Department of Information Systems: Recent submissions
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Radio frequency spectrum monitoring: Officers' acceptance of monitoring technologies such as fixed direction finders
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The research focuses on the acceptance of new technologies within the telecommunications industry. The study examines three models namely Innovation theory, Theory of Reason Action (TRA), and Technology Acceptance Model ... -
Improving library services through the application of business performance concepts
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)In virtually any field of endeavour today, access to information is a prerequisite for success. Library services are affected by financial considerations and staffing problems. This work evaluated library performance with ... -
eLearning adoption in Eastern and Southern African higher education institutions
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)This research was undertaken to propose a model for eLearning adoption in Higher Education in Africa and to identify and empirically test measures to assess the model. The model identified eLearning, individual and ... -
Management education via the internet: factors facilitating and inhibiting the adoption of WEBCT at a faculty in a higher education institution
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)The emergence of the Internet and the World Wide Web in particular, impact increasingly on the activities of commerce and industry and in the process also change the manner in which courses are delivered in higher education. ... -
The utilisation of formative and summative electronic assessments in historically disadvantaged institutions (HDI) in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)In this thesis, I explore the benefit of electronic formative assessment on learner achievement. Studies had revealed the connection between throughput and assessment. There is great discrepancy between the throughput rate ... -
Information management in the travel industry: The role and impact of the Internet
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)In this information age, the Internet has found a role in various industries such as transportation, advertising, etc. The travel industry, in which communication between travellers and travel service providers is a very ... -
The use of computers among secondary school educators in the Western Cape Central Metropole
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)The use of computers in the classroom could allow both educators and learners to achieve new capabilities. There are underlying factors, however, that are obstructing the adoption rate of computer use for instructional ... -
Knowledge management in a South African organization: application and comparison of the work of Nonaka nad Takeuchi to practice
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)The aim of this thesis is to provide a better understanding of how the knowledge creation process can be used to add value to the management of knowledge in a South African organization. This thesis describes, explores and ... -
A pilot emperical investigation into student perceptions of service quality at the Department of Management of the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)This pilot research survey was undertaken as a result of the need to assess the service quality within Higher Education in general and the Department of Management at UWC in particular. This report focuses on the complexities ... -
Instructional design process in a web-based learning management system: design, implementation and evaluation issues
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)Web technologies have necessitated a transformation culture in higher education institutions. Many of these institutions are employing web technologies whose development, for varying reasons, is not supported by research ...