A Critical Analysis of Selected Policy Making Decisions in the US and the UK with regard to the Implementation of Information and Communication Technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-39
Author(s):  
Mark Brook
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
The Us ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Is it possible to share tacit knowledge using information and communication technology tools?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Delio Ignacio Castaneda ◽  
Paul Toulson
Keyword(s):  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
The Uk

Purpose This study aims to determine whether it is possible to use information and communication technology (ICT) tools to share tacit knowledge. Few studies have considered this subject, and they have reported both the ineffectiveness and effectiveness of ICT tools for sharing tacit knowledge. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the participants comprised 217 knowledge workers from New Zealand and researchers who attended a knowledge management conference in the UK. In all, 59% of the sample was men and 41% women. The research model compared the scores of knowledge workers in two categories of ICT, those that allow dialogue and those that do not, in relation to knowledge sharing in organizations. The instrument used a Likert scale with five levels of response. Findings It was found that not all ICT technologies let tacit knowledge to be shared, but those ICT that facilitate dialogue, for example, text messaging and video conferences. Emails did not facilitate the exchange of tacit knowledge. Research limitations/implications It is suggested to replicate the study with different countries to evaluate the role of culture in the communication of tacit knowledge. Practical implications An implication for practitioners based on this study is that email should not be the preferred mode for transferring knowledge between an organization and their workers. This mode is adequate for the exchange of explicit knowledge, but it has a limited capacity for transferring tacit knowledge. Thus, organizations may increase the use of audio and video tools to transfer electronically tacit knowledge. Interaction or socialization may facilitate the understanding and internalization of tacit knowledge by workers. Originality/value This study contributed to understand the reason for contradictory results from previous research. ICT tools are effective to share tacit knowledge when they facilitate dialogue. Results also support practitioners about how to obtain more effective exchange of tacit knowledge in organizations.

ICT and sustainability: skills and methods for dialogue and policy making

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Classical Philosophy ◽  
The Way

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an overview and to discuss the following issues: most often, discussions about Information and communication technology (ICT) sustainability focus on environmental issues; however, there are other aspects referring to ICT internal sustainability and to its role as a tool in managing general sustainability issues. The way to handle ICT sustainability issues is also significant. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses and investigates various aspects of ICT sustainability, and of methods to handle these issues and make decisions. Findings – Classical philosophy and psychological empirical research on decision-making demonstrate the way to take care of ICT sustainability issues. This way is philosophizing, which has to be trained and supported for people and organizations involved to acquire the necessary skills and to use suitable methods. Originality/value – The paper highlights other significant aspects of ICT sustainability rather than the environmental impact alone. It also proposes focus on the way ICT sustainability issues are handled rather than focus on normative or ideological aspects of it.

Research on Digital Audio Authenticity Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 760-762 ◽  
pp. 1633-1637
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Open University ◽  
Digital Audio ◽  
Audio Recordings ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Phd Thesis ◽  
Milton Keynes

Removed due to poor citations and verbatim copying of texts from the following original papers: “Cooper, A. J. (2006) Detection of Copies of Digital Audio Recordings for Forensic Purposes, PhD Thesis, The Open University, Faculty of Technology, Department of Information and Communication Technology, Milton Keynes, UK”; “Daniel Lawn Rappaport. (2012) ESTABLISHING A STANDARD FOR DIGITAL AUDIO AUTHENTICITY: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF TOOLS, METHODOLOGIES, AND CHALLENGES, PhD [sic] Thesis”; “Bruce E. Koenig and Douglas S. Lacey – Forensic Authentication of Digital Audio Recordings, J. Audio Eng. Soc., Vol. 57, No. 9, 2009.”

scholarly journals Adoption of ICT in agricultural management in the United Kingdom: the intra-rural digital divide

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren MF
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Potential Disadvantage ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University

The benefits arising from adoption of information and communication technology by farming businesses are explored, and the prospect of a digital divide appearing in the UK agricultural sector is discussed, drawing on results of research at the University of Plymouth. It is proposed that countries in Central and Eastern Europe will be subject to the same phenomenon, and that the potential disadvantage suffered by non-adopters of this technology will be sufficiently severe to justify both policy intervention and further research.

Information and Communication Technology and Cultural Change

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 222-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Hansen ◽  
Tom Postmes ◽  
Nikita van der Vinne ◽  
Wendy van Thiel
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ict For Development ◽  
Practical Implications

This paper studies whether and how information and communication technology (ICT) changes self-construal and cultural values in a developing country. Ethiopian children were given laptops in the context of an ICT for development scheme. We compared children who used laptops (n = 69) with a control group without laptops (n = 76) and a second control group of children whose laptop had broken down (n = 24). Results confirmed that after 1 year of laptop usage, the children’s self-concept had become more independent and children endorsed individualist values more strongly. Interestingly, the impact of laptop usage on cultural values was mediated by self-construal (moderated mediation). Importantly, modernization did not “crowd out” traditional culture: ICT usage was not associated with a reduction in traditional expressions (interdependent self-construal, collectivist values). Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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