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GIS is a technology with the potential to transform government by enhancing business processes and providing a platform to manage spatial and non-spatial data, which is expected to result in better decision-making. However, little is known about how this technology is actually implemented organization-wide and the environment surrounding its use. Current GIS maturity models have not examined us...

The software crisis has persisted for decades. Our difficulties in planning and managing software projects may be rooted in fundamental human nature, as suggested by research in rational decision making, more than in the inherent difficulty of building software. The Capability Maturity ModelSM for Software, an application of the concepts of Total Quality Management to software development and m...

The software crisis has persisted for decades. Our difficulties in planning and managing software projects may be rooted in fundamental human nature, as suggested by research in rational decision making, more than in the inherent difficulty of building software. The Capability Maturity ModelSM for Software, an application of the concepts of Total Quality Management to software development and m...

This paper constructs and compares two practical approaches toward being ethical in developing information systems. Firstly, it looks into the prevailing practice of relying on rational decision-making procedures to address ethical challenges, then an alternative view on being ethical is scrutinised with the focus on moral virtues and maturity in development of moral judgement. Through a study ...

The ornamental and medicinal saffron with high economic value encompasses a great share of non-oil exports in Iran. As a result, identification of suitable areas for saffron cultivation in Ardabil province located in northwestern part of Iran necessitate effective planning for expanding cultivation and production of this product. Given the effect of various environmental factors on growth and y...

faculties’ empowerment is one of the effective tools for increasing productivity and optimum use of their individual and group abilities and capacities to reach organizational goals. organizational culture is the main component of decision making in universities and one of the requirements of psychological empowerment (i.e. meaning, competence, self-determination, trust, impact). given the impo...

Faculties’ empowerment is one of the effective tools for increasing productivity and optimum use of their individual and group abilities and capacities to reach organizational goals. Organizational culture is the main component of decision making in universities and one of the requirements of psychological empowerment (i.e. meaning, competence, self-determination, trust, impact). Given the impo...