This paper proposes a conceptual model of a context-aware group support system (GSS) to assist local council employees to perform collaborative tasks in conjunction with interand intra-organisational stakeholders. Most discussions about e-government focus on the use of ICT to improve the relationship between government and citizen, not on the relationship between government and employees. This ...

This project aimed to provide a greater understanding of the systemic factors involved in mining accidents, and to examine those organisational and supervisory failures that are predictive of sub-standard performance at operator level. A sample of 263 significant mining incidents in Australia across 2007-2008 were analysed using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS). Two ...

This study was aimed at investigating the current challenges prevailing in relation to multi-agency collaboration during disaster management and strategies that should be implemented order overcome such challenges. The based on a qualitative approach under which 32 semi-structured interviews were carried out among agencies engaged management. collected data analysed using content analysis. iden...

It has become increasingly necessary to motivate and actively involve users to provide quality feedback for the development of future versions of applications and services within whatever institution is at issue. For this purpose we have developed an E-Quiz game to accelerate the process of learning, understanding and the successful usage of new technologies and applications. The E-Quiz is base...

This study presents a comparative analysis of farmers’ organisations in Korea and Taiwan during 1950-80 in order to help us understand the role of group behavior in affecting development outcomes. It highlights the linkages between group behavior, parastatal organisational structures and economic performance. The paper examines the historical and political economy contexts that led to the creat...

Information security policy compliance is one concern of organisations to improve information security, including universities. Previous research has shown that factors influence user can come from behaviour and within the organisation. This study aims explore organisation habits affect with policies. The model proposed used organisational commitment, culture, reward, habit variables—this condu...

BACKGROUND Advanced practice nurses (APNs) have an important role in promoting evidence-based practice (EBP) among frontline nurses (FLNs). Factors influencing FLNs' engagement with EBP are well documented but little is known about factors that affect APNs' ability to facilitate evidence in practice. AIMS To identify factors that influence APNs' ability to promote EBP among FLNs. METHODS A ...

The popularity of benefit realization management (BRM) in today’s IT-enabled world is fast gaining traction within IT organisations around the world. However, there appears to be limited attention paid to the intra-organisational practice by which benefits are identified. The purpose of this paper is twofold: firstly, to describe and define a practice approach that reflects the ongoing organisa...

In this paper we analyse the existing interrelationships between information technology (IT) and the adoption of lean production. More specifically, the level of adoption of lean production is studied in accordance with the degree of use and the kind of IT used (internal and external IT). The results of the study show how companies need to augment the degree of use of internal or intra-organisa...