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The Efficacy of the âBig Dataâ Syndrome and Organizational Information Governance
This paper addresses the challenge of big data for the design of organisations in governance. Big data refers to the availability to organisations of massive amounts of heterogeneous and continuously updated information. Practitioners agree that the availability of such information creates challenges and opportunities for organiations that have never been seen before. The article presented here takes up this challenge and discusses avenues for future research and practice on organsiation design in the era of big data. The importance of digital technologies for social and economic developments and a growing focus on data collection and privacy concerns have made the internet a salient and visible issue in global politics. Surprisingly, little research has explored questions about the relations between business, governance and the internet. Government organisations are feverishly exploring ways of taking advantage of the big data phenomenon. This paper seeks to expand our knowledge of the intersections between business management, global governance and the digital domain
Governance and information governance: some ethical considerations within an expanding information society
Governance and information governance ought to be an integral part of any government or
organisations information and business strategy. More than ever before information and
knowledge can be produced, exchanged, shared and communicated through many different
mediums. Whilst sharing information and knowledge provides many benefits it also provides
many challenges and risks to governments, global organisations and the individual citizen.
Information governance is one element of a governance and compliance programme, but an
increasingly important one, because many regulations apply to how information is managed
and protected from theft and abuse, much of which resides with external agencies usually
outside the control of the individual citizen. This paper explores some of the compliance and
quality issues within governance and information governance including those ethical
concerns as related to individual citizens and multiple stakeholders engaged directly or
indirectly in the governance process
Critical Management Issues for Implementing RFID in Supply Chain Management
The benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in the supply chain are fairly compelling. It has the potential to revolutionise the efficiency, accuracy and security of the supply chain with significant impact on overall profitability. A number of companies are actively involved in testing and adopting this technology. It is estimated that the market for RFID products and services will increase significantly in the next few years. Despite this trend, there are major impediments to RFID adoption in supply chain. While RFID systems have been around for several decades, the technology for supply chain management is still emerging. We describe many of the challenges, setbacks and barriers facing RFID implementations in supply chains, discuss the critical issues for management and offer some suggestions. In the process, we take an in-depth look at cost, technology, standards, privacy and security and business process reengineering related issues surrounding RFID technology in supply chains
Integrity,Respect for Others,and Ethics-Three Essential Leadership Qualities
requisites for leadership. Unfortunately many so called leaders do not understand or practise these
values. Some leaders who are held with high regard and esteem at the workplace are prepared to
sacrifice a life time's achievement and reputation within seconds. What is even worse, these
(appalling) role models comfortably reveal their weaknesses and lack of character publicly. If we
cannot trust our leaders to exercise a reasonable degree of integrity â both with respect to observing
and practising the law, who can we be responsible to or look up to? There is also the very critical
and rather unfortunate issue where the environment encourages or even accepts such low ethical
standards. Many leaders with low ethical values are therefore encouraged into believing they can
escape certain practices (are beyond the law) â even where their targets are entitled to prevailing
jurisdictional rights!!!
Some leaders who serve as poor role models for their future generations are frequently associated
with the shameful practice of bullying their younger successors. Whilst certain countries appreciate
the roles which their future generations will assume in the future and prepare these for the future,
other jurisdictions are content to watch selfishly and parasitically exploit their future leaders. In
many organisations, workplaces, the input of future leaders (of tomorrow) is unbelievably low that
one wonders how these future leaders will be able to assume their future responsibilities
competentently and confidently.
To educate is of vital importance. To re educate constitutes even a greater task â where certain
perceptions are already permanently and firmly embedded in a mode of thinking.Where the
development of a nation or organisation depends on the need and ability to change certain
perceptions, then such re education becomes vitally important. Through a consideration of issues
which include the need to respect the rights of others, the need for leadership qualities such as ethics
and integrity, this paper not only presents âresearch which is capable of practical application within
organisationsâ, but also reflects âevidence and considerations of how the research can benefit ethics
within businesses and other organisations.
Whatâs behind the ag-data logo? An examination of voluntary agricultural-data codes of practice
In this article, we analyse agricultural data (ag-data) codes of practice. After the introduction, Part II examines the emergence of ag-data codes of practice and provides two case studiesâthe American Farm Bureauâs Privacy and Security Principles for Farm Data and New Zealandâs Farm Data Code of Practiceâthat illustrate that the ultimate aims of ag-data codes of practice are inextricably linked to consent, disclosure, transparency and, ultimately, the building of trust. Part III highlights the commonalities and challenges of ag-data codes of practice. In Part IV several concluding observations are made. Most notably, while ag-data codes of practice may help change practices and convert complex details about ag-data contracts into something tangible, understandable and useable, it is important for agricultural industries to not hastily or uncritically accept or adopt ag-data codes of practice. There needs to be clear objectives, and a clear direction in which stakeholders want to take ag-data practices. In other words, stakeholders need to be sure about what they are trying, and able, to achieve with ag-data codes of practice. Ag-data codes of practice need credible administration, accreditation and monitoring. There also needs to be a way of reviewing and evaluating the codes in a more meaningful way than simple metrics such as the number of members: for example, we need to know something about whether the codes raise awareness and education around data practices, and, perhaps most importantly, whether they encourage changes in attitudes and behaviours around the access to and use of ag-data
Design Challenges for GDPR RegTech
The Accountability Principle of the GDPR requires that an organisation can
demonstrate compliance with the regulations. A survey of GDPR compliance
software solutions shows significant gaps in their ability to demonstrate
compliance. In contrast, RegTech has recently brought great success to
financial compliance, resulting in reduced risk, cost saving and enhanced
financial regulatory compliance. It is shown that many GDPR solutions lack
interoperability features such as standard APIs, meta-data or reports and they
are not supported by published methodologies or evidence to support their
validity or even utility. A proof of concept prototype was explored using a
regulator based self-assessment checklist to establish if RegTech best practice
could improve the demonstration of GDPR compliance. The application of a
RegTech approach provides opportunities for demonstrable and validated GDPR
compliance, notwithstanding the risk reductions and cost savings that RegTech
can deliver. This paper demonstrates a RegTech approach to GDPR compliance can
facilitate an organisation meeting its accountability obligations
Homo Datumicus : correcting the market for identity data
Effective digital identity systems offer great economic and civic potential. However, unlocking this potential requires dealing with social, behavioural, and structural challenges to efficient market formation. We propose that a marketplace for identity data can be more efficiently formed with an infrastructure that provides a more adequate representation of individuals online. This paper therefore introduces the ontological concept of Homo Datumicus: individuals as data subjects transformed by HAT Microservers, with the axiomatic computational capabilities to transact with their own data at scale. Adoption of this paradigm would lower the social risks of identity orientation, enable privacy preserving transactions by default and mitigate the risks of power imbalances in digital identity systems and markets
Systematic Analysis of Enterprise Perception towards Cloud Adoption in the African States: The Nigerian Perspective
The desirous benefits of cloud computing such as high return on investment through efficient resource management, high application throughput and on-demand capabilities have resulted in the unprecedented global acceptance of the computing paradigm. However, research on cloud adoption indicates that fewer organisations in the African states are adopting cloud services. Thus, the purview of the paper is to examine the factors responsible for the poor adoption of cloud computing in most African enterprises using Nigeria as a case study. The study focus on the perception of IT and non-IT employees towards cloud computing. Moreover, the paper reviews the literature on cloud adoption in organisations and from scholars to identify the motivating factors of cloud computing. A proposed 3AI model was conceptualised for analysing the processes involved in adopting cloud services. Research finding identifies employee misconception of job loss, cyber threat, privacy issue and data theft as strong delimitative factors
International perspectives on social media guidance for nurses: a content analysis
Aim: This article reports the results of an analysis of the content of national and international professional guidance on social media for the nursing profession. The aim was to consolidate good practice examples of social media guidelines, and inform the development of comprehensive guidance.
Method: A scoping search of professional nursing bodiesâ and organisationsâ social media guidance documents was undertaken using google search.
Results: 34 guidance documents were located, and a content analysis of these was conducted.
Conclusion: The results, combined with a review of competency hearings and literature, indicate that guidance should cover the context of social media, and support nurses to navigate and negotiate the differences between the real and online domains to help them translate awareness into actions
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