Digital Fluency in SMEs

2021 ◽  
pp. 319-340
Author(s):  
Simon Bourdeau ◽  
Dragos Vieru
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Change Agent ◽  
It Adoption ◽  
It Use ◽  
Digital Fluency ◽  
Number Of Authors

In the practitioner and the academic literatures, links between information technology (IT) adoption, IT use, and digital fluency (DF) have been emphasized by a number of authors. However, there is a lack of understanding of what exactly digital fluency is, how it can be conceptualized, and what role it plays in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Based on the DF literature and its underlying concepts such as skills, expertise, and competencies, as well as on the SME literature, a multi-case study of three Canadian SMEs is conducted to empirically evaluate a typology of DF archetypes. The typology, that is based on a change agent perspective, has three archetypes. Results suggest that SMEs' managers should focus on the complementarity nature of the cognitive, social, and technological dimensions of DF when assessing and developing their employees' DF.

Digital Fluency in SMEs

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-64
Author(s):  
Simon Bourdeau ◽  
Dragos Vieru
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Change Agent ◽  
It Adoption ◽  
It Use ◽  
Digital Fluency ◽  
Number Of Authors

In the practitioner and the academic literatures, links between information technology (IT) adoption, IT use, and digital fluency (DF) have been emphasized by a number of authors. However, there is a lack of understanding of what exactly digital fluency is, how it can be conceptualized, and what role it plays in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Based on the DF literature and its underlying concepts such as skills, expertise, and competencies, as well as on the SME literature, a multi-case study of three Canadian SMEs is conducted to empirically evaluate a typology of DF archetypes. The typology, that is based on a change agent perspective, has three archetypes. Results suggest that SMEs' managers should focus on the complementarity nature of the cognitive, social, and technological dimensions of DF when assessing and developing their employees' DF.

scholarly journals Ternary Trends in Nursing Home Information Technology and Quality Measures in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 1134-1143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory L. Alexander ◽  
Richard Madsen ◽  
Chelsea B. Deroche ◽  
Rachel Alexander ◽  
Erin Miller
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Quality Measures ◽  
The United States ◽  
It Adoption ◽  
It Use ◽  
Absolute Value ◽  
New Information ◽  
Digital Footprints

Nursing home information technology (NH IT) adoption trends are not measured regularly. Evidence indicates digital footprints are growing, but gaps about NH IT adoption and quality impacts remain. We hypothesize as NH IT adoption grows, quality improves. This research assessed ternary (2014-2017) trends in IT and quality measures using a primary survey of U.S. NHs. Survey measures included nine dimensions/domains and total IT sophistication. Administrators completed 815 Year 1 surveys. Each year mean total IT sophistication scores in nine dimensions/domains consistently increased. Eighteen significant correlations ( r > .13, absolute value) between IT sophistication and quality measures existed. Regression shows that for every 10 units increase in administrative activity extent of IT use, a decrease of 1.3% occurs in the percentage of low-risk long-stay residents with bowel or bladder incontinence. Increases in NH IT sophistication positively impact quality. Estimating ongoing trends in NH IT sophistication provides new information that should be consistently available.

Improvements in Web Based ERP Software Architecture as Implemented on the Cloud

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Shruti Makarand Kanade
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Software Architecture ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Manufacturing Company ◽  
Erp Software

 Cloud computing is the buzz word in today’s Information Technology. It can be used in various fields like banking, health care and education. Some of its major advantages that is pay-per-use and scaling, can be profitably implemented in development of Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP. There are various challenges in implementing an ERP on the cloud. In this paper, we discuss some of them like ERP software architecture by considering a case study of a manufacturing company.

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