Zimbabwe's central government: Framework for use and management of email

2021 ◽  
pp. 026666692110484
Author(s):  
Samson Mutsagondo ◽  
Patrick Ngulube ◽  
Mabel Minishi-Majanja
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Personal Observation ◽  
National Archives ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Poor Management

This research on use and management of email in Zimbabwe's central government revealed a number of shortfalls in the manner official email were used and managed. Lapses in the application of the legal, policy and procedural frameworks coupled with email skills deficiencies and use of inappropriate information and communication technologies resulted in poor management of email. A lot of official emails were lost, fragmented, inappropriately disposed and difficult to access. This led to the development, by the authors, of a framework to improve the use and management of email which bordered on the controlled use of email, management of email in line with set guidelines and the pursuance of a high degree of professionalism and integrity. The framework is set to improve the use and management of email in order to make email an authentic, reliable, useful and useable official record. This mixed methods research involved 240 questionnaire respondents from 12 out of 22 head offices of government ministries in Zimbabwe, as well as interviewees who comprised of the Administration and Information Technology Directors from central government, the Director of the National Archives of Zimbabwe and seven National Archives of Zimbabwe archivists. Data were also collected through personal observation and document reviews.

scholarly journals Introduction: Ethics of Information Technology in Health Care

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 2-5
Author(s):  
Georg Marckmann ◽  
Kenneth W Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based

Computer-based information and communication technologies continue to transform the delivery of health care and the conception and scientific understanding of the human body and the diseases that afflict it. While information technology has the potential to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care, it also raises important ethical and social issues. This IRIE theme issue seeks to provide a forum to identify, analyse and discuss the ethical and social issues raised by various applications of information and communication technology in medicine and health care. The contributions give a flavour of the extraordinarily broad landscape shaped by the intersection of medicine, computing and ethics. In fact, their diversity suggests that much more work is needed to clarify issues and approaches, and to provide practical tools for clinicians.

Promoting Competitive Advantage in Micro-Enterprises through Information Technology Interventions

2013 ◽  
pp. 581-606
Author(s):  
Mehruz Kamal ◽  
Sajda Qureshil ◽  
Peter Wolcott
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Dominance Model ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Modified Model ◽  
Enterprise Growth ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Micro Enterprises

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have the potential to enable these businesses to grow through access to new markets and administrative efficiencies. However, the growth of the smallest of these SMEs which are micro-enterprises is hindered by their inability to adopt ICTs effectively to achieve competitive advantage. This chapter investigates how micro-enterprises can adopt ICTs to grow and achieve competitiveness. This investigation of a set of seven micro-enterprises took place through an interpretive field study in which action research was used to diagnose and treat the micro-enterprises with interventions through a process of “Information Technology (IT) Therapy”. This process involved providing individualized IT solutions to pressing problems and opportunities and the development of a longer-term IT project plan, customized for each of the businesses. The increase in competitiveness of these micro-enterprises was assessed using the Focus Dominance Model and their growth through a modified model of micro-enterprise growth based on the resource based view of the firm. This research also contributes with a unique set of skills and experiences that ITD innovators can bring in helping micro-enterprises achieve sustained growth and competitive advantage.

Institutional Isomorphism and New Technologies

2011 ◽  
pp. 2066-2071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Amoretti ◽  
Fortunato Musella
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Institutional Isomorphism ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
Cognitive Frames ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Information And Communication

Technological factor is mainly underestimated in the literature on institutions and organizations. Although organizational studies and information technology are disciplines dedicated respectively to studying socio-political and technical aspects of organizing, cross-fertilization among such fields has remained quite limited. Only rarely the variable of technology has been interpreted as a crucial element for explaining institutional uniformity. From a more general point of view, changing technical factors have been considered “relatively unimportant sources of organizational change in a mature organizational field” (Yang, 2003, p. 433). Only after the spread of the information and communication technologies (ICTs), a good number of studies has started to consider the relationships among information technology and organizational structure (Guthrie, 1999). Neo-institutional analysis on the use of information technology was mostly directed at showing how the embeddedness of organizational actors “in cognitive, cultural, social, and institutional structures influences the design, perceptions, and uses of the Internet and related [information technology]” (Fountain, 2001, p. 88). Therefore, it can been argued that most of the literature on this field concerns the way in which technology represents a social construct, because it shows that any technological application is strongly influenced by social aspects, such as cognitive frames, political culture, local traditions and so forth. Yet, a few contributions have been dedicated until now to investigate how institutions change through the introduction of new technologies. Although technological innovation is said to be the source of variation in a given institutional context, as “new technology offers new possibilities for solving problems [and] new practices arise when innovative organizations take advantage of its novel benefits” (Leblebici, 1991, p. 335), little attention is focused on technological variables. Despite such disregard, in the following article some examples of the strategic use of information and communication technologies will be included, with specific reference to pressures exerted by ICTs for producing “institutional isomorphism.”

scholarly journals Technology Use by Urban Local Bodies in India to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-115
Author(s):  
Falguni Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
First Case ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Central Government Agencies

This article provides a comprehensive review of the use of information and communication technologies by urban local bodies in India in their war against the COVID-19 pandemic based on a detailed survey conducted during the pandemic period. India reported its first case of COVID-19 in late January, and government authorities have been on a war footing since then to curb the spread of the virus. Following a tradition that has been instilled within government agencies since the Modi Government came into power in 2014, local, state, and central government agencies turned to a widespread use of geospatial, surveillance and information and communication technologies as part of a strategy to monitor and track movement, manage individuals, and enforce quarantine norms. However, several important questions arise from the blind use of technology that remain unanswered. The use of technology by government agencies raise key questions on privacy, civil liberties, and suitability and viability of their use.

scholarly journals Features of Attention of Modern Adolescents in Multitasking Conditions when Involving Them in Information and Communication Technologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (36) ◽  
pp. 43-51
Author(s):  
Yaroslav O. Gorshenkov ◽  
◽  
Sergey D. Polyakov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Media Multitasking ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Research Procedure ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Relationship

The article examines a fairly widespread psychological phenomenon of media multitasking (a subspecies of multitasking) in teaching adolescents in the context of their active involvement in information and communication technologies. The subject of the research is the peculiarities of attention of generation Z representatives in the realities of media multitasking among modern adolescents. The article presents the results of an empirical study of media multitasking in modern adolescents. The article analyzes the relationship between multitasking and the involvement of adolescents in interaction with information and communication technologies and with the peculiarities of their attention (concentration and selectivity). The article describes the research procedure, the sample, the empirical tools used, the reliability of the results obtained, also the research conclusions are formulated. In the course of the empirical study, it was shown that today multitasking is a very common phenomenon, to a greater extent inherent in people with a high degree of involvement in ICT. Our empirical research has confirmed our assumption that most of today’s adolescents are characterized by either a high or medium degree of involvement in interaction with ICT. In the conclusion, the main results of the study are presented, on the basis of which new tasks are posed in the study of the phenomenon of multitasking, as the available data on the issue of multitasking and its impact on humans need further research and clarification

scholarly journals The value of using the autocad program in the works of machine-building drawings for building fastening parts

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamurova Dilfuza Islamovna
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Machine Building ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Modern Technologies

This paper makes analyses according to XXI century, not for nothing called the century of information technology. With the development of modern technologies, information and communication technologies are widely used in all educational institutions. The use of information and communication technologies in the lessons and classes of mechanical engineering, as well as the problems of computerization, required several observations and solutions. In this way, it concludes, information computer technologies you can clearly show and explain the possibilities of computer technologies, which allows you to master the topic well.  

scholarly journals Importancia de las tecnologías de la información y comunicación en la primera infancia

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Javier Macías Arias ◽  
Blanca Celina Meza Cruz ◽  
Sandy Raúl Chun Molina ◽  
Gregorio Isoldo Mendoza Cedeño
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Nature Of Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Native Nature ◽  
Continued Use ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Sobre Todo

La tecnología avanza notablemente en  el  mundo, las  tecnologías de la información y comunicación (tics) han causado revuelo en la primera infancia, los niños de hoy tienen un alto grado en el manejo de la tecnología pero es preciso direccionarlos en un buen camino. Los niños se consideran nativos naturaleza de la tecnología pero debe ser acompañado pues trae consigo necesidad de conocimiento y en ocasiones se puede utilizar de forma inadecuada, es por esto que se debe capacitar en las tics, ya que hacen parte de la vida. Las tics cobran la mayoría de la parte del tiempo en infantes y adultos, sobre todo en los juegos pero es necesario darles tiempo para explorar y en compañía de sus padres se puede lograr una mejor comprensión del mundo del internet y las Tics, como consecuencia de la necesidad de información en la actualidad se han originado por parte de los docentes un interés por beneficiar a niños y niñas con el uso continuo de las Tics, donde los padres   se hagan participes de dicho proceso y esto contribuya a mejorar no solo la parte académica de los estudiantes sino que al mismo tiempo se cree una cultura de pensamiento dirigida al mundo  Las tecnologías de la información en la infancia  de  la  internet  donde  se  aborden    competencias    que  se  puedan  desarrollarse    con la integración y acceso a las tics desde la primera infancia. Palabras claves: Niños, enseñanza, competencia, información    The technologies of information and communication in early childhood Abstract Technology advances greatly in the world, technologies of information and communication technologies (tics) have caused a stir in early childhood, children today have a high degree in technology management but we must address them in a good way. Children are considered native nature of technology but should be accompanied it brings need for knowledge and sometimes can be used improperly, is why should be trained in tics, and that are part of life. The tics charge most of the time in infants and adults, especially in games but you need to give them time to explore and accompanied by their parents can gain a better understanding of the world of Internet and tics, as a result of the need for information today have originated by teachers an interest benefit children with continued use of tics, where parents become participants in this process and this will help to improve not only academics students but at the same time a culture of thinking led to the world of the internet where skills that can be developed with integration and access to early childhood tics from addressing believed.  Keywords: Niños, enseñanza, competencia, información

scholarly journals Using the Capabilities of New Technologies to Preserve and Promote the Thracian Cultural Heritage

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-142
Author(s):  
Vesela Georgieva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Positive Practices

The paper presents opportunities to preserve the Thracian cultural heritage associated with the Thracian Valley , using the potencial of new technologies. The results of the study of the process are presented, related to the socialization of the museum sites, who are important for the development of the culture and tourism in the Kazanlak region and the need to introduce practices to attract different types of museum audiences. Positive practices have been identified towards the application of modern information and communication technologies, relating to presentation and promotion of the Thracian cultural heritage and improving the service that promotes the visitation of museum sites from the Valley of the Thracian Kings by paying special attention to providing intellectual access to all of them and the application of modern ICT.Prospects for preservation and promotion of the Thracian cultural heritage related to the Valley of Thracian rulers are presented, among them providing intellectual access to museum sites from the Kazanlak region and applying practices that provide opportunities for innovations, interactive forms, virtual walks, use of technological walks, virtual and mixed reality solutions and other innovations related to contemporary ICT in museums. Keywords: Thracian heritage, socialization, information technology

scholarly journals Improving the Effectiveness of Education through the Use of Modern Information and Communication Technologies in the Training of Designers

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
Muslimov Narzulla Alekhanovich ◽  
Umarova Fotima Abdurakhimovna
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
Radical Solution

The article describes the pedagogical conditions for organizing the educational process, training designers using modern information and communication technologies, performing tasks for students in practical and laboratory classes. The radical solution to the problem of increasing the effectiveness of education is not to expand the technical capabilities of modern information technology, but to develop a system of didactic and methodological principles of their application in the educational process.

The Role of New Information and Communication Technologies (NICTs) in the Relations between the Central Government and Four Major Kingdoms in Uganda

2011 ◽  
pp. 66-89
Author(s):  
George Musambira ◽  
Samuel Muwanguzi
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Cellular Phone ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Fm Radio ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication

The role NICTs are playing in the relations between Uganda’s central government and four of the kingdoms in the country is analyzed and placed in the historical context within which each kingdom has pursued a strategy for preservation and development of its people’s unique culture and ethnic aspirations. A convergence of cellular phone and FM radio designed by the Buganda kingdom to confront the central government with specific demands and the government’s response are examined. The less combative use of NICTs by Bunyoro-Kitara, Busoga, and Toro kingdoms is described. An analysis of how each antagonist uses NICTs for a hegemonistic agenda is presented and cast against the application of NICTs for good governance and the prosperity of citizens.

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