summer/Theses/WANG_CHAO_41.pdf.

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Ma, Shaohui. "Workflow analysis to identify the opportunities for improving information management and nurses' work efficiency in palliative care." Access electronically, 2005. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20060522.115855/index.html.

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Van, Aken Eileen M. "A multiple case study on the information system to support self-managing teams." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45315.

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There is a management revolution in American industry, where many organizations are Switching from the old “control” paradigm to the new paradigm in “high involvement organizations.” Assumptions of the involvement paradigm are employees can make important contributions and are capable of making decisions about their jobs given the right training and information. One characteristic of high involvement organizations is self-managing teams. Self-managing teams have received an increasing amount of attention and research recently in the management literature. Frequently researched areas are the role of the supervisor and outcomes (group and organizational performance) of self-managing teams. One area which has not been well documented is the information teams need to execute the additional responsibilities and decisions they have in a team environment. The purpose of this study is to fill this gap in the literature. This study used the case study method to study how five organizations share information with self-managing teams. The organizations vary in the type of industry (manufacturing and service), the scope of the self-managing team effort (new design, or “greenfield”, and redesign sites), the presence of a union, and in size. Data collection for the case studies included interviews with managers, supervisors, and team members, as well as organizational documentation, and observations. One of the outputs of this research study was detailed case descriptions of each organization. Another output of this study is a list of “design features” for information systems to support self-managing teams. These design features are characteristics of information shared with teams and represent what has worked well for the set of organizations studied.
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Gatian, Amy Elizabeth Williams. "User information satisfaction (UIS) and user productivity: an empirical examination." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54361.

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In this research the relationships between user information satisfaction (UIS) and user productivity were examined. Two users groups were used to test the following hypotheses: H₁_A: There is no relationship between UIS and perceptions of decision-making quality for academic department heads. H₁_B: There is no relationship between UIS and perceptions of decision-making quality for managers within the controller’s office. H₂: There is no relationship between UIS and objectively measured productivity for managers within the controller’s office. H₃: There is no relationship between UIS and a user’s length of experience with a system. H₄_A: There is no relationship between UIS and a user’s age. H₄_B: There is no relationship between UIS and a user’s sex. H₄_C: There is no relationship between UIS and a user’s level of education. Data utilized in testing the hypotheses were collected with a packet of six questionnaires mailed to the controllers of 100 universities. Usable responses were obtained from 107 of 300 controller’s office managers and 77 of 300 academic users. H₁_A, H₁_B and H₂ were tested with canonical correlation analysis. H₃, H₄_A, H₄_B and H₄_C were tested with multiple regression. The findings can be summarized as follows: 1. Satisfaction with computer processing was correlated with making better operating budget decisions for both groups and helping academic users track activities in research, grant and designated gift accounts. 2. Satisfaction with system related problem finding was correlated with elimination of steps and making jobs easier for managers, and with helping academic users track activity in research accounts, and to feel they have benefited overall from FRS. 3. Satisfaction with the linear combination of inputs and problem finding was correlated with financial transactions per full time employee equivalents (FTE), late internal reports per total internal reports and number of ledger accounts per FTE. 4. More frequent users of FRS were more satisfied. Additionally, UIS and mandatory system usage were positively correlated. 5. UIS and sex were moderately correlated. Specifically, males within the academic group were less satisfied with FRS than the females surveyed.
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