scholarly journals Information Technology Practice in Cement Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 855-864
Author(s):  
Ahmad Mohd Mansour ◽  
Hani Raed Qtaishat ◽  
Esraa Jawdat Samara ◽  
Rawan Yahia Al Husamie

The aim of this paper was to examine the manner in which Lafarge, a multinational cement corporation, has gone about executing an IT-based strategy. The analysis was motivated by multiple concepts of strategy. Based on currently authorized company framework. The study was done to, evaluate the development process of the ICT-based growth plan for Lafarge cement and to analyse the issues encountered by Lafarge cement in integrating information and communication technologies as a strategic plan. A standardized questionnaire was used to collect the results. Descriptive figures were used to validate the data's results. The full text discovered that the application of ICT techniques was split down into many levels with numerous sections being allocated to separate divisions and departments. The key players in the development activities were the management who adopted the technologies, external experts and IT workers. There were several planks in the development process, e.g. restricted jobs of method. Because of this, it was not as successful for the lower levels of workers that the ICT approach tackled. It is advised that senior management reduce the amount of administration in the company to move more effectively. There is a need for senior and middle level management to be properly qualified in managing policy execution, and how to effectively deal with different cultures in the enterprise.

2012 ◽  
pp. 1838-1860
Author(s):  
A.T. Juntunen

This chapter seeks to identify the current trends of the government transformation to e-Goverment, and combine them with the changes in the new information and communication technologies. Furthermore, the purpose of the study is to understand the evolution towards openness strategy and e-governance as well as assessing its challenges and implications. It seeks to identify the path towards the openness strategy at the ministry of the interior in Finland. It also discusses what kind of capabilities were created or needed in the development process.


2011 ◽  
pp. 290-311
Author(s):  
A.T. Juntunen

This chapter seeks to identify the current trends of the government transformation to e-Goverment, and combine them with the changes in the new information and communication technologies. Furthermore, the purpose of the study is to understand the evolution towards openness strategy and e-governance as well as assessing its challenges and implications. It seeks to identify the path towards the openness strategy at the ministry of the interior in Finland. It also discusses what kind of capabilities were created or needed in the development process.


Author(s):  
Sherif Kamel

The information and communication technologies have had remarkable impacts worldwide on the emergence of a number of trends and applications affecting business, the industry and the economy. One of the vastly growing waves in today’s changing environment is electronic commerce. It is directly affecting the way people communicate, interact and do business. Electronic commerce currently represents 2% of the global business transactions but promises to dominate the business environment in the 21st century. The successful presence of electronic commerce through the Internet has helped create low cost and more efficient channels for product and service sales through a more dynamic and interactive venue of opportunities where the world becomes the market place. This chapter reflects on the ways business will be developed and formulated in the 21st century. As the world is converging into a global village where supply and demand interacts across nations and continents, electronic commerce represents an opportunity for many countries around the world. Egypt, one of the rapidly growing economies among the developing world has thoroughly invested in transforming its society to deal with the information-based global market economy of the coming century. Respectively, one of the associated technologies in business development and trading has been electronic commerce. With the introduction of the Internet since 1993 in Egypt, today there are around 250,000 Internet subscribers served by 50 Internet service providers and representing the starting point for a potential electronic commerce community. As the Internet grows in magnitude and capacity, electronic commerce will flourish and will have direct implications on the socioeconomic and business development process in Egypt. This chapter demonstrates Egypt’s vision with regard to electronic commerce and its possible utilization in its developmental and planning processes. Moreover, the chapter will demonstrate the roles of the government, the public and the private sector facing the challenges and opportunities enabled by electronic commerce, and how Egypt places the new enabled information and communication technologies as tools that can help in the nation’s development process.


Author(s):  
Ciellei Gomes de Sousa ◽  
Jonas Gomes da Silva

Rework has been a challenge for organizations, especially in Brazil, where there is still a lot of waste of resources (IDB, 2018; EMBRAPA, 2018). This case study aims to contribute to improving the classification and reduction of rework in the sectors involved with the production of digital routers from the company EX da Amazônia (fictitius name), located in the Industrial Pole of Manaus. To this end, bibliographic research and methodology with seven phases, allowed to develop and apply a questionnaire to 71 employees who work in seven sectors involved with the processes of the organization's digital routers. The analysis was carried out with descriptive statistics, which allowed the identification of the best concepts for the term, the main problems, their causes, and effects, as well as reaching the main conclusion that the best model to classify and reduce reworks in the organization, must be developed by senior management, based on an interdepartmental approach, with diagnoses of the situation in each department, as well as the adoption of an annual plan to combat rework, supported by the use of information and communication technologies, awareness campaigns, continuous training, IT tools, quality approaches for improvement projects, audits, standardization, identification and dissemination of good practices, and recognition of employees.


2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
Hargita Horváth Futó ◽  
Éva Hózsa

Abstract People and communities living geographically far from each other and originating from culturally different environments establish contact with each other by means of the sudden spread of information and communication technologies. Knowledge of world languages no longer suffices for engaging in successful social interaction, it has to be accompanied by intercultural competence. Intercultural communication occurs when interlocutors belonging to different cultures understand each other. The translator’s work can be also understood as intercultural communication since in addition to translating linguistic material, the translator also transcodes the culture of the source language into the target language. (Inter)cultural competence is therefore one of the basic requirements for a translator. There is an ever-increasing emphasis on mediation between different cultures in translation, and according to new interpretations of translation this mediation represents the keystone of translation. The present study examines how elements of Hungarian culture are rendered in Serbian and German by analysing translations of Hungarian authors’ works into these two languages.


2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 4753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Özer Çetin

The aim of this research is to investigate the religious culture and moral education(RCME) preservice teachers' self-efficacy perception levels on information and communication technologies(ICT). The relational survey method which determined the relationships between two or more variables was used in the research. Participants were consisted of 104 preservice teachers (including 41 females and 63 males) from fourth grade of RCME department of Islamic Sciences/Divinitiy Faculty, Uşak University. Data were collected by using “Personal Information Form” and the “Self-efficacy Scale on Information and Communication Technologies and analyzed by using SPSS program. The findings revealed that RCME preservice teachers' self-efficacy perception levels on ICT were positive and intermediate (middle) level. It was concluded that there wasn’t significant difference between variable of having own computer and self-efficacy perception levels on ICT but there was significant difference between self-efficacy perceptions on ICT and variable of gender, the frequency of computer and internet use, education technology and material design course achievement level, the frequency of ICT –supported teaching material preparation.Extended English abstract is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı Din Kültürü ve Ahlak Bilgisi (DİKAB) öğretmen adaylarının Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri (BİT) öz-yeterlik algılarını incelemektir. Araştırmanın modeli, iki ve daha çok sayıda değişkenin aralarındaki ilişkileri belirlemeyi sağlayan ilişkisel tarama modelidir. Çalışma grubunu Uşak Üniversitesi İlahiyat /İslami Bilimler Fakültesi DİKAB bölümü 4.sınıfta öğrenim gören toplam 104 öğretmen adayı oluşturmaktadır. Veriler “Kişisel Bilgi Formu” ve “Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri Yeterlik Ölçeği” ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde SPSS programı kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda DİKAB öğretmen adaylarının BİT öz-yeterlik algılarının orta düzeyde olduğu, BİT öz-yeterlik algılarının bilgisayara sahip olma durumuna göre değişmediği buna karşın DİKAB öğretmen adaylarının BİT öz-yeterlik algılarının cinsiyet, bilgisayar ve internet kullanım sıklığı, Öğretim Teknolojileri ve Materyal Tasarımı dersi başarı düzeyi ve BİT destekli öğretim materyali hazırlama deneyimi bakımından anlamlı bir fark oluşturduğu tespit edilmiştir.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Linda ◽  
Ida Ri'aeni

Abstract   The objective of this research is to find out the use of Whatsapp Messenger as a mobile media to learn writing in EFL classes.Several researchers have attempted to prove applicability of mobile learning as modern ways of teaching and learning (Naismith, 2004:115). Moreover, applying portable technologies have been demanded by most of the modern learners who oftentimes are forced to study anywhere, and anytime, for example, at work, in the bus or at weekends (Evans, 2008:115).The research was motivated by the students’ difficulties in writing. The sample of this research was three classes of first grade students of English Department of Unswagati. The instrument of this research was questionnaire sheet. Data from questionnaire sheet was analyzed based on the frequency students’ answers and then was calculated and interpreted into percentages. The result shows WhatsApp Messenger attracts the students interest and also the students have positive responses towards the using ofWhatsAppMessenger. In applying WhatsApp group, the writer concluded that, learning using WhatsApp group has effective to develop their creativity in writing skill. On the other hand, the result from the questionnaire sheet indicated that almost of students is active in learning to writing recount text. Students can learn out of the classroom. Beside WhatsApp can be used privately, it can be used for students’ education. The students can use their gadget positively for their ability in learning English. The students can improve their knowledge in learning ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies). Keyword: WhatsApp Messenger,EFL writing, Instructional Media, ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies).


Author(s):  
Tomas Brusell

When modern technology permeates every corner of life, there are ignited more and more hopes among the disabled to be compensated for the loss of mobility and participation in normal life, and with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Exoskeleton Technologies and truly hands free technologies (HMI), it's possible for the disabled to be included in the social and pedagogic spheres, especially via computers and smartphones with social media apps and digital instruments for Augmented Reality (AR) .In this paper a nouvel HMI technology is presented with relevance for the inclusion of disabled in every day life with specific focus on the future development of "smart cities" and "smart homes".


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document