scholarly journals Factors that influence ethical and legal practice of competitive intelligence in the property sector a conceptual model

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 221-229
Author(s):  
Tshilidzi Eric Nenzhelele
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Ethical Concerns

In spite of ethical concerns surrounding the practice of competitive intelligence (CI), firms in the property sector practise CI ethically and legally. No research has been conducted to establish the factors that influence firms in the property sector to practice CI ethically and legally. This research aimed to explore the literature to establish factors that may influence property practitioner firms to practise CI legally and ethically. The research was qualitative in nature and used content analysis to analyze the collected data. The research established eight factors that may influence property practitioner firms to practise CI ethically and legally. Keywords: competitive intelligence, competitive intelligence ethics, competitive intelligence code of ethics, competitive advantage, decision making, property sector, real estate JEL Classification: M54

A Conceptual Model for Describing the Integration of Decision Aspect into Big Data

2022 ◽  
pp. 294-318
Author(s):  
Fatma Chiheb ◽  
Fatima Boumahdi ◽  
Hafida Bouarfa
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A Company ◽  
Support Decision Making

Big Data is an important topic for discussion and research. It has gained this importance due to the meaningful value that could be extracted from these data. The application of Big Data in the modern business allows enterprises to take faster and smarter decisions, achieving a real competitive advantage. However, a lot of Big Data projects provide disappointing results that don't address the decision-makers' needs due to many reasons. The main reason for this failure can be summarized in neglecting the study of the decision-making aspect of these projects. In light of this challenge, this study proposes the integration of decision aspect into Big Data as a solution. Therefore, this article presents three main contributions: 1) Clarify the definition of Big Data; 2) Presents BD-Da model, a conceptual model describes the levels that should be considered to develop a Big Data project aiming to solve a problem that calls a decision; 3) Describes a particular, logical, requirements-like approach that explains how a company develops a Big Data analytics project to support decision-making.

scholarly journals A conceptual competitive intelligence quality assurance model

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-696
Author(s):  
Tshilidzi Eric Nenzhelele
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
Quality Problem

Competitive Intelligence (CI) improves the quality of product and service, decision-making and it improves quality of life. However, it has been established that decision makers are not happy about the quality of CI. This is because enterprises fail in quality assurance of CI. It has been concluded that most enterprises are clueless concerning CI quality assurance. Studies that previously attempted to resolve CI quality problem were limited in scope and focused too much on the quality of information than the overall CI quality. The purpose of this study is to propose a conceptual CI quality assurance model which will help in quality assurance of CI. The research was qualitative in nature and used content analysis.

scholarly journals Initial drafting of telemedicine’s code of ethics through a stakeholders’ participatory process

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Shafizadeh ◽  
Bagher Larijani ◽  
Rita Mojtahedzadeh ◽  
Ehsan Shamsi Gooshki ◽  
Saharnaz Nedjat
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Ethical Framework ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Ethical Guidelines ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
Improve Access

Telemedicine can improve access to healthcare services; however, it has raised ethical concerns demanding special considerations. This study aimed at developing the codes of ethics for telemedicine, and hence several approved national and international ethical guidelines related to telemedicine practice were reviewed, and 48 semi-structured interviews were conducted with medical ethics and medical informatics experts as well as with physicians and patients who had telemedicine experiences. Content analysis was then performed on the interviews’ transcripts and a draft on code of ethics was prepared, which was further reviewed by the experts in the focus group meetings to reach a consensus on the final document. The final document consisted of a preface, five considerations, and 25 ethical statements. Considering the growing trend of adopting telemedicine worldwide, this document provides an ethical framework for those who use telemedicine in their medical practice.  

Competitive Intelligence in the Enterprise

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-64
Author(s):  
Relebohile Moloi ◽  
Tiko Iyamu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Study Research ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
Sociotechnical Theory

Due to increasing challenges, as well as competitiveness, many organisations have sought advantaging and beneficiary techniques and options. One of those options is through Competitive Intelligence (CI) products, which some organisations have come to rely upon for sustainability and competitive advantage. Unfortunately, and to some degree, fortunately, there are different CI products which organisations could choose from. The products are supposed to be selected and deployed based on organizational requirements from both technical and business perspectives. Some organisations deploy more than one competitive intelligence product. Others are not guided, and do not understand the essence of the deployment, regarding achieving the organisational objectives. The fortunate and unfortunate situations which occur in the deployment of CI products in organisations are drawn from relationships amongst stakeholders in the selection and implementation processes. The relationships are manifested from control of sources which use the power for decision making. The relationships emanate from the fact that there are no proper comparisons of the products, driven by requirements. As a result, the organisations are faced and challenged with duplication and waste of resources. They struggle to determine their competitive advantage. This situation further manifests the complexity of technical and business artefacts. Case study research was conducted to understand how CI products are deployed in the organisation. A sociotechnical theory, actor-network theory was employed in the analysis of the data, primarily to examine and understand how control of resources for power defined and shaped relationships.

Competitive Intelligence for Business Enhancement

2015 ◽  
pp. 280-292
Author(s):  
Relebohile Moloi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Goals And Objectives ◽  
Criteria For Selection

Many organisations employ Competitive Intelligence (CI) to enable and support their goals and objectives, periodically. The CI is deployed by many organisations mainly to collect and analyse relevant data for decision making and competitive advantage. CI products are deployed in various ways in different contexts. CI products differ in many ways such as in terms of compatibility and the functionalities that they offer. The functions of a CI product are considered to be of significant to the organisation that deploys it. Otherwise, it would be short of enabling and supporting its objectives. The compatibility is critical mainly because each environment is unique. Many organisations have acquired CI products which they could not use because of compatibility challenges they encountered during implementation. This is one of the reasons why the criteria for selection and deployment of CI products are very important in many organisations as explored and presented in this chapter.

scholarly journals Exploratory study of competitive intelligence in Mexico

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Rafael Poblano Ojinaga
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Competitive Environment ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Intelligence Theory

In order to increase their competitiveness, companies need information forproblem analysis, to develop strategies and for decisions making. One way to achieve this isthrough methodologies, among which competitive intelligence stands out. For Pellissier &Nenzhelele (2013) competitive intelligence is a process or practice that produces anddisseminates actionable intelligence by planning, ethically and legally collecting, processing andanalyzing information from and about the internal and external or competitive environment inorder to help decision-makers in decision-making and to provide a competitive advantage to theenterprise. Because of its importance this paper presents an investigation using a meta-analysismethodology of 72 papers published between 2000 and 2015 of applications of competitiveintelligence in México. In recent years the practice of competitive intelligence has beenincreasing in México, though its use is not yet widespread. This is why it is important todisseminate and promote the growth of competitive intelligence theory.

Awareness and Decision Making in Professional Ethics

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronny Swain
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Professional Autonomy ◽  
Ethical Awareness ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
The Right ◽  
Aid Decision

The paper describes the development of the 1998 revision of the Psychological Society of Ireland's Code of Professional Ethics. The Code incorporates the European Meta-Code of Ethics and an ethical decision-making procedure borrowed from the Canadian Psychological Association. An example using the procedure is presented. To aid decision making, a classification of different kinds of stakeholder (i.e., interested party) affected by ethical decisions is offered. The author contends (1) that psychologists should assert the right, which is an important aspect of professional autonomy, to make discretionary judgments, (2) that to be justified in doing so they need to educate themselves in sound and deliberative judgment, and (3) that the process is facilitated by a code such as the Irish one, which emphasizes ethical awareness and decision making. The need for awareness and judgment is underlined by the variability in the ethical codes of different organizations and different European states: in such a context, codes should be used as broad yardsticks, rather than precise templates.

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