International Conference on Information Management and Evaluation

Abstracts Selected

Abstract submissions have now closed. The review panel have completed the selection process of abstracts and the following is a list of abstracts selected for submission as full papers. To maintain the integrity of the blind review process, abstract titles are listed in no particular order and authors are listed alphabetically by lead author surname.

Full papers are due not later than 22 October 2009. Please read the style guidelines document. Papers should be submitted as .doc or .rtf file attachments by email to the Conference Manager, Julia Hawkins with the paper submission checklist and copyright form, which are available from the download area.

You can see an outline programme for the conference on the Programme page.

Abstract titles: Listed in random order
Risk Management in Outsourcing Process	e-Business Projects Implementation: Hurdles, Challenges and Issues
The Acceptance of Technology-Based Knowledge Management Systems by Knowledge Workers	The Elephant in the Server Room: Confronting the Need for an Ethics Officer in the IT Function
Towards an ERP Organisational Change Management Framework for SMMEs	The Role of the Dominant Coalition in the Investment Decision
Specifying a Context Narrative of Multi-Organisational Collaborative Groups in Local Government	The Use of the Internet for Political Campaign Communication by South African Political Parties
The Effect of Communication Technology on the Social Adjustment Users (High-School Student)	Organisational Memory Mismatch: Causes and Coping Strategies During ERP Usage
Investigating the Use of Blogs During the 2009 South African Political Campaign	The Politics of Technological Design and Implementation
Agile Software Processes Meets Knowledge Creation and Creativity	Defining a Comprehensive Framework for Strategic IT Governance
Education and Information and Communication Technologies in Papua New Guinea - Challenges for Development	Software Methods in Global Software Development: The Case of Mauritius and South Africa
Teaching Green IT in the Classroom; An Undergraduate Case-study	Framework for Evaluating IT Benefits in Local Communities
Engineering Change Through the Domains of Enterprise Architecture	Is it a catch-22 with ICT skills and SME performance?
Student Modeling in e-Learning System	Are There Differences Between Earl’s and Nonaka’s KM Models in IK Application?
Electronic Commerce Technologies Adoption by SMEs in Botswana: State of the Art, Challenges and Prospects	Communication Technology and Culture in Distributed Teams of a Large German Manufacturer
DNA Data Warehouse: Rights to Privacy and Access to Forensic Information to Fight Crime in Kenya	Disconnected Architectures for use in Health Information Systems in Developing Countries
Information Retrieval and Document Management in the Early Phases of Urban Development Projects	Measurement and Assessment of Information Security - An Organisational Perspective
Evaluation Metrics for Usable Accounting tools	Impact of Web Stock-Keeping Units (SKUs) on Online Retail Sales
The Implication of Lack of Distinction Between Information Systems and Information Technology	A Performance Evaluation of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Inventory Reader in a Library Environment
A Realist Conceptualization for Studying Information System Development Methodology	Strategic Information Systems Planning: Comparing Espoused Beliefs with Organisational Practice
EDI Usage in UAE: Opportunities and Challenges	Factors Influencing the Adoption of the Internet for Job-Seeking in South Africa
The Creation of a Framework for a Focused Research Problem Development in Information Systems	Creating Business Value Through e-Government: Guidelines for Developing e-Government Portal for Zimbabwe
Factors That Affect E-Commerce Adoption in Tanzanian SMEs	On Variety of Semantic Search Systems and Their Evaluation Methods
Strategic Customer Relationship Management Framework: A Case Study in Malaysian Public Higher Learning Institution	An Evaluation of SISP Process Stages in the Context of Developing Countries and the Role of Competing Value of Leadership
Can e-Learning Improve ERP Implementation Projects in Small and Medium Firms?	A New Approach for Similarity Search Based on Textual Content
Strategic Alignment Maturity Model Based on Enterprise Architecture	Intercultural Communication in Information System Development Teams
Information and Communication Technology Awareness, Access and Use Among Farm Employees in Western Cape Commercial Wine Farms	A Common Business Model for the Real Time Monitoring of the Activities of Call Boxes, Internet Cafes and Telecentres
Diffusion of ICTs and E-Commerce Adoption in Manufacturing SMEs in South Africa: The Case of SMEs in the City of Tshwane	Exploring the Human-Centred Approach in the Human Computer Interaction with Emphasis on the Spiritual Values.
ICT Adoptions of Technology Enabled Distributed Work Environments; Issues, Challenges and Problems	Patients' Processes in Healthcare; An Abstract View Through Enterprise Architecture
From Traditional Research to ‘Science 2.0’ – Introducing an Evaluation Framework for Web-based Research Concepts	Identification and Prioritisation of Critical Success Factors of Knowledge Management in Iranian SMEs
A Framework to Dynamically Measure Project Success	Enterprise Architecture Implementation: Issues and Critical Analysis
An Investigation into the Experience of First Year Students in the Department of Communication Science at the University of South Africa: Complexities of an ODL Landscape	The Evaluation of the Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Pupil Learning and Attainment; The Case of Secondary Schools in the City of Tshwane
Diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTS) in Developing Countries: Premature Expectations or a Reality?	The Roll of Platforms in Software Development - Planting Real Options to Manage Uncertainties
Bridging Information Security Framework for Higher Learning Institution of Malaysia	An Investigation of Factors Affecting the Use of ICT for Curriculum Delivery in the Western Cape, South Africa
Can a Project-Based Approach Enable IS/IT Graduates to Add the F to IT?	Understanding the Effectiveness of Chargeout Systems
Early Risk Assessment in Software Development Life Cycle Using Software Metrics	A New Zealand Assessment of Social Networking Sites in the Context of Established National Values for Information Handling
An Investigation Into the Suitability of Agile Systems Development Methodologies for Data Warehousing Projects	Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) with Regards to Technology
Strategic Decision Model on Gaining Competitive Advantage by Using Open Source Software	The Heartware in Peopleware for Best Practices in Open Source IT Infrastructure Development
The Improbable Commitment; The Nature and Outcomes of Managing for Commitment Amongst Information Technology Knowledge Workers	An Investigation into Information Infrastructure Development Amongst SMEs in South Africa: An ANT Perspective
An Investigation into Factors Affecting the Success of e-Government in a Developing Country Context: A Grounded Theory Approach	A Framework for the Analysis and Evaluation of Software Development Methodologies Based on Formal, Intrinsic and Pragmatic Criteria
Users' Adoption of Web 2.0 for Knowledge Management	The Emancipatory Role of Blogging in the Middle East
Auditing the Architectural Design Process: An Information Management Approach	Telemedicine Implementation in Resource-Constrained Environment
Evaluating the Practice of Strategic IS/IT Project Benefits Management in Large South African Organizations: An Empirical Study	What Challenges Confront Quality Assurance and Accreditation Initiatives in Egypt? Empirical Case Study on the Higher Education Enhancement Project HEEP.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Training for Lower-End SMME Entrepreneurs to Encourage Business Growth.	Ontological and Epistemological Thought in the Agricultural Information System of Iran (AISI)
Concept Dictionary and Ontology for an Authenticated-Based IR System	Wiki-based Knowledge Management in Urban Traffic and Transport Planning
Analysis of the Bullwhip Effect with Order Batching	Information as a Strategic Asset in an Asymmetric Unconventional Conflict
A Critical Analysis of ICT Capacity Building in Least Developing Countries: The Case of Tanzania	An Investigation into a Web-based Visualisation Technique for Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks
Adapting DeLone and McLean IS Success Model for Evaluating e-School System	Sociometric Attractiveness on Facebook
Library and Information Professionals in the Present Digital Age: Problems and Prospects	The Application of e-Metrics in Academic Libraries: A Field Study for the Gulf Countries
Software Configuration Management Systems for Distributed Development Team; Real World Requirements and Evaluation	The Success of a Decision Support Systems in a Police Organization: An Evaluation Study
The Application of Usability Principles to Increase Usage of a Sales Web System as an Effective and Usable Sales Tool	Factors Affecting the Acceptance and Use of Computers in the Kingdom of Bahrain
Information and Customer Satisfaction in Banking Contact Centres	Achieving Value from ICT in SMEs: Key Management Strategies
An Assessment of Effectiveness of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Use: Current Challenges and Future Prospects	The Gap Between Research and Practice: The Case of Strategic Information Systems Planning
Evaluating the Impact of Mobile Technology on Data Quality of Information Systems in Policing	The Functions of Current Local Legislation in Ensuring Compliance to Legal Deposit Requirements in the Context of Electronic Age; Case Study of Zimbabwe
Micro Loyalty Services Using Mobile Phones	South Africa's Migration From IPV4 to IPV6
The Value of ICT to Real Estate Agents - A South African Study	A Critical Analysis Of Media Discourse on a Western Cape Schools ICT Project: Khanya
Investigating the Shortage of Skilled Storage Professionals in South Africa and Coping Strategies Employed	Comparative analysis of Innovation Support Models at Higher Education Institutions in South Africa
Does Entrepreneurial Experience and Strategy Really Matter for ICT Performance? A Greek Cross-Border Empirical Study	Can E-Portfolios be Extended to Harness Intellectual Capital in Universities?
Strategy 2.0 to a Teaching and Learning Process in Higher Education

Authors: Listed alphabetically by lead author surname
Abanti Cyru Makori, Kabarak University, Kenya	Mooketsi Bojelo and Wallace Chigona, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Ahsan Kamran, Hanifa Shah and Paul Kingston, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom	Naidoo Lynettee and Blessing Mbatha, UNISA, South Africa
Ajelabi Ifeoluwa and Yinshang Tang, University of Reading, United Kingdom	Naidoo Rennie, Wits, South Africa
Al-Ammary Jaflah Hassan, University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain	Ncube Sinini, Rhodes University, South Africa
Alqahtani Fayez, Jason Arthur and Helen Partridge, Queensland University of Technology, Australia	Nhlapo Emma and Roelien Goede, North West University, South Africa
Amirhosseini Maziar, Faculty of information Science and technology in National University of Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia	Njiraine Dorothy and Petros Dlamini, University of Zululand, South Africa
Bagraim Jeffrey, University of Cape Town, South Africa	Noordin Mohamad Fauzan, Faculty of ICT, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Bamitale Adebayo, Tulane University Technical Assistance Program Ethiopia, Ethiopia	Numminen Emil and Anders Wrenne, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Bankole Omolola and Wallace Chigona, UCT, South Africa	Nyagowa Hesbon, University of Zululand, South Africa
Bernius Steffen and Julia Kroenung, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany	O'Donovan Brian, UCT, South African
Brown Irwin, UCT, South Africa	Olatokun Wole and Kebonye Mogotetsi, University of Botswana, Botswana
Brown Irwin and Ian Barbour, UCT, South Africa	Oluput Silvester and Manoj Maharaj, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Carlsson Sven and Linda-Marie Skog, Informatics, Lund University School of Economics and Management, Sweden with Olgerta Tona, Informatics, Lund University School of Economics and Management, Albania	Oni Jonathan, Takauya Chandiwana and Vesper Owei, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Chandiwana Takauya, Jonathan Oni and Vesper Owei, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa	Onumajuru P. Uche and Wallace Chigona, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Chigona Agnes, University of Cape Town, South Africa with Wallace Chigona, Department of Information Systems, South Africa and Zane Davids, University of Cape Town, South Africa	Osman Esam and Ibrahim Elbeltagi, Plymouth University, United Kingdom
Chisita Collence, Harare Polytechnic, Zimbabwe	Othman Roslina and Mohamad Fauzan Noordin, Faculty of ICT, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Crawford Broderick and Claudio Leon de la Barra, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile	Pancham Jay and Eyono Obono, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Dameri Renata Paola, University of Genova- Department of Business Administration, Italy	Papastathooulos Avraam, Technological Institute of Ionian Islands, Greece
De Jong Tjalke, Egon Berghout and Peter Schuurman, University of Groningen, The Netherlands	Pavon Fernando and Irwin Brown, UCT,
Denton David and Irwin Brown, University of Cape Town, South Africa	Ponelis Shana and Johannes Britz, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States
El Kadi Abir, McGill University, Canada	Postma Dirk, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Elgohary Amgad, Qatar University, Qatar	Rena Ravinder, Polytechnic of Namibia (Namibia’s University of Science and Technology), Namibia
Elhari Kaoutar and Bouchaib Bounabat, ENSIAS, Morocoo	Riordan Dominic and Jean-Paul Van Belle, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Esichaikul Vatcharaporn, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand	Roodt Joan, HSRC, South Africa
Gikenye Wakari, University of Nairobi, Kenya	Roodt Sumarie, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Goede Roelien and Magda Huisman, North West University, South Africa	Rossouw Coenie and Irwin Brown, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Gomes Rui and Lígia Sousa, Instituto Politécncio de Viana do Castelo-Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal	Ruhode Ephias and Vesper Owei, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Hakizabera Aline Uwera and Ario Ohsato, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan	Schuler Joachim, University Pforzheim, Germany
Harris Joycelyn, University of Reading, United Kingdom	Sepehri Mehran and Abdolhamid Modares, Sharif University of technology, Iran
Hart Mike, University of Cape Town, South Africa	Seymour Lisa, Brian O'Donovan, Johannes Geldenhuys and Mogamat Isaacs, IS Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Hooper Tony, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand	Shahwan Yousef, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Hooper Tony, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand with Jacqui Kew and Mike Herrington, University of Cape Town, South Africa	Shirazi Fraid, Ryerson University, Canada
Hout Robbert, Jos Vrancken and Pieter Schrijnen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands	Singh Shawren, University of South Africa, South Africa
Hussain Matloub, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology, Pakistan, and Paul Drake, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom	Skea Neil and Manoj Maharaj , University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa Strasunskas Darijus and Stein Tomassen, NTNU, Norway
Iyamu Tiko, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa	Stam Kate, Ming-Yi Chao and Snow Dong, School of Journalism, University of Missouri with Antonie Stam,Trulaske CoB, University of Missouri, United States of America
Jansen van Vuuren Isabel and Lisa Seymour, University of Cape Town, South Africa	Strasunskas Darijus and Stein Tomassen, NTNU, Norway
Johnston Kevin, S Parker, K.D Tu and Faisel Mosoval, UCT, SA	Tanner Maureen, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Kabanda Salah, University of Cape Town, South Africa	Tanner Maureen, Wallace Chigona and Dewald Roode, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Kabanda Salah and Irwin Brown, University of Cape Town, South Africa	Tembo Rachael and Ephias Ruhode, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Kabaso Boniface, and Bobby Moeng, CPUT, South Africa	Tennant Vanesa and Paul Golding, University of Technology, Jamaica, Jamaica
Khademi Ashkezari Ezzat and Molouk Khademi Ashkezari, Alzahra University, Iran	Thom Webster, Jonathan Oni and Vesper Owei, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Kramer Frederik, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany and Jürgen Kramer, PaTeMaCon, Germany	Thongpapanl Narongsak and Anteneh Ayanso, Brock University, Canada with Kaveepan Lertwachara, California Polytechnic State University, United States of America
Kyobe Michael, University of Cape Town, South Africa and Irene Kitimbo, McGill University, Canada	Uwimana Clotilde, Hunan University, China
Lesame Ntambizandile and Blessing Mbatha, UNISA, South Africa	Uys Corrie, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Lindsay Rachael, Thomas Jackson and Louise Cooke, Loughborough University, United Kingdom	Valmohammadi Changiz, Islamic Azad University-South Tehran Branch, Iran
Loeffler Carolin and Freimut Bodendorf, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany	Van der Merwe Nata, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa with Elsje Scott, University of Cape Town, South Africa and Peter Weimann, Beuth Hochschule Berlin, Germany
Mac Lennan Elizaveta and Jean-Paul Van Belle, University of Cape Town, South Africa	Van Greunen Darelle and Job Mashapa, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
Matavire Rangarirai, Wallace Chigona and Dewald Roode, University of Cape Town, South Africa	van Niekerk Brett and Manoj S Maharaj, School of Information Systems and Technology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Mbatha Blessing, University of South Africa, South Africa	Viiru Tero, University of Tampere, Finland
McKissack Jeremy, Val Hooper and Beverley Hope, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand	Vo-Tran Huan, RMIT University, Australia
Meera Meera, University of Delhi, India	Wan Adnan Wan Adilah and Hapiza Mohd Arif, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Mihailescu Marius, Informatics, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden	Weers Maarten and Jos Vrancken, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Mitra Amit, University of the West of England, United Kingdom	Weimann Peter, Beuth-Hochschule Berlin, Germany Christian Hinze, Beuth-Hochschule Berlin, Germany with Elsje Scott and Michael Pollock, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Mohd Ariffin Nor Hapiza, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia with Abdul Razak Hamdan and Khairuddin Omar, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia and Wan Adilah Wan Adnan, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia	Whyte Grafton and Stephanie Bezuidenhout, UWC, South Africa
Moloto Stella and Sheryl Buckley, University of Johanessburg, South Africa	Zuraini Ismail, Maslin Masrom, Zailani Mohammed Sidek and Ikhwan Zaini Awang Mat Saaid, University Technology of Malaysia, Malaysia

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