Papers presented at the 2003 conference of HERDSA (Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia) proposed guidelines for change and innovation in higher education. This paper empirically studied these guidelines in the ICT environment of an institution. We explored change and innovation outputs by ICT staff at ITPs (Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics), aspects of the ...

The operational environment of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry is in continuous change due to factors like rapid technological development, uncertain economic development and unpredictable consumer behaviour. Consequently, also the skills needed in the ICT industry are changing. Therefore, the quantitative and qualitative demand of ICT professionals in the future is ...

in recent years, work for the information profession has become characterized by fast-paced change and new skills requirements. this transformation has been brought about by the constant emergence of relevant new technologies. in this paper, ict skills for professionals in developing countries are examined and nigeria research project is mentioned as an example. one of the important implication...

ICT-triggered change processes are known to be unpredictable and technologies are not used the way designers or managers intend because of actor groups’ innovation when ICT is deployed. The examination of sources of innovation in ICT-triggered change processes has had a socio-cognitive bias toward learning and the way actors make sense of ICT. This paper addresses the role of technology for act...

This survey sought to investigate links between use of ICT with six individual characteristics, namely interaction with ICT change agents, ICT training, cosmopolitanism, age, gender and income level. The study was a co-relational and cross-sectional survey biased to the quantitative approach, involving 145 teaching staff, 124 senior administrators and 175 graduate students. Primary data were co...

The difficulties in communicating climate change science to the general public are often highlighted as one of the hurdles for support of enhanced climate action. The advances of interactive visualization using information and communication technology (ICT) are claimed to be a game-changer in our ability to communicate complex issues. However, new analytical frameworks are warranted to analyse ...

In this introduction to the special issue, the authors explore a number of connections between recent thinking about change in the organization studies (OS) literature and debates about information and communication technology (ICT) and change in the information systems (IS) literature. The authors examine these debates and highlight their potential significance for understanding ICT and organi...

This article reports on the literature associated with practising teachers’ uptake of information and communications technology (ICT). Studies reveal a number of factors which influence teachers’ decisions to use ICT in the classroom: access to resources, quality of software and hardware, ease of use, incentives to change, support and collegiality in their school, school and national polices, c...

Today’s organizational renewal and change is conducted primarily within projects (i.e., temporary organizations), and, in varying degrees, includes information and communication technology (ICT) systems that should mediate or trigger intended changes. However, the definite duration of a project process and the indefinite duration of ICT-mediated change processes cause challenges for the permane...