Benefits Of Information Technology Research Articles

Personal data in the aspect of IT usage – the end of anonymity

Information technologies are now a vital element of social life. Their task is to introduce people to a better tomorrow, catch up with the most developed countries, broaden horizons, and increase the standard of living. However, the rapid development of technology, access to data, and the possibility of managing it are still dependent on the human being, who determines whose data, when, and for what purpose it will be obtained and utilized. Nonetheless, indeed, all the data once found on the Internet remains there forever. Huge data banks are built based on personal data and account profiling. Besides, these banks are strongly guarded and secured with the most modern alarm systems, and only a small group of trained IT specialists has access to them. By information provided on own preferences, purchases made, applications downloaded, shared information, photos, and likes on social networks, one can specify the sexual preferences, education, political and religious views, evaluate assets, or determine the marital status of the user. Even small amounts of information shared reveal the deeply hidden interests of online account users, and the benefits of information technology are designed to share personal information while forgetting about the risks automatically.

Asset Management Information System Perfomance Analysis (SIMASET) Using IT Balanced Scorecard Case Study : Salatiga City Region Revenue Management Unit

Technological developments greatly influence the increasing disruption to the system and system used by the user. Therefore, it is necessary to see how optimal the system is being used by an organization. The Regional Revenue Management Unit (UPPD) of Salatiga City is also inseparable from the development of information technology. By using several information systems, they try to keep up one of the technological developments by using the Asset Management Information System (SIMASET) based website for data collection of goods in and out of the UPPD Salatiga City. In this study using the IT Balanced Scorecard method as a planning solution in terms of performance measurement and monitoring the realization of the value or business benefits and benefits of Information Technology which the IT Balanced Scorecard has four perspectives namely Company Contribution Perspective, User Orientation Perspective, Improvement Perspective Operations and Future Orientation Perspectives. Results and discussion of the 4 Perspectives on Balanced IT Scorecard in this study, it is expected that the User Orientation Perspective and the Future Perspective is doing some improvement because in the User Orientation Perspective the system used often has errors and is quite convoluted in use, the Future Orientation Perspective is almost the same as the User Orientation Perspective, where the quality of the new system still needs to be improved again.

PENGARUH KUALITAS SUMBER DAYA MANUSIA, MANFAAT TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI, DAN SISTEM PENGENDALIAN INTERN TERHADAP KETERANDALAN PELAPORAN KEUANGAN PADA LPD SE – KECAMATAN PUPUAN

This study aims to determine the effect of the quality of human resources, the benefits of information technology and internal control systems on the reliability of financial reporting. The population in this study were LPD employees who were in the Pupuan sub-district. The sample collection technique used purposive sampling in order to obtain a sample size of 60 people. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis. Based on the results and discussion, it can be concluded that all research variables, namely the quality of human resources, the benefits of information technology, and the internal control system have an influence on the reliability of financial reporting.

PELATIHAN INTERNET SEHAT: KEPEDULIAN DIRI AKAN KEAMANAN INFORMASI

Internet and social media usage in daily activities is continuously increasing. UKM gets the benefit of information technology to increase its sale through scale up the marketing target in order to increase its revenue. However, most of UKM are worry about the risk in using information technology in their daily activities, such as cyber fraud and stealing their private data and their identities. To overcome these problems, it needs to design training materials that can reduce theirs worry in using information technology. Designed training material based on problem faced by training participants can satisfy and give a benefit to participants even though the instructor delivery and response is not good.

Impact of enterprise architecture management on business benefits through information technology benefits in companies in Indonesia

This research aims to study the relationship between components of enterprise architecture management (EAM) and its impact towards IT benefits and business benefits. This research was conducted using quantitative approach involving 92 samples of state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. The data were processed using partial least square (PLS). The results showed that the EAM was proven to have positive correlations on the IT benefits especially towards IT efficiency and IT-business strategic alignment. Subsequently, IT benefits were proven to have positive correlations towards business benefits especially towards customer closeness and product leadership. It was also found that EAM has positive correlations on business benefits through IT benefits, especially towards operational excellence and strategic intelligence. Thus, it can be concluded that EAM can improve business performance through improved IT performance.

On the Aesthetic Education of Students Majoring in Information Technology

Today, information technology has become an important factor of productivity to promote social development. It combines with all industries in the world, develops rapidly, and has a profound impact on human production and life. Aesthetic education plays a high role in China's higher education. For a long time, people have formed much understanding of the aesthetic education of engineering majors, while information technology, as a new engineering major intersecting with all industries, has more urgent, comprehensive and profound requirements for aesthetic education. As the cradle of information technology talents, how to cultivate talents leading the development of the times has become an important topic. This paper, starting from the problems faced by aesthetic education of colleges and universities and combined with the characteristics of information technology major, points out that the purpose of information technology major to carry out aesthetic education is to achieve harmony between man and nature and ensure that information technology benefits human society, aiming to let students develop aesthetic consciousness and aesthetic ability, shape perfect personality, and create beautiful things. The paper also discusses the connotation of aesthetic education of information technology major, pointing out that information technology major should realize the organic combination of aesthetic knowledge and professional accomplishment based on its training objectives, strengthen students' document writing ability, human-machine interface design ability and code design ability in line with aesthetic requirements, and cultivate talents good at communication and cooperation and meet the needs of the information age. Based on these ideas, this paper puts forward the assumption of offering the course of"Innovative Thinking and Aesthetic Cultivation".

Statistical analysis of the situation and development of the labor market of Ukraine in the context of professional qualification trends

Introduction. The transformation of social, economic and social relations in the current context of globalization has led to a structural crisis in the labor market. The formation of the knowledge economy, the benefits of information technology, the rapid development of the service sector, changes in working conditions and content, strong competition require review, update and adapt the system of regulation and development of the labor market, with the needs of skilled labor. Unfortunately, the state policy in this direction does not provide an integrated approach to forecasting supply and demand for skilled labor in today's conditions. The purpose of the paper is to conduct a statistical analysis of the state and development of the labor market of Ukraine in the context of professional and qualification trends and identify promising areas of employment. Results. The state and problematic issues of the labor market development of Ukraine are determined based on statistical research in the context of professional and qualification trends. The main reasons that led to the increase in free labor are considered. The state of the labor force, demand in the labor market and changes in employment dynamics by sectors of the economy are analyzed. On the basis of the conducted analysis the forecast of the level of employment of the population of Ukraine, demand in the labor market on priority professional and qualified groups for the next 5 years is carried out. Promising sectors of the economy have been identified where growth is expected and employment may decline. Conclusion. It is proposed to carry out statistical analysis and identify the main trends in the labor market in the formation of government procurement by the state, as well as in the formation of preferences in the choice of professions by the population for 5 to 7 years, which will partially solve employment and unemployment.

Confronting the scarcity of digital skills among the poor in developing countries

AbstractMotivationAs part of the second digital divide”, the scarcity of digital skills among the “bottom billion” in poor countries has been noted in the literature. The typical policy response to this daunting situation is to directly increase the supply of these missing resources. The article does not dispute the need for such policy, but argues in favour of supplementary interventions that bypass this scarcity in a bid to bring the benefit of digital technologies to people living in poverty.PurposeTo describe and compare the components of a package of policies to address the scarcity of digital skills in poor countries. The package comprises an increase in the supply of these skills, a choice of technologies that make few demands on them, and to find substitutes that can indirectly supply information from the Internet to those who need it.Approach and methodsThe approach is based on Albert Hirshman’s distinction between trait‐making, which seeks to increase the supply of resources in short supply, and trait‐taking, which accepts those resources as being given temporarily in the making of policy. The complementary approaches are explained and compared in detail with the use of numerous examples.FindingsThe brief answer of how best to respond to the lack of digital skills in poor countries is that all components of the policy package are needed, because they make different demands, deal with different aspects of the problem, use different methods and operate in different time periods. With respect to the trait‐taking alternatives, I show the need to make better use of local resources, institutions and cultures, because these are what are available.Policy implicationsAlthough most policies to deal with the scarcity of digital skills in poor countries seek directly to increase their supply in schools and other places, this will often be a long and difficult process. For this and other reasons, supplementary policies are also needed to bypass the shortage and yield the benefits of information technology to people living in poverty, within a relatively short period of time.

CONCEPTUAL CONSTRUCTION MODEL OF MANAGEMENT INTERACTION

Introduction. Achieving economic growth and high competitiveness of the enterprise in the market requires flexible development of tools to respond adequately to changes in the environment. The projected complication of the competitive business environment requires management to review existing management strategies and generate innovative ideas to identify new business priorities and formulate new models of managerial engagement. Methods. The analysis is based on systemic, structural, functional and synergistic approaches. Universal methods of formal logic and scientific abstraction, basic principles of research of innovation, investology, institutionalism, system-functional analysis of organizational construction of administrative interaction are used. Results. The direction of economic systems in the post-industrialization phase actualizes the need to move to innovative management principles to achieve competitive strategies. Established hierarchical models of management are not able to provide the necessary level of competitiveness of enterprises, which requires updating of management interaction schemes. The virtualized model takes into account the dynamism of the environment, provides high speed of transformations, initiates sufficient flexibility of technological and administrative-management infrastructures of the enterprise. The use of previously untapped benefits of information technology has led to the partial replacement of traditional management structures with more flexible ones. The need to save resources in times of systemic crisis leads to greater use of the outsourcing model, which forms a qualitatively new vision of virtualized business development. The flexibility of management interaction contributes to the leadership of the company when launching an innovative product on the market. Building a management system based on the principles of modeling complex business processes using horizontally directed information flows allows to build integrated competitive strategies of innovative production, involving managers of all levels in the management processes. Discussion. Further research should be directed to the development of methodological foundations for reformatting the systems of managerial interaction, depending on the peculiarities of the functioning of domestic business, working out methods of calculating the effectiveness of updated organizational structures of management, issues of institutional support for innovative enterprises. Keywords: economic system, competitiveness, management virtualization, information flows, management interaction, business process.

Understanding the use of mobile banking in rural areas of Brazil

The main purpose of this study is to analyze the adoption of mobile banking by farmers and some of its potential determining factors. Our sample comprises 115 complete questionnaires answered through the paper-and-pencil method. The respondents are farmers who have properties located close to 20 different cities in Brazil, specifically in the state of Minas Gerais. We employed the confirmatory factor analysis to evaluate the constructs and the structural equation modeling to test the study hypotheses. The main results indicate that perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and trust are the main constructs related to the use of mobile banking by the farmers who answered the questionnaire. However, the relationship between social influence and the use of mobile banking was negative. This result is opposite to the one usually found in the literature. This research contributes to expand the understanding about the benefits of information technology to the financial routine of farmers, since they operate in a relevant economic sector in Brazil.

Empiric research related to information technologies application in professional English learning process for tourism specialty students

In this paper the role of globalization on society has been discussed and in particular, the consequences of globalization’s direct impact on the process of learning English by tourism graduates in higher education. Also, during the conducted survey, it was emphasized that over the past few decades advancements in information technology have had a profound on the global landscape as well as on the progression of globalization. The goal of this research is to investigate the positive effects of the application of information technologies in the professional English learning process for tourism specialty students. The research is focused on defining the benefits of incorporating them into the way of acquiring necessary language skills and abilities by tourism specialty students. The data used is collected from official documents, articles, reports, and the sources of organizations in the field of education. The findings of this research draw attention to the speedy infusion of information technologies into the field of education. Some of these outcomes are as follows: firstly, it has been discovered at this point that the active usage of information technology has become an integral part of the tourism students’ preparation in the frame of tertiary education; secondly, it has been revealed and justified on the developed structural-functional model that the technology provides the means by which the English learning efficiency can be increased assisting tourism specialty students in competing and maintaining a completive professional advantage in the global environment and marketplace as well. Furthermore, the present article is an attempt to understand, analyze and provide an overall picture on basic aspects of English for Specific Purposes (English for Tourism): its definition, scope, characteristics and aims. Despite the English for Tourism teaching objectives, it also discusses the structural-functional model of modern information technologies usage in the educational process on the example of studying the module "Global tourism: International Benefits and Threats". Broadly speaking, the designed investigation related to information technologies application in professional English learning process for tourism specialty students has vividly witnessed its unbiased value and beneficial implementation in the higher education system. Our statement can be supported with a plenty of persuasive facts, such as follows: modern tools make English for Tourism learning process much more interesting, flexible, available; newest technologies are supposed to shape “soft skills” in tourism specialty students making them more competitive on the tourism global marketplace. To summarize, information technology benefits both traditional education institutions and online educational models of learning English for Tourism in fundamental ways.

Impacto dos Investimentos em Tecnologia da Informação nas Variáveis Estratégicas Organizacionais e no Desempenho de Micro e Pequenas Empresas (MPEs)

Objetivo: O objetivo deste trabalho é medir o impacto dos investimentos em Tecnologia da Informação (TI) nas variáveis estratégicas organizacionais e no desempenho das micro e pequenas empresas (MPEs). Método: Realizou-se uma pesquisa quantitativa e explanatória através da aplicação de uma survey com 235 MPEs. Originalidade e relevância: O crescimento dos investimentos em Tecnologia da Informação levou um número crescente de empresas a adotarem a TI como ferramenta estratégica para melhorarem o desempenho e obterem vantagem competitiva. Quanto mais financeiramente acessíveis esses investimentos se tornarem, mais rápida é a sua popularização entre as MPEs. No entanto, apesar dos benefícios aparentemente óbvios da TI, há dúvidas sobre seu impacto, especialmente nas MPEs. Para preencher esta lacuna, foram examinadas as variáveis estratégicas e de desempenho das MPEs. Resultados: Descobriu-se que os investimentos em TI têm um impacto positivo no gerenciamento de clientes associado ao desempenho de custos, vendas e produtividade. Constatou-se também que os investimentos em TI nas MPEs impactam principalmente os clientes e as variáveis internas de eficiência organizacional, sugerindo que, quando os investimentos em TI são direcionados para o gerenciamento de clientes e da empresa, os benefícios da TI no desempenho organizacional serão maiores.Contribuições teóricas / metodológicas: Esta pesquisa apresenta uma importante discussão sobre os investimentos em TI realizados em um setor com menor número de pesquisas: o das MPEs. Outra contribuição é a combinação de elementos estratégicos dos investimentos em TI com diferentes variáveis de desempenho.

Maturity of Strategic Alignment of Business and IT in IT Education and Consultation Institutions

The strategic alignment of business and Information Technology (IT) is an important element for an organization so that the organization can realize the benefits of information technology for the business they run. Technological advances, especially in the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era, made all organizations that wanted to win the competition not only implement technology in their business processes, but also had to align the use of information technology with non-IT units in the organization. The impact of the Industrial Revolution was felt in all fields, including education. In the midst of a lot of research on measuring the level of strategic alignment at higher education institutions, this research focuses on measuring the level of strategic alignment that has been carried out by institutions other than tertiary education, namely the IT Education and Consultation Institute in Yogyakarta. The model used in this alignment measurement is the Strategic Alignment Maturity Model (SAMM). From this research it is known that the IT Education and Consultation Institute which actively provides consulting and education services specifically in the IT field, understands the importance of Strategic Alignment in Business and IT and applies them in carrying out its business activities. However, despite implementing IT best practices as what has been taught to its customers, this institution needs to realize and improve the areas of IT human resources, business communication and IT, and measuring the value of benefits and IT competence.

Analytical methods for information technology benefits in the built environment: towards an integration model

The use of information technology (IT) in the built environment has numerous benefits, including improving performance, sustainable practices and efficiency on projects. Studies have investigated the measurements of various IT benefits, but a comprehensive review of the benefit analysis methods used to produce quantifiable measurements of IT benefits in the built environment to provide evidence is still lacking. The study’s aim is to systematically review the benefits analysis methods used to produce quantifiable evidence of IT benefits in the built environment. Through a three-stage review process, relevant papers were selected and examined based on the benefits analysis methods and the results produced. The findings show that nine benefit analysis methods are used to measure the benefits of IT which could be tangible benefits or intangible benefits. The results indicate that the benchmarking and weighted scoring models are the most popular analytical method used to produce quantifiable results of benefits measured. The shortfalls of the benefit analysis methods are discussed, and future research agenda is recommended to ensure comprehensive results from benefit measurements, Further, a conceptual integration model is developed to guide future research when addressing the shortfalls of the respective benefit analysis methods through the stages of implementation of IT.

DIGITAL EDUCATION IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY: FEATURES OF TRANSFORMATIONS OF MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS

The article is devoted to the study of the radical changes that occur in education under the influence of digital technologies. The solution to this problem is possible only on the basis of various research areas, because educational policy in the global world involves a special form of management. The authors show that the dominance of the latest information technologies in the modern information society violates the established management system in modern education. The article reveals the potential dangers that could threaten the educational system if the benefits of information technology are used uncontrollably. Their benefits, such as speed, mobility and distance, can play a negative role if the traditions and historical experience of the society are ignored. The universal digitalization of basic educational processes creates the basis for the formation of a single educational space. The authors reveal the basic principles of national education management in the global educational environment. In addition, the main areas of educational policy in the market economy, as well as the emergence of new forms of communication among students are shown. The authors emphasize the fact that the dominance of information technologies in the educational sphere implies not only a better management system, but also new leaders. The transformation of traditional management structures in the domestic education system involves the development of a concept that would include not only the advantages of global education, but also the traditional pedagogy of this society.

Analyzing Advantages and Benefits of Information Technologies in Organizations

Analyzing Advantages and Benefits of Information Technologies in Organizations

Evaluation of effectiveness for using of Electronic Health Information System at Al-Rajhy Assiut University Hospital for Liver

Background: Electronic Health Information System (EHIS) are currently considered a major part of the healthcare system; this importance emerges from the importance of their role in managing all patient data to documenting all medical services. Aim to evaluate the effectiveness of health care providers’ usage of Electronic Health Record at Al-Rajhy Assiut University Hospital for Liver. Research design; Descriptive comparative research design was used for this study. Setting; the study had been conducted- at Al-Rajhy Assiut University Hospital for Liver. Subjects; the study subject included all users of the EHRs, (n= 250) Tools; one tool consists of three parts asfollowing; personal and professional characteristics data sheet, Evaluation of electronic health records sheet, and Utility of electronic hospital information system sheet. Results; the study finding revealed that the majority of studied subjects wereagreed that the system works well, easy to input information into electronic records, and easy to use, most of them agreed that the system provides clear, useful, complete information, provides reliable information, records are useful, present updated information in an appropriate format. And more than half of them agreed that the records offer reliability, and moreover facilitates coordination of tasks, decision process, auditing and release of procedures, facilitates analysis of hospital bills, verification of the materials & medications used in units, and facilitates hospital billing. Conclusion; There were high statistical significant difference among physicians, nurses, and employees’ regarding to evaluation of electronic records system.There were statistical significant differences among physicians, nurses, and employees and general utility of electronic records. Recommendation; guideline and manual book about how to use of Health Information System should be available for users to support them in documentations. Arrange a training program to assess awareness for HIS users regarding the benefits of Information Technology and HIS. Training should be assured by arranging workshops to improve their computer and HIS proficiency.

Information technologies in healthcare: Enhancing or dehumanising doctor-patient interaction?

Since the very emergence of the information technologies in healthcare, a major concern has been raised about the potential of remote services to undermine the intimacy, immediacy and humanity intrinsic to conventional, face-to-face medical practice. By contrast, notable literature reports the benefits of information technology-mediated services and their potential to improve efficiency and economic convenience of healthcare systems. This article aims to shed light on this ambivalence by retracing the evolution of doctor-patient interaction in relation to the main technological advancements in healthcare, and in particular, to services mediated by information technologies. Consequently, the reduction of cues and clues associated with the use of these services is framed into the reductionism of the biomedical paradigm, which provides a key to interpret the nature, scope and features of this process of technological innovation, along with its potential and limits.

Using information technology to support empirical SLA research

This article argues the case for more widespread adoption of information technology in second language acquisition research. The extent to which electronic datasets and analysis tools such as concordancers and parsers are being adopted across applied linguistics research more widely is briefly reviewed. Reasons for relative lack of adoption of such tools within SLA to date are discussed, and a case is made for use of the CHILDES suite of tools to support SLA research. The background to the CHILDES project in L1 acquisition research is explained, and a detailed account is provided of how CHILDES has been adapted to support a corpus-based programme of research into French L2. The article concludes with a brief assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of CHILDES, and an outline of issues to be addressed if the full benefits of information technology are to be realised in SLA.

Ugandan health libraries in the 21st century: key initiatives and challenges.

This article is part of a series in this regular feature which looks at new directions in health science libraries. This paper highlights new initiatives aimed at ensuring health libraries can contribute to the development of Uganda in the 21st century and the challenges facing libraries. It stresses that for libraries to be successful they need to form networks and collaborations for resource sharing; take advantage of the benefits of information technology; computerise their library systems; as well as invest in the development of staff. The paper highlights the main challenge facing the library service as inadequate funding both from government for public-funded health libraries and the private sector (for privately funded health libraries). The paper concludes that, despite the bottlenecks brought about by inadequate funding, Ugandan health libraries have taken positive steps to support health research and education, as well as patient care, not just for Uganda, but for the whole of the East African region. J.M.