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Browsing Informatics by Issue Date
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Venter, Isabella Margarethe
(University of Pretoria, 2000)
Please read the abstract (Synopsis) in the section 00front of this document
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Thomas, T.; De Villiers, Carina
(Computer Society of South Africa, 2000-11)
Tertiary institutions in South Africa are faced with dealing with diversity in all its forms in our classrooms. Information Systems, Information Technology and Computer Science students need to learn to work with people ...
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Kroeze, J.H. (Jan Hendrik)
(Department of Ancient Studies at the University of Stellenbosch, 2002)
Some hof'al verbs may be semantically related as simple passives to non-causative transitive active qal or hif'il verbs of the same root. If the hif'il is the causative of the qal or nif'al, the hof'al is a causative ...
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Leonard, A.C. (Awie)
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2002)
Since the early days of computing, IT professionals have been struggling with their end users
(customers) to such an extent that end users became sceptic about the quality of service and
support IT professionals can ...
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Turpin, Sibella Margaretha
(University of Pretoria, 2003)
Information systems and in particular decision support systems have been developed to supplement human information processing and to assist with decision-making. Human decision-making is facilitated by the often unconscious ...
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Whittaker, Louise
(University of Pretoria, 2003-06-19)
This thesis explores the problem of information systems evaluation by conceptualising it as a process in which the manager comes to an understanding about a system. In other words, information systems evaluation is a ...
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Kroeze, J.H. (Jan Hendrik)
(Department of Ancient Studies at the University of Stellenbosch., 2003-07)
In traditional grammars on the syntax of Biblical Hebrew one often finds sections which describe the various types of clauses, for example, circumstantial, causal, conditional, concessive, comparative, temporal, final and ...
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Alexander, Patricia Margaret
(University of Pretoria, 2003-08-23)
Modern society frequently fails to achieve the goal of improved rationality and this is largely because the conditions for ideal speech do not prevail. We do not always permit everyone an equal opportunity to explain their ...
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Kroeze, J.H. (Jan Hendrik)
(Department of Ancient Studies at the University of Stellenbosch, 2004)
Biblical Hebrew clauses can be and have been studied from many different angles.
Over the past forty years much of this knowledge has been captured in various computer software systems and databases. Having all these ...
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Macome, Esselina
(University of Pretoria, 2004-02-19)
The research focused on examining the interplay between innovations in information and communication technology (ICT) in three different micro-level settings with broader development processes within the emerging global ...
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Kroeze, J.H. (Jan Hendrik); Matthee, Machdel C.; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel)
(Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2004-12)
When a new discipline emerges, it usually takes some time and a great deal of academic discussion before concepts and terms become standardized. Text mining is one such new discipline. In a groundbreaking article, Untangling ...
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Kruger, Cornelius Johannes; Snyman, M.M.M. (Maria Magdalena Margaretha); Snyman, Retha
(Unisa Press, 2005)
In the latter part of the nineties, Davenport (1998) emphasised that although many companies were beginning to feel that knowledge was their most valued asset, only a few had actively begun to manage knowledge efficiently ...
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Giesing, Ilse
(University of Pretoria, 2005-02-17)
Concerns over Information Technology security, including theft, fraud and abuse have forced organizations to take a cautious approach to Electronic Commerce. This research study suggests that organizations can keep secure ...
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Phahlamohlaka, L.J. (Letlibe Jacob); Kroeze, J.H. (Jan Hendrik); Phahlamohlaka, Jackie
(Unisa Press, 2005-11)
Although information can currently be regarded as a vehicle of mainly western civilisation and culture, Africans should not merely accept it as such, because that would imply subjugation to anew, techno-cultural colonialism. ...
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Cooke, Pamela
(University of Pretoria, 2005-11-22)
This paper examines the impact of the internet on organisational culture within the IT industry. The first part of the literature study examines the history of the internet as well as, more specifically, its history and ...
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Da Silva, E.M.; Kruger, Cornelius Johannes
(Juta, 2005-12)
Business does not exist in a vacuum. The external environment is either conducive to or stifles business growth. Van Rooyen (2004: 399) points out that 'E-business has important implications for South Africa as an emerging ...
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Smith, Stanley; Mr P Joubert
(University of Pretoria, 2006-04-29)
Literature suggesting that IS projects generally fail abound. The question posed in this research is ‘Why is the use of Information Systems Methodologies so prevalent in organisations?’ Two cycles of action research are ...
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Goede, Roelien
(University of Pretoria, 2006-05-13)
Data-driven decision support systems, such as data warehouses, are extremely costly to develop. Forty one per cent of data warehouse development practitioners have experienced project failures. These projects were either ...
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Lutu, Patricia Elizabeth Nalwoga; Engelbrecht, Andries P.
(Computer Society of South Africa, 2006-06)
Sampling of large datasets for data mining is important for at least two reasons. The processing of large amounts of data results in increased computational complexity. The cost of this additional complexity may not be ...
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Thomas, Theda Ann
(University of Pretoria, 2006-07-19)
Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document