Factor structure of Managerial Competencies, Training Need Assessment and Employee Productivity of mid-level Information Technology managers using Principal Component Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Manoj Kumar Dash ◽  
Gayatri Panda
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Employee Productivity ◽  
Information Technology Managers ◽  
Managerial Competencies ◽  
Level Information ◽  
Technology Managers ◽  
Training Need

scholarly journals Overview of Digital Business Security Issues

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Don Kerr ◽  
John G. Gammack ◽  
Richard Boddington
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Information Technology Managers ◽  
Security Breaches ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Information Technology Security ◽  
Sales Company ◽  
Technology Managers ◽  
Business Security

This chapter provides an overview of digital business security. It is informed by a contemporary analysis of perceived threats through the eyes of information technology managers both from a representative public institution (a University) and from a private company (a retail sales company). A brief overview of malicious software leads into more general consideration of the risks and threats of security breaches, which are analysed from both a company and a customer perspective. Common to both sectors is the requirement to secure corporate records and other digital information and management and policy guidance is provided here. Cybercrime remains rife, but is both under-reported and under-prosecuted. As managers may become involved in legal issues associated with information technology security breaches, this chapter also overviews the special nature of digital evidence.

Combat Deployment Experiences and Soldier Mental Health: Examining the Factor Structure of a Combat Experiences Scale

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haley Sherman ◽  
Nicky Frye-Cox ◽  
Mallory Lucier-Greer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Health Symptoms

ABSTRACT Introduction Researchers and practitioners are invested in understanding how deployment experiences impact the nearly 193,000 U.S. service members who deploy in a given year. Yet, there remains a need to adequately identify salient deployment experiences through survey measurement tools and understand how differential experiences are uniquely related to mental health outcomes. Therefore, this study examined the factor structure of an established combat experiences measure from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service members (Army STARRS) dataset to identify underlying survey constructs that reflect nuanced deployment experiences. Then, we examined the association between diverse combat experiences and current mental health symptoms (i.e., anxiety and depressive symptoms) and the mediating role of coping. Materials and Methods Data were drawn from the Army STARRS data (N = 14,860 soldiers), specifically the All Army Study component. A principal component analysis (PCA) was conducted to examine the dimensionality of the combat experiences scale, and then a path model was conducted to examine the relationships between combat experiences, coping with stress following a deployment, and mental health symptoms while controlling for relevant individual and interpersonal factors. Results Results from the principal component analysis suggested that the Army STARRS combat experiences scale encompasses two components, specifically: “Expected combat experiences” and “Responsible for non-enemy deaths.” Both “Expected combat experiences” and “Responsible for non-enemy deaths” were associated with higher levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms, respectively, and “Responsible for non-enemy deaths” was also indirectly linked to these mental health outcomes through coping with stress after deployment. Conclusions These findings provide insight into the dimensionality of combat experiences and offer practitioners a more nuanced understanding of how to process unique combat experiences that differentially relate to mental health symptoms.

The Role of Information Technology Managers in the Significant Company in Case of Natural Disasters in Qatar

2010 ◽  
pp. 364-371
Author(s):  
Salem Al-Marri ◽  
Muthu Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Information Technology Managers ◽  
Continuity Planning ◽  
Computer Environment ◽  
Technology Managers ◽  
Recovery Management ◽  
Role Of Information

Natural disasters are increasingly frequent in recent years taking peoples’ lives and destructions to our economy, for example, Hurricane Katrina (US 2006), Tsunami (Asia 2004), and other IT related failures. The major aims of this study were to outline the disaster management steps, actions and procedures in the computer environment. The study focused on the role of Information Technology manager (IT) in case of any disaster events. IT manager job to perform a pre-disaster preparedness, mitigation and prevention necessary steps to protect the organisation Information Technology manager resources. Than proposes a model for Disaster Recovery management. This model will support contingencies and will provide a continuous planning management and monitor its activities along with a clear description of the hierarchical roles and activities. Also proposes a model for contingency and continuity planning management and its activities. This model consists of hierarchical roles and activities.

The Factor Structure in the Cognitive Battery of the Structured Interview for the Diagnosis of Dementia of the Alzheimer Type, Multi-Infarct Dementia, and Dementias of Other Aetiology

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Kockler ◽  
Reinhard Heun
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Elderly Subjects ◽  
Alzheimer Type ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
Icd 10

The Structured Interview for the Diagnosis of Dementia of the Alzheimer Type, Multi-Infarct Dementia, and Dementias of Other Aetiology (SIDAM) includes the Mini-Mental State Examination extended by a number of additional items and allows the diagnosis of dementia according to ICD-10 and DSM-III-R criteria. The authors proposed to summarize selected items to form syndrome scores. These syndrome scores are supposed to measure different aspects of cognition. However, these syndrome scores have not been empirically confirmed. The present article presents a principal component analysis performed on the SIDAM test performances of 456 elderly subjects. The subjects were recruited in the course of a family study on dementia of the Alzheimer's type and depression in the elderly. One hundred four of these subjects met the criteria of dementia according to the ICD-10 criteria. Thus, the sample represnets the population in which the SIDAM is frequently used in routine clinical and epidemiological studies. We found a six-factor structure accounting for 57.1% of the variance with some similarities to the predefined structure of different syndrome scores proposed by the authors of the SIDAM. The first factor found in principal component analysis represented different higher cortical functions that all depend on language and comprehension. Three factors covered three different aspects of memory, i.e., orientation for time, orientation for place, and short-term memory. One factor represented visuoconstructive skills and, finally, there was a factor representing intellectual abilities and education. This empirically found factor structure characterizes the dimensions of cognitive deficits in demented subjects measured by the SIDAM. Syndrome scores should reflect these dimensions. Consequently, we propose to consider the empirically found factor structure in a new version of the SIDAM.

scholarly journals Aprendizagem empreendedora: estudo com gestores de tecnologia da informação

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 1009-1034
Author(s):  
Júlio Cesar Pereira da Silva ◽  
Tereza Cristina Batista de Lima ◽  
Luis Eduardo Brandão Paiva ◽  
Marcos Antônio Martins Lima
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Career Experiences ◽  
Entrepreneurial Learning ◽  
Information Technology Managers ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
New Business ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Technology Managers ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

ResumoNeste estudo objetivou-se analisar a aprendizagem empreendedora dos gestores de Tecnologia da Informação (TI) da região metropolitana de Fortaleza, CE. Foi adotado o modelo de Politis (2005). Usou-se o método qualitativo de natureza descritiva. Para a sua execução, foi realizada entrevista com 10 gestores de TI, com apoio de um questionário semiestruturado. Para tratamento dos dados, utilizou-se o método de Análise de Conteúdo de natureza temática. Os resultados da pesquisa mostraram que a aprendizagem empreendedora tem papel de meio, contínuo e experiencial na formação em negócios do gestor de TI, isso porque as experiências prévias em negócios foram sendo aprimoradas no modo contínuo de novas experiências empresariais, nos seus primeiros empreendimentos, trabalhando nestes e, em seguida, nos de terceiros. Os dois modos de transformação de experiências de carreira empreendedora, tanto o exploitation (conhecimentos preexistentes) quanto o exploration (novas possibilidades) influenciam e aprimoram o desenvolvimento dos conhecimentos em negócios do gestor de TI.Palavras-chave: Aprendizagem empreendedora. Gestores. Tecnologia da Informação. Entrepreneurial learning: study with managers of Information TechnologyAbstract This study aimed to analyze the entrepreneurial learning of managers of Information Technology in the metropolitan area of Fortaleza, CE. Politis model was adopted (2005). The research used the qualitative method of descriptive nature. For its implementation, an interview was held with ten Information Technology managers, supported by a semi-structured questionnaire. For processing the data, we used the content analysis method of thematic nature. The survey results showed that Entrepreneurial Learning has role of medium, continuous and experiential in the training in IT business manager, because previous experiences in business, were being improved continuously in new business experiences, both in their early projects, working on these and, then, in the third ones. The two ways of transforming entrepreneurial career experiences, both the exploitation (foreground) and the exploration (new opportunities) influence and enhance the development of knowledge in the IT business manager.Keywords: Entrepreneurial learning. Managers. Information technology.

Factor Structure of the 28-Item General Health Questionnaire in a Sample of Antenatal Women

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yekeen A. Aderibigbe ◽  
William Riley ◽  
Terry Lewin ◽  
Oye Gureje
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Anxiety Subscale

Objective: The factor structure of responses to the twenty-eight-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) in a sample of 277 Nigerian antenatal women was examined. Method: Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Varimax rotation were used. Results: A four factor structure interpretable as social dysfunction, somatic-anxiety, depression-anxiety, and severe depression was obtained. Conclusion: Although the factor structure in this sample is similar to that previously reported with this instrument, the factor loadings, particularly for the anxiety subscale differed. Thus, the factor structures of the GHQ may differ depending on the cultural background of the sample.

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