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Managing organizations -- Management and control: organizational preparedness -- Understanding IT acquisitions preparedness: organizational perspectives -- Understanding IT acquisitions: associated models -- Conceptualization of IT acquisition life cycle management model -- Development of IT...

This book highlights issues specific to information professionals (IPs) working in an academic environment. The evolution of scholarly communications and applications of technology are forcing IPs to reevaluate the way they operate. This book offers insight into the newest strategies for...

In order to effectively use games in the classroom, teachers and parents need to agree on games' positive functions toward students' learning, decide and select good educational games relevant to content and tasks in the classroom, and disseminate their acquired knowledge into the teaching...

"This book is a unique source of information outlining the importance of Information Communication Technology (ICT) adoption and diffusion, covering the Arab world's strong need for access to information systems, while still paying close attention to their culture and localization of...

1. Young people and online risk / Elza Dunkels, Gun-Marie Frånberg, Camilla Hällgren -- 2. Youth and online social networking / Malene Larsen, Thomas Ryberg -- 3. Swedish students online / Håkan Selg -- 4. Fat talk / Ann-Charlotte Palmgren -- 5. To be continued / Patrik Wikström, Christina...

Cases on Information Technology and Organizational Politics and Culture documents real-life cases describing issues, challenges, and solutions related to information technology, and how it affects organizational politics and culture. The cases included in this book cover a wide variety of...

"This book's purpose is to inform educators and instructional designers of issues and cultural misunderstandings that could hinder the effective transfer of knowledge when e-learning is exported to other cultures. Addressing these cultural challenges will enhance the effectiveness of e-learning,...

"This book is the first publication that takes a genuinely global approach to the diverse ethical issues evoked by Information and Communication Technologies and their possible resolutions. Readers will gain a greater appreciation for the problems and possibilities of genuinely global...