Abstract
The South African Journal of Information Management explores the latest developments and trends in information and knowledge management to offer research that can be used to further the application of sound information and knowledge management practice.
Highlights
Human capital is one of the critical factors for measuring the potential ability of a country to deal with the implications of globalization
Would students from a highly developed country such as the United States (US) be more open to the use of information at a global level? How have universities and their students in Hungary, Romania and South Africa utilized their new-found freedoms over the past ten years to prepare their graduates for a globalized market economy, in terms of showing them the need for global business information for decision making? Questions such as these generated the following research hypotheses: 2.1 Hypotheses addressed Hypothesis 1 (H1): There is no difference between the four countries' university students on their perceptions of the breadth of information needed in their future employment
Hypothesis 3 (H3) was tested using question 7 (Q7): In general, should organizational information systems provide employees with information describing 1 Their business unit only? 2 Their business unit as well as the entire organization where they work? 3 Their business unit, the entire organization where they work, and national markets and industry related to their organization? 4 Their business unit, the entire organization where they work, national markets and industry related to their organization as well as international events and markets related to their organization?
Summary
Human capital is one of the critical factors for measuring the potential ability of a country to deal with the implications of globalization This indicator is usually measured in the form of sheer numbers of workers and their level of education. While this provides useful and important information, it does not include attitudinal variables that would indicate the readiness of the workforce to embrace the changes necessary to participate in a global economy. Negative aspects of a global economy include the financial dependence countries have on each other, as illustrated by the global financial crisis in Asia in 1997 and Russia in 1998 (Horsley 1999), concerns about the loss of local culture, job losses, unfair trade competition and environmental damage (Bernstein and Malkin 2000). This article is a report on a study undertaken in four countries to determine student attitudes to the use of information and information systems, and their perceptions of the importance of international business information
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