The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of the recent (2008-) economic crisis on information communication technology (ICT) spending. The empirical findings are discussed within a broader theoretical framework of technological trends/diffusion and economic cycles. In general, crises always reduce spending and therefore also ICT spending. However, focusing on the recent crisis, it affected the ICT market selectively and also much less than other sectors. In addition, the empirical findings indicate that after decades of fast ICT expansion (1971-2000) we are now in the period of slower sectoral growth, which is in line with theories of super cycles, although, the authors also propose alternative explanations. The paper provides empirical insight into the link between economic situation and ICT spending in past 15 years, with special attention to the changes observed during the latest (2008-) crisis. The analysis is also put into a broader theoretical framework, where it proposes alternative explanations supported by empirical evidences.
COBISS.SI-ID: 15384373
This paper focuses on the higher education area in a small Central European country. Its purpose is to explore the concept of culture, the concept of knowledge management (KM) as well as the correlations among their dimensions at the university level. Since we assume that it is educational personnel who is involved in KM processes, our research covered the teaching staff. Our questionnaire is based on a similar research carried out by Wilkens et al. (2004). The literature is reviewed and the empirical analysis is performed in order to examine and to explain the relationship between organisational culture and knowledge management. The findings presented in the paper can be important for further development of the higher education sector in Central and Eastern European countries as well as for other profit oriented industries.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3979991
This is a practical guide for those academic communities that are developing programs to evaluate faculty and administrators. The guide relates principles of organizational development to tested measurement techniques. A group charged with faculty or administrator evaluation can follow a step-by-step process to develop and carry out a plan tailored to the specific needs of its institution. The guide contains all necessary information for such a plan, including a review of relevant current research in evaluation, summaries of exemplary evaluation practice, and 29 rating scales garnered from programs across the country. There are also extensive bibliographies. In the course of their investigations, the authors found very few systematic programs for administrator evaluation in higher education, beyond uncritical adoption of procedures used in other sectors, like management by objectives. Since the practice is so sparse, this guide describes an avowedly experimental approach to administrator evaluation, an approach that should also serve as an institutional planning process. Administrators' efforts to form and attain goals are assessed in the several contexts of institutional stages of development and the prevailing patterns of authority and decision-making. (Editor/MSE)
COBISS.SI-ID: 4017111