Evaluating the Usefulness of E-Learning Management System Delivery in Higher Education
Published in: International Journal of Economics and Business Research
May 06, 2018
Learning management systems (LMSs), such as Moodle, has been used by many academic institutions to improve teaching and student learning experience. This paper examines the use of LMS as a course delivery system and an electronic assessment (e-assessment) tool for improving the learning process. This study analyses educators’ perspective on the use of Moodle based on effectiveness, helpfulness, user-friendly interface design, and flexibility in delivering online courses. Quantitative and ...
The Government-Citizen Partnership as a Social Contract for Higher Education Funding
Published in: 2st AFU International Conference: Towards Advanced Scientific Knowledge in Business Sciences
May 01, 2018
This Empirical study introduces the partnership approach as a social contract for higher education funding in which the three life stages of citizens (the learning stage, the working stage, and the retirement stage) can be used as a guiding rationale to support the full government funding of higher education. The paper assumes that the lifelong partnership of governments and learners can be fair if each party were to pay its fair share of the costs. The study assumes that the relationship bet...
Using the technology acceptance model to predict patient attitude toward personal health records in regional communities
Published in: Information Technology & People
Apr 08, 2018
perceives the usability of electronic personal health records (PHRs) and, in the process, to increase Canadian patients’ awareness of PHRs and improve physicians’ confidence in their patients’ ability to manage their own health information through PHRs. Design/methodology/approach – The authors surveyed 325 Canadian patients living in Northern Ontario to assess a research model consisting of seven perceptions of PHR systems used to manage personal health information electronically, and to as...
Enhancing internal communication in organisations using enterprise social networking
Published in: International Journal of Economics and Business Research
Apr 04, 2018
Abdallah Al Shawabkeh
Faten Kharbat
Jamil Razmak
Amer Qasim
Effective internal communication is crucial for organisations' success as it affects the ability of strategic managers to engage employees and achieve objectives. At the end of year 2013, over 90% of Fortune 500 companies had partially or fully implemented an enterprise social network within their organisation (Fee, 2013). As the knowledge shared over enterprise social networking has been proven to have a significant positive impact on work performance. It should be in every organisation's best...
Examining the factors affecting the adoption of e-health innovative technology
Published in: International Journal of Economics and Business Research
Apr 03, 2018
In today's world, many modern health facilities have started using e-health with the aim of improving health services by managing its costs, patient waiting time, and other services. Nevertheless, there are numerous studies exploring the barriers to e-health adoption. Concentrating on innovation in the healthcare industry, the present study explores the external factors that predict patients' behavioural intention to use a personal health record (PHR) as an important part of the electronic pati...
Exploring Interns’ Satisfaction: A Case Study of United Arab Emirates
Published in: International Journal of Applied Business and Economics Research
Feb 05, 2018
Internship is an academic, supervised, practical-learning experience in which students work to link theory to real-life practice. The internship program equips students with needed skills that cannot be taught in a classroom environment and helps boost students’ self-confidence, better preparing them to face the working world and its challenges by engendering students’ realistic expectations about employability. This study was conducted to explore the level of satisfaction among 114 intern stud...
Analysing seasonal variation and forecasting the output of beverage industry in Pakistan using Demetra+
Published in: Int. J. Manufacturing Technology and Management, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2018
Jan 30, 2018
Abstract: The study analyses the seasonal variation and forecasts the output of the beverage industry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan, using a seven-year (month-wise) data from July 2007 to April 2014. Tramo Seats version of Demetra+ software has been used on log-transformed data with the distinct feature of automatic model identification to capture seasonal differences in output of the beverage industry in KPK. Results suggest wider fluctuations in the original series as com...