12 research outputs found
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Improving the Assessment (Assurance of Learning) Processes
Strategically located in downtown Denver, this state university is a popular destination for working adults and traditional students alike to get a quality education. The university’s College of Business was first accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) in spring 2016. Five undergraduate programs and one graduate program in Accounting were accredited; an undergraduate program in Economics was excluded from AACSB review. Since the initial accreditation, the college added three undergraduate degree programs and a second graduate program (MBA). AACSB standards stipulate assessing general knowledge & skills and subject-specific knowledge & skills for each program. University also requires each program to conduct program assessment every year. Given this huge challenge of assessment for 11 programs that includes data collection, analysis, and planning & implementing intervention to improve student learning, the faculty team was looking for ways to improve the processes to avoid duplication and data storage for easy retrieval. This paper, the first in a two- part series, explains how this challenge is being addressed by the college. Because of six sigma approaches, a technology solution is developed
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Technological, Organizational, and Environmental Antecedents to Web Services Adoption
The proliferation of web services within the last two years enables organizations to assimilate software and services from different companies and locations into an integrated service capable of streamlining important processes. Widespread adoption of web services has not yet occurred across all industries. To better understand the key determinants of web services adoption at the firm level, a conceptual model of factors impacting web services adoption was developed. The conceptual model was grounded in the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework (Tomatzky and Fleischer, 1990) to support the formulation of eleven propositions that may affect adoption and continued utilization of web services. Specifically, factors for each of the contexts within the TOE framework were formulated and supported including: (1) technological factors (security concerns; reliability; deployability); (2) organizational factors (firm size; firm scope; technological knowledge; perceived benefits); and, (3) environmental factors (competitive pressure; regulatory influence; dependent partner readiness; trust in the web service provider). A summary of the relationships between the key constructs in the model and recommendations for future research are provided
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A group decision support system idea consolidation tool
Manual consolidation of ideas generated in a Group Decision Support System meeting can be a lengthy, inaccurate, and dissatisfying process. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how an automatic idea consolidation program can reduce the time needed by group members to aggregate comments, inaccuracies of these comment groupings, and dissatisfaction with the comment consolidation process. A case study comparing the program\u27s results with those of two human subjects shows a time savings of 98.8%. Although the computer\u27s comment groupings were not identical with those of the subjects, they were logically consistent
The Use of Fuzzy Clustering to Examine End User Segmentation
A key research theme in the field of end-user computing (EUC) is learning more about end users and their needs and designing support strategies for assisting, managing, and controlling end-user activities. Typology maps, such as those by Rockart and Flannery (1983), have been used to categorize end users into different groups based on criteria such as the skill and sophistication of EUC activity. In most such studies, users self- select themselves into one of several groups based on generic definitions provided in the study. As in most pure taxonomies, a user becomes a part of one and only one group. In this study,we provide an alternative analytical mechanism to self-selection and unitary membership: the use of fuzzy clustering, which allows for gradual membership in different groups, with membership values indicating the probability or degree of membership within a specific group or cluster. Cotterman and Kumarís (1989) classification scheme is operationalized while allowing for overlapping membership probabilities into one of three clusters: user- developer-controller (UDC), user-developer (UD), and user (U). Further, the study also examines the proposition that end users vary in their use of available support sources and also in the type of support that they require. The expectation that different categories of users have different support needs is examined at three levels: cluster level, individual level, and cluster-conjunctive level
Advanced visual basic.net : programming web and desktop applications in ADO.Net and ASP.Net
xvii, 670 p .; 22 cm