Browsing by Author "Kroeze, Jan H"

Achieving the efficiency frontier in IT service delivery

Pretorius, Philip D; Madisa, Victoria G; Kroeze, Jan H (IBIMA, 2010)

This paper researches and implements the best practices that lead to best performance in Information Technology service delivery. A customer quality defined standard is created by benchmarking the Information Technology ...

Challenges faced by divergent ICT schools regarding branding and establishing research foci. Panel discussion held at SACLA 2010, Cullinan, 4-6 June 2010.

Kroeze, Jan H; Pretorius, Philip D; Gilliland, Sonja; Kirlidog, Melih; Seymour, Lisa (2010)

The audience will be informed about the process of establishing a new research niche area in a School of Information Technology situated on the Vaal Triangle Campus (VTC) of the North-West University (NWU). The School ...

Considerations in Grounded Theory Research Method: A reflection on the lessons learned

Mavetera, Nehemiah; Kroeze, Jan H (2010)

This paper is a discussion on the practical issues faced by Information Systems (IS) professionals when they employ Grounded Theory Method (GTM) in Information Systems research. Various strands of GTM are in use, all of ...

Constructing an XML database of linguistics data

Kroeze, Jan H; Bothma, T J D; Matthee, M C (2010)

A language-oriented, multi-dimensional database of the linguistic charactersitics of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament can enable researchers to do ad hoc queries. XML is a suitable technology to transform free text ...

The double wave data warehouse hardware architecture for business intelligence implementation

Du Plessis, D P; Kroeze, Jan H (IBIMA, 2010)

South Africa is a developing country, which since 1994 has gone through a process of privatisation of some of its state departments. The Department of Posts and Telecommunications was one of those government departments. ...

Engineering students at the Vaal University of Technology : Analysing learning style preferences

Van Aardt, C; Goede, R; Taylor, E; Kroeze, Jan H; Pretorius, P D (IBIMA, 2010)

What are the different learning style preferences of students at the Vaal University of Technology,and how is it possible to address all the learning styles simultaneously? Each individual has a distinctive preference ...

A grounding framework for developing adaptive software products

Mavetera, Nehemiah; Kroeze, Jan H (International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA), 2009)

This paper is an analysis of the issues, problems and concerns facing practitioners in the fields of software and system development. The main task that faces practitioners in these fields is to choose an appropriate software ...

Guidelines for the design and creation of a web form to facilitate the registration of first time tax payers: An HCI approach

Terblanche, Juanita T; Kroeze, Jan H; Gilliland, Sonja (IBIMA, 2010)

Research has been conducted both in the field of Human-Computer Interaction and in the field of design and creation. Very little research has been conducted in the area of tax registration systems. No research was carried ...

Guiding principles for developing adaptive software products

Mavetera, N; Kroeze, Jan H (2010)

This paper presents an analysis of problems that are faced by software development practitioners. While communication, team management, coding and software documentation are some of the persistent problems, the first and ...

Humanities-enriched information systems. Panel discussion held at by ECIS 2010, Pretoria, 6-9 June 2010.

Kroeze, Jan H; Lotriet, Hugo; Mavetera, Nehemiah; Pfaff, Mark S; Postma, Dirk; Sewchurran, Kosheek; Topi, Heikki (2010)

The audience will be stimulated to think about the relationship between the Humanities and Information Systems in a way opposite to the usual. A lot of research has been conducted on the application of computing in the ...

ICT to disempower? A perspective on ICT as postmodern agent

Nel, D F; Kroeze, Jan H; Lotriet, H (2010)

The wholesale implementation of Information Technology (IT) has brought with it a host of unintended and unforeseen consequences. Through a literature review and an examination of both Postmodernism and IT, it is proposed ...

Introduction of e-learning material to Engineering students at the Vaal University of Technology: Measuring academic success

Van Aardt, C; Goede, R; Taylor, E; Pretorius, P D; Kroeze, Jan H (IBIMA, 2010)

Traditional learning and teaching methods are still an integral part of many academic institutions. Will the implementation of e-learning material as an additional resource to normal lectures have an effect on a student's ...

Issues in software development practices : A South African software practitioners’ viewpoint

Mavetera, Nehemiah; Kroeze, Jan H (2009)

Software development is a process tasked with the development of artefacts that are used to implement organizational information systems. Depending on the social, economical and environmental setting, different ...

Just how literal is the King James Version?

Kroeze, Jan H; Van den Heever, C M (Manie); Van Rooy, A J (Bertus) (Department of Ancient Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2011)

Many scholars have the perception that the King James Version (KJV) is a literal translation. However, it is not so easy to define the concept of "literal translation". The simplest definition may be to regard it as ...

The mutualistic relationship between information systems and the humanities

Kroeze, Jan H (IBIMA, 2010)

The paper explores the nature of the relationship between the study fields of Information Systems and the humanities. Although literature on Humanities Computing states in principle that there is a bidirectional, beneficial ...

An ontology-driven software development framework

Mavetera, Nehemiah; Kroeze, Jan H (2010)

The software development process has been curtailed by the lack of a methodology that can capture and maintain the softer, humanist characteristics of organizational systems into the software product. This is attributed ...

Ontology goes postmodern in ICT.

Kroeze, Jan H (ACM Press, 2010)

This paper investigates the move from philosophical ontology to information systems ontologies. Ontology has traditionally been (and still is) a philosophical discipline that studies the nature of existence. In a certain ...

Optimizing the value chain in the automotive industry using B2B portals

Smit, Danie; Kroeze, Jan H; Kirlidog, Melih (2010)

Successfully implementing ICT projects is a significant challenge for ICT managers. This paper addresses this problem by adding insights regarding critical success factors of B2B portals in the automotive industry to the ...

The role of an ICT research professor in South Africa

Kroeze, Jan H; Pretorius, P D; Roode, J D (Sprouts Alliance, 2010)

Until recently it has been assumed that all lecturers at tertiary institutions should teach, conduct research and do community service. Due to heavy teaching loads, this assumption has become evident as a very idealistic ...

The Role of ICT within Small and Medium Enterprises in Gauteng.

Modimogale, Lloyd; Kroeze, Jan H (IBIMA Publishing, 2011)

This article discusses the role of information and communication technology (ICT) within the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector in Gauteng, a province in South Africa. ICT plays a very important role in the current ...

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