Pub Date : 2018-07-04DOI: 10.36965/OJAKM.2018.6(2)54-71
Jędrzej Wieczorkowski, Ilona Pawełoszek
This paper presents the idea of open government data along with the benefits and threats resulting from using open data. We describe the results of our research study on availability of the open data on the example of Poland with particular emphasis on Central Repository for Public Information (CRPI). The comparison of CRPI in Poland and other countries has been discussed. The review of accessible public information has been made with particular focus on data formats. Data formats are an important aspect of open data as they facilitate or impede the reuse of data. The insights from our participant observation in the projects of computerization of public administration are also presented. Although the Open Government Data (OGD) movement can provide a number of benefits, recent study has shown that in Poland it has not achieved its full potential yet.
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Pub Date : 2018-06-15DOI: 10.36965/OJAKM.2018.6(1)138-158
José-Luis Guerrero-Cusumano
Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge (SPK) is a framework for creating, disseminating, and applying knowledge in business. One of its basic principles is the knowledge of variation. SPK is based on a systemic approach in which each part of the system is interconnected. Process control seeks to determine whether a process is in control, meaning whether the distribution of some critical measured variable is stable. Complex systems may vary through time and their variability can be measured by its entropy and its interrelatedness. The entropy copula or interrelatedness is interpreted as a measure of reduction of independence measured by the entropy of independent variables. This paper provides the expression of the entropy copula for multivariate t distribution and introduces the concept of induced entropy copula as a measure of variability for copula densities. A test for uncorrelatedness based on the entropy copula is also developed. A manufacturing example, using multivariate control chart, is analyzed using the entropy copula approach. Tables are provided in the appendix for testing at different significance levels.
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Pub Date : 2018-06-15DOI: 10.36965/OJAKM.2018.6(1)159-186
Christopher R. Powell
There may be a disconnect between technology as-created and as-used that could lie at the foundation of frequent failure in cost, schedule, and/or performance of Information Technology/Information Systems (IT/IS). This can perhaps be reconciled through a focus on the socially constructed and emergent nature of IT as it enters and is used by an organization. A structured and facilitated dialog technique, by focusing on properly perceiving human felt needs in addition to technological aims, may improve the process of technology realization. This paper starts with an analysis of IT/IS failure factors using case studies. Then, a theoretical framework is derived to attempt to address the systemic failure factors. This is then made practical by creating a conceptual decision framework for management to use in framing complex investment decisions including IT/IS. The framework elements achieve an organizational epistemology, or knowledge framework, that can potentially facilitate more accurate acquisition and development of the system-as-created, and perhaps lay the foundation for subsequent transition into a system-as-used that an organization can use in the manner needed and intended. In addition, this epistemology may underlie the process and products of successful IT/IS architecture.
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Pub Date : 2018-05-30DOI: 10.36965/OJAKM.2018.6(1)119-137
David T. Smith, Azad Ali
Periodic assessment of enrollment in programs is helpful in different ways. It reveals patterns that may not be immediately clear and it identifies contributing factors that provide insight into sustaining growth. For Information Technology (IT) programs, this kind of assessment takes another dimension - the rapid changes of IT may dictate on faculty members to continuously study market demand and to reshape their program’s curriculum in response to the demand. This study assesses the recent trends of enrollment in Computer Science programs. It presents enrollment trends in the years since the turn of the century, analyzes the factors that contributed to the cycles occurring during these years, and provides recommendations for sustaining the most recent trend. This paper sheds light on a program in Computer Science at a university in Western Pennsylvania. It shows how this department continued assessing the trends regularly and how they are responding to the most recent enrollment trends in their program. The paper concludes with a summary and recommendations.
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Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.36965/ojakm.2019.7(2)56-68
Tina Kavčič, Boštjan Delak
With the growing prevalence of cyber threats and cyber attacks enterprises have to manage their cyber risks. There are several risk strategies for cyber risk mitigation. One of them is to transfer the cyber risk to insurance companies through the so called “cyber insurance”. Cyber insurance is an insurance package used to protect companies and individuals from Internet risks, Internet of things risks, and risks associated with information technology infrastructure and activities. It is estimated that approximately 85% to 90% of the cyber insurance market is located in the United States while the European market is estimated to account for approximately 5% to 9%. With the exception of the Baltic countries, smaller countries have problems raising cyber risk awareness within their countries. This paper describes the results of our survey on availability of cyber insurance products in Slovenia. Results show that currently only a few insurance companies even offer cyber insurance products. On the other hand, the survey shows that regulators did not issue any guidelines to insurance companies to develop such insurance products. The aim of this paper is to raise awareness about the potential of cyber insurance products among scholars, insurance stakeholders, regulators, and also among potential clients.
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