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The Reality of Knowledge Management Practices at King Abdulaziz University from the Point of View of the Academic and Administrative Leaders
Get PDFThis study aimed to identify the reality of Knowledge Management Practices at King Abdulaziz University from the point of view of academic and administrative leaders. The study used the descriptive and analytical approach based on the questionnaire as a tool to collect information from academic and administrative leaders. The study sample consisted of (56) leaders from the academic and administrative leaderships of the university, and it reached a number of findings about Knowledge Management Practices at King Abdulaziz University from the point of view of academic and administrative leaders, the most important points of which are as follows: - The university seeks to develop the available knowledge as it works, continuously, to identify the knowledge it needs. The university, also, provides technology facilities for transferring and disseminating knowledge between employees and departments of the Academy and Administrative Units such as e-mails. - The university documents the achievements and experiences that went through during its scientific career. - The university supports monitoring rewards and incentives for employee knowledge achievement, scientific publication and patents. - The university is keen to address the problems and proposals in the work environment accurately and quickly. The study also reached a number of recommendations, the most important of which are: - The university is working on designing knowledge maps to locate knowledge sites in it. - The university periodically monitors the available and renewable knowledge from its various sources. - The university is, constantly, updating its knowledge base. - The university is keen to employ social media networks in the formation of collective knowledge, such as: (WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and others. - The university creates an organizational environment that encourages employees to exchange ideas and experiences with confidence. - The university is keen to provide education according to new knowledge and skills appropriate for the labor market
USING BRIAND’S PROPERTIES TO THEORETICALLY VALIDATE LI INHERITANCE METRICS
Get PDFTheoretical validation of metrics meant to ensure that the metrics work as it should be and measure what it intended to measure. There are a lot of validation techniques, most Object Oriented metrics where validated against Weyuker’s property, However, Weyuker’s property been criticized by number of researchers when it used to validate OO metrics. This paper will present theoretical validation using Briand’s et al length and size properties of Li inheritance metrics which are Number of Ancestor Classes (NAC) and Number of Descendent Classes (NDC), who came up with new OO metrics, which measure different attributes such as Coupling, Complexity and Size, after finding out the limitation in Chidamber- Kemerer measures suite of object-oriented design
Prediction of Student Performance in Engineering Drawing Using Machine Learning Methods and Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE)
Get PDFEngineering drawing courses are very crucial to engineering students forming the bases for more advanced design engineering courses. Seeing the high failure rate of engineering students in Nigerian higher institutes for various reasons. This research paper predicted the performance of students in engineering drawing courses at introductory level. Data was collected using paper-based questionnaire from engineering students in different departments. Logistics regression classifier and decision tree machine-learning algorithms were employed. SMOTE was introduced into the training phase in a bid to improve the prediction accuracy of the model. The machine-learning model was built on Kaggle with tools from Python Kernel. After running the models on a testing data, all the models were capable of classifying a successful outcome with accuracy between 67% - 78%. Logistics regression had the highest chance of prediction. The introduction of SMOTE clearly improved the prediction rate
The role of information management in managing crises in Mobily Company
Get PDFThis study aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of information management in Mobily Company, and the level of adoption of crisis management, and the relationship of information management with crisis management in Mobily Company. The research relied on the descriptive and analytical approach, to present the problem as it exists in reality, examine its causes and the factors that led to its emergence, as well as follow the analytical approach whereby the information collected by the researcher is analyzed from its source and proposed solutions based on the results, depending on the use of the questionnaire tool with Mobily employees. The sample of the study population included the employees of Mobily Company in Jeddah / Tahlia, the Sales Department, who were 22 individuals who responded to the questionnaire, by distributing the questionnaires electronically to the sample members. The study found that the level of information management falling within the high state amounted to (4.0710) and a standard deviation (0.36965). The study also showed that crisis management is within the high state, reaching (4.0620) and a standard deviation (0.46641). The study showed that there is a positive relationship between information management and crisis management in Mobily, and that Mobily's information management is distinguished by the fact that there are special departments in the company that are concerned with collecting and storing information and working on publishing it and facilitating access to it and obtaining information from the system arranged and coordinated and the ability to retrieve data and information in the event of its loss, the study recommended increasing attention to information management because it is considered the backbone of work and that increasing the effectiveness of the system gives the company the ability to avoid crises, hedge them, and mitigate their negative effects in the event of their occurrence, as any defect, no matter how simple, exposes the company to crises
Employment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) In Healthcare
Get PDFThe amount of data in the healthcare sector has increased greatly over the years. The availability of big data has necessitated the integration of artificial intelligence in healthcare to increase efficiency and healthcare quality. Various stakeholders in the sector such as healthcare providers and life sciences companies have already deployed the AI technology in healthcare. Some of the main uses entail diagnosis and providing treatment suggestion, administrative and management, patient engagement in care provision and adherence to the treatment plans. Employment of artificial intelligence in healthcare has greatly improved the quality of patient care, reduced medical costs, increased efficiency and has improved healthcare records management
Causes of leakage of health staff in the Ministry of Health
Get PDFThe aim of this study was to identify the causes and effects of occupational leakage and ways of dealing with it in the Ministry of Health from the employees’ point of view. To achieve these objectives, the researcher used the analytical descriptive method and used the questionnaire as a tool for the study. The study population consists of the health staff of the Ministry of Health. The study sample was 150 Saudi and non-Saudi employees. The results of the study showed that the employees of the Ministry of Health agreed with the regulatory factors as a reason for the obvious drop in the health staff in the Ministry of Health. The results also showed that workers in the Ministry of Health agree with the physical and moral factors as one of the causes of the occupational leakage of the health staff. The workers in the Ministry of Health agree on personal and social factors as one of the possible causes of the occupational leakage of health staff. In the light of these findings, the study recommended that there should be a clear career path for promotion and the annual allowance that the employee receives should be adequate. The moral incentives (appreciation, thanks, etc.) provided by the establishment must also be enough
Plastic pollution
Get PDFThe problem of environmental pollution clearly emerged with the advent of the industrial revolution, and its effects extended to include man, his property and the prevailing environmental systems, and some describe them as the heir who replaced the famines and epidemics of their seriousness and the depth of their harm that extended to all areas of human, material, health, psychological and social life. The development in human life not only carries the positives, but also carries several negatives that have become a source of concern and fear for societies. The environment provides life conditions and requirements for beings as they were in their early times. Because it is experiencing a multi-dimensional crisis, and the factors and causes are intertwined, and it is represented in several phenomena, including the phenomenon of environmental pollution, which was the main entry point for human interest in the environmental problem
The Effect of Management Information Systems in King Abdulaziz University on Decision-making Support: (My Meetings) System as a Model
Get PDFThis study focuses on the role of Management Information Systems in decision-making support through using of (My Meetings) System. The study problem is identified in the impact of MIS in decision-making support through (My Meetings) System at King Abdulaziz University and the main obstacles that facing the users of this System and the most important ways to help develop it in the future. The importance of the study deals with the subject of Management Information Systems and the extent of its application in King Abdulaziz University through the implementation of the digital meetings system and the decisions emanating from them, and how that will help (My Meetings) to develop positive performance; which will undoubtedly reflect on the boards of departments and colleges more productively. The study, also, aims to define the most important obstacles and difficulties that prevent the benefit from it. This study based on Case Study Methodology. The study data were collected by means of questionnaires. The research sample included the teaching staff and administrators at faculties, deanships and different administrations at King Abdulaziz University. In its applied aspect, the study reveals many results, which are represented in the following points: 1- Management Information Systems as an effective tool in decision-making within the organization, through enabling us to carry out the planning, control and direction process. 2- The administrative information systems have a positive effect in supporting decision-making at King Abdulaziz University, as a (My Meetings) System is considered to be one of these administrative systems that decision-makers tend to use it inside the university. 3- The more use of (My Meetings) System, the easier it will be to complete transactions, and therefore the more satisfied the beneficiaries of this system will get values. 4- The more use of (My Meetings) System at King Abdulaziz University, the less reliance on traditional methods such as paper transactions in order to complete their work, professionally. This study also ends with lots of number of recommendations that can contribute to support decision-making in using Management Information Systems. They are summarized as follows: 1- Developing the system of (My Meetings) in a way that allows the rest of the faculties, deanships and administrations to benefit from the services provided by the system, which contributes to raise the efficiency of productivity more and more. 2- Completing the rest of the steps for accrediting the minutes of these meetings by the higher management, automatically. As it is without the assistance of raising the records in papers for their approval. 3- To include the preset templates for the topics of the frequent meetings in the system, which will facilitate the users of the system as to save extra time and more efforts. 4- Generalizing the use of (My Meetings) System for the rest of the colleges, deanships, and departments in order to unify the way the university works on, in relation to holding all meetings as well as implementing its recommendations to be well applicable.  
The Role of Information Integration Resulting from the Integration of Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management Systems in Supporting Decision-Making in the Saudi Electricity Company
Get PDFThe immediate accessibility of information has become a highly important, if not critical, factor in the recent years in all enterprises, organizations and firms, to ensure optimal decision-making in business organizations. Therefore, the current research aimed to investigate the role of information integration resulting from the integration of business intelligence (BI) and knowledge management (KM) systems in achieving optimal decision-making at the operational, tactical and strategic levels in modern organizations. The researcher sought to provide an insight into how companies undergo information integration in the Saudi Electricity Company in particular, and to find the ways of integrating BI and KM systems to improve the information integration process and the main challenges introduced by the process, and how to enrich data through knowledge sharing, and how to complete the resulting information integration system and use it in supporting the optimal decision-making processes. To achieve the objectives of this research, the qualitative explorative experimental approach was applied and data was collected through three questionnaires directed at the sample (331) employees including BI systems users, specialists and consultants, and decision makers. Research sample responses were analyzed using SPSS. The research concluded that the responses of the sample about information integration process application was very high, data consolidation was strongly rooted in knowledge sharing and information transfer practices as well as has an open policy to share knowledge about correcting incorrect data in source databases, and gain new insights and information for optimal decision-making based on a wide range of verbal communication and semi-documented forms of communication. The researcher presents the relational model framework, which explains how the process of information integration happens between BI and KM, including knowledge integration stage “which reflects organization and documentation of new knowledge resulting from information transfer process” and BI, where that was performed through documentation of information integration practices in institutional information warehouse to ensure that the whole organization can benefit from the relate lessons. The researcher also demonstrated the process of integrating BI and KM systems to prepare, plan and implement information integration systems, processes and result to assist optimal decision-making effectively and the challenges they encounter during application
The role of information management in developing staff performance appraisal tools in business organizations "Dr. Samir Abbas Hospital in Jeddah": a proposed model
Get PDFThe study aimed at identifying the role of information management in the development of employees' performance evaluation tools in business organizations, and then develop a model for the development of employees' performance evaluation tools at Dr. Samir Abbas Hospital in Jeddah. The study followed the descriptive analytical approach, The study sample consisted of (63) employees distributed at various levels of the hospital management, The study revealed the main following results : The respondents show a great consensus about importance of employees' performance evaluation in the business organizations, The current performance evaluation characterized by: There is no accurate standards to evaluate the performance, The spacing of performance evaluation periods does not give a true insight into the employee performance development, The spacing of performance evaluation periods aroused feeling among employees that performance evaluation is not important, The absence of objectivity, the process of performance evaluation characterized by a subjective nature, The researcher presented a proposed model based on information management to evaluate the performance of employees in business organizations, In light of the study results, the researcher made a number of recommendations, the most important of which are: the application of the proposed model in order to conduct the performance evaluation process more transparently and objectively, away from decentralization in the evaluation and relying on specific performance indicators