BLURRING TERTIARY EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION PEDAGOGY

Industry employers have been critical of the limited job-readiness in formal education graduates which requires them to invest in industry-based training to uplift skills to productive levels. This paper is authored as a descriptive case study with the intention of opening debate on the merits of formal and industry education alignment and as the basis for further research

Artifacts, Activities, Benefits and Blockers: Exploring Enterprise Architecture Practice in Depth

Enterprise architecture (EA) is a collection of artifacts describing an organization from an integrated business and IT perspective and intended to improve business and IT alignment. The purpose of this study is to identify benefits and blockers associated with specific EA-related activities and respective artifacts. Most existing studies discuss the benefits and problems of EA practice in general without relating them to specific activities constituting EA practice. This study is based on 18 interviews with architects and leverages the grounded theory approach. As a result of our analysis, we identify eight consistent activity areas constituting EA practice. Each activity area implies certain activities supported by some EA artifacts leading to specific benefits often impeded by some blockers. Our analysis indicates that EA practice includes many diverse activities usually, though not always, closely associated with specific types of EA artifacts. Moreover, benefits and blockers of EA practice are also very activity-specific

The Role of Enterprise Architecture in Ensuring ESG Factors for Sustainability

Organisations increasingly recognise the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects for ensuring organisational and global sustainability. Digital transformation is helping organisations to integrate ESG factors into their operations and leverage information technology for economic, social, and environmental benefits. Enterprise architecture (EA) is a strategic approach that integrates business objectives with information technology systems and infrastructure to align with organisational goals and enable effective management, governance, and decision-making. Despite the growing recognition of the significance of ESG factors in promoting sustainable business practices, there are still obstacles to assuring ESG for organisational sustainability. The article explores the key issues in incorporating ESG factors for organisational sustainability and suggests ways EA can help address these challenges. The paper also proposes a conceptual design for the role of EA in ensuring ESG factors for organisational sustainability

Connecting art and science information systems through embodiment with the aim to enhance the innovation competency of STEM students in Higher Education

This paper presents the theoretical background to explore the relationship and identify factors involved in the connection of art with science information systems through artistic experience to enhance innovation competencies of science, particularly STEM, students in higher education. This theory informs the design of an art-science fusion workshop (ASF-WS) to foster innovation. The workshop intends to create an interspatial interactive learning environment by connecting the remote information systems of elite interdisciplinary performing arts (classical singing, piano, and dance), literature (poetry), embodied perception, somatic learning, and STEM-related academic fields in higher education (HE). The ASF-WS design is taking in consideration the latest views of neuroscience on embodiment, human cognitive functions and it is structured in accordance with the soft skills of innovation competency. It intends to provide a pedagogical measure that allows data collection of innovation skill changes in students

Can Enterprise Architecture Be Based on the Business Strategy?

Enterprise architecture (EA) is a set of documents describing various aspects of an organization from an integrated business and IT perspective. EA facilitates information systems planning and helps improve business and IT alignment. Traditionally, the concept of EA was closely coupled with the business strategy and mainstream EA methodologies recommend starting the EA effort from documenting the business strategy and then using it as the basis for defining the required structure of information systems. This conceptual paper discusses in detail four practical problems with the business strategy that question its value as the basis for EA initiatives. The presence of these problems challenges one of the most cherished beliefs or even axioms of the EA discipline: that EA should be based on the business strategy. This paper raises a number of questions regarding the information inputs necessary for the EA effort and calls for further research in respective directions

Investigating the Role of Enterprise Architecture in Big Data Analytics Implementation: A Case Study in a Large Public Sector Organization

Big Data Analytics (BDA) offers capabilities that can support a wide range of business areas across an organization. Organizations are increasingly turning to Enterprise Architecture (EA) to manage BDA implementation complexities. Through a case study in a large public sector organization, how EA supports various stages of BDA implementation is examined. The findings show that EA can address BDA challenges through 18 specific roles, which are categorised into four domains: Strategy (6 roles), Technology (4 roles), Collaboration (3 roles) and Governance (5 roles). While EA appears to have the most prominent role in strategy planning process, our study also identifies factors that can lead to the ineffectiveness of EA roles, such as frequent changes in business strategy. This study offers important implications to research and practice in EA and BDA implementation

Enhancing Digital Health Literacy to Support Post-Pandemic Health Recovery in Indonesia: A Case Study in Makassar

COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of information systems to support healthcare planning, management and delivery. Developing countries generally lag in digital transformation, particularly from the perspective of the readiness of human resources to engage with and deliver digital health services. This study explores how digital literacy levels of health workers in Indonesia can be enhanced. We proposed a digital health literacy framework based on a synthesis of existing indicators. Through a case study in Makassar, we reveal that healthcare workers are particularly lacking in digital health data acquisition and management as well as digital health data exchange and analysis. There is also a significant difference between management expectations and the actual healthcare workers\u27 digital literacy levels. This study offers implications to research and practice focusing on enhancing healthcare service quality in developing countries to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of enhancing health and wellbeing for all

Enhancing Digital Literacy in Supply Chain Management: A Case Study of an Indonesian Port Corporation

The extant literature has identified that the ongoing digitalisation of port operations, specifically in developing countries around the globe, is inhibited by stakeholder resistance stemming from digital literacy limitations. This study aims to assess and develop strategies to improve the digital literacy of stakeholders involved in port operations through a case study with an Indonesian Port Corporation. We found a gap between the digital literacy level expected by the port management and the digital literacy levels of employees. We discuss several antecedents to this problem and subsequently propose a set of recommendations to address the gap identified. These recommendations include establishing in-house training, scholarship programs, employee exchange program, and using the digital literacy assessment framework proposed in this study to monitor any uplift in digital literacy levels. This study offers important implications for research and practice related to digital literacy in the context of supply chain management in developing countries

Strategic Leverage of Engineering Knowledge through Taxonomy Governance

In the heavy engineering industrial sector numerous technical standards, ISO (International Standards Organisation) in particular, exist which invariably contain a glossary of terms providing definition within the context of the standard. However, there is a high level of ambiguity surrounding common terminology and limited consistency across these standards. Our case study company Silcar Pty Limited (Silcar) has recognised the opportunity to strategically expand its business into the provision of high value services to assist clients with the management of large and complex technical assets in heavy industry and essential service utilities. The strategic development of a knowledge management capability enables Silcar to take-on larger scale, higher value added and more flexible asset performance management propositions across a diverse range of industry, client and geographical situations. This research paper explores the concepts that support this capability and discusses the approach taken to achieve the vision of consistency on language