Essays about: "ICT and Organisations"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words ICT and Organisations.
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1. Participation, Empowerment and Power Dynamics in the Digitalisation of Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa; Ethnographic Research on the Smallholder Farmers’ Use of Mobile Platforms for Agricultural Development in Kenya
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Information and Communication Technologies, such as mobile phones, are hoped to contribute to rural development and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on that mobile platforms bundle diverse digital services, including financing, marketing, and value chain management, they are supposed to be of support to smallholder farmers. READ MORE
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2. Introducing Software Sustainability Demands into Large Organisational Procurement Processes
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknikAbstract : As the ICT sector saw exponential growth over the last few decades, so too did the greenhouse gas emissions caused by it, to the point where the ICT sector is at least as big, if not bigger, than the airline industry. Previous research in this field has circled around methodologies for performing life cycle assessment of ICT software products, but has not put it in an organisational context which has lead to no agreed upon way of calculating and comparing sustainable software. READ MORE
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3. Understanding How Remote Workers Manage Social Interaction With Colleagues Via Technology : A qualitative Study using Normalisation Process Theory
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)Abstract : With the unplanned rapid switch to Working from Home (WFH) arrangement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisations and their employees were forced to adapt their processes and practices with a huge dependence on digital technologies. When such work reorganization is adopted, all everyday activities including social interactions with colleagues must therefore be taken into account. READ MORE
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4. Analysing space dependencies - Methods and factors for method development
University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Vital societal functions and critical infrastructure rely to an increasing extent on services from space, such as navigation and positioning systems, timekeeping, and communications. However, understanding of space service dependencies is low among practitioners and society at large, with research on societal space dependency being limited as well. READ MORE
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5. ICT Services and Gender-based Violence in Ethiopia : A Study of Four Organisations’ Implementation of ICT Services During the “Shadow Pandemic” of COVID-19
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : The term “shadow pandemic” arose along with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic globally, referring to the parallel increase of gender-based violence (GBV) as a result of lockdowns, preventive measures and economic hardships in almost every nation worldwide, including Ethiopia, with one of the highest rates of GBV in the world. With limited physical access to essential services and support, information and communication(ICT) services became an important factor to rely on. READ MORE
