Pacioli 16 : changing agricultural markets: consequences for FADN

The PACIOLI network explores the need for and feasibility of innovation in farm accounting and its consequences for data gathering for policy analysis in Farm Accountancy Data Networks (FADNs). PACIOLI 16 took place in Zagreb, Croatia in June 2008. The theme of the workshop was 'Changing agricultural markets: Consequences for FADN'

A Green Information Technology governance model for large Mauritian companies

Green Information Technology (IT) has emerged as a vital IT governance concern to promote environmentally-friendly IT use and ecologically responsible business processes. Organisational adoption of Green IT is growing in strategic importance, but remains a concern in developing countries, particularly Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as Mauritius. Despite a strong economic dependence on IT and growing challenges resulting from their environmental vulnerability, the governance of IT and Green IT in SIDS such as Mauritius remains uncharted in existing literature. This study examines IT Governance (ITG) and Green IT in Mauritius by exploring the ITG and Green IT accountabilities, practices and drivers of large Mauritian businesses pertaining to the prime pillars of the Mauritian economy. 109 companies from the population of 192 responded, leading to a response rate of 56.8%. Findings resulting from the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of responses were used to develop an IT Governance and Green IT model (ITGM) representing ITG and Green IT accountabilities, mechanisms and drivers among the businesses studied. It is envisaged that the ITGM and its resulting recommendations will provide both Mauritian and other SIDS' companies with a baseline for IT Governance and Green IT practice for improved business IT strategic value

IT Governance and Green IT Model for Large Mauritian Organisations

This study explores IT governance and Green IT in large companies from the five main pillars of the Mauritian economy. An IT Governance and Green IT model comprising of IT Governance and Green IT decision archetypes, mechanisms and influencers is developed from company executive interviews, analysis of organisation and government documents as well as a survey of firms. Recommendations are then provided to improve the governance of IT and Green IT in large Mauritian enterprises

Understanding students' sense of feeling safe at school

A large body of research indicates that wellbeing is vital for students’ success at school and in life. Students’ sense of feeling safe at school, is considered to be important for improving students’ mental and emotional wellbeing. Fostering of sense of safety is positively associated with student achievement affecting their resilience in turn. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the following questions: a. How positive are New Zealand students in their sense of feeling safe at school?b. Are there any differences in students’ sense of feeling safe at school by year level, gender, and school decile (a proxy for SES)?c. To what extent are students’ sense of belonging at school related to their attitude and confidence to learn in Mathematics? The National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) is a sample based national project designed to assess and understand student achievement across the New Zealand Curriculum at Year 4 and Year 8 in English-medium state and state-integrated schools. In 2018, the focus areas were Mathematics and Social Studies. In order to to understand factors that influence achievement, NMSSA collects data from students about their attitude and confidence to learn in each curriculum area. To explore student wellbeing, NMSSA collected data in 2018 about students’ sense of feeling safe at school.Item Response Theory (Rasch) was employed to construct measurement scales. Multilevel Modelling (MLM) was conducted to investigate students’ sense of feeling safe at school in relation to attitude and confidence scale scores in mathematics and some other background variables including year level, gender, and school decile. Most students reported feeling safe at school. Most of the discrepancies in students’ sense of feeling safe lied within schools (among students) rather than between schools. Association between feeling safe at school and school decile was not statistically significant. Year 4 students and girls demonstrated significantly higher levels of feeling safe at school than did Year 8s and boys. Relationships between feeling safe at school and attitude &amp; confidence scale scores were positive and statistically significant. Keywords: attitude, confidence, sense of feeling safe at school<br/

Semantic discovery and reuse of business process patterns

Patterns currently play an important role in modern information systems (IS) development and their use has mainly been restricted to the design and implementation phases of the development lifecycle. Given the increasing significance of business modelling in IS development, patterns have the potential of providing a viable solution for promoting reusability of recurrent generalized models in the very early stages of development. As a statement of research-in-progress this paper focuses on business process patterns and proposes an initial methodological framework for the discovery and reuse of business process patterns within the IS development lifecycle. The framework borrows ideas from the domain engineering literature and proposes the use of semantics to drive both the discovery of patterns as well as their reuse

Faktor penambahbaikan kriteria kebolehgunaan bagi portal kerajaan Malaysia

Penggunaan internet menjadi trend baru pengguna untuk memperoleh maklumat dan pengetahuan terutamanya perkhidmatan dari agensi kerajaan. Justeru, pembangun portal perlu memberi fokus ke atas kualiti antara muka portal bagi memasti interaksi pengguna yang lancar dan fleksibel. Isu kebolehgunaan yang timbul semasa pembangunan dapat menjejas fungsi antara muka portal yang disedia. Ketidakpatuhan kepada garis panduan kebolehgunaan semasa pembangunan, rujukan yang kompleks dan tidak merangkumi kriteria kebolehgunaan sebenar menjadi punca kepada kegagalan menghasil antara muka yang boleh guna. Satu model pengukuhan kriteria kebolehgunaan dibangun sebagai langkah penambahbaikan dan garis panduan sedia ada yang dikuat kuasa diteliti bagi mengatasi isu kebolehgunaan ini. Hasil daripada penambahbaikan mengenal pasti tujuh kriteria kebolehgunaan baharu; Fungsi dan Kesesuaian, Sokongan dan Panduan, Ralat dan Pemulihan, Kawalan dan Kestabilan, Perisian dan Perkakasan, Proses Reka Bentuk dan Penilaian serta Kerahsiaan. Kriteria ini tidak disenarai sebagai kriteria wajib patuh oleh agensi penguatkuasa dan ianya dijangka mampu mempengaruhi reka bentuk kebolehgunaan portal sektor awam