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David Sanka Laar

David Sanka Laar
C. K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences · Department of Information Systems and Technology

Computer Science, Information Systems
Working on Business process redesign methods for SMEs

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Introduction
David Laar is a Lecturer at the Department of Information Systems and Technolgy, C. K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Navrongo, Ghana. Their current project is 'Business process redesign for SMEs'.
Additional affiliations
January 2012 - December 2019
University for Development Studies
Position
  • Lecturer
Education
September 2004 - November 2005
The University of Manchester
Field of study
  • Information systems
September 1998 - June 2002

Publications

Publications (13)
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Blood donation is a critical component of healthcare, saving countless lives each year. However, many regions, including Ghana, face chronic shortages of blood supply, often resulting in life-threatening delays for patients in need. Traditional blood donation methods are plagued with inefficiencies, causing delays in matching donors with recipients...
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Traditionally, revenue collection in Kassena-Nankana Municipal Assembly (KNMA), as in Ghana, was manual, with some ICT systems employed recently.This study designed an E-payment system for revenue collection in the KNMA. The research focused on the development and implementation of an electronic payment system, to facilitate revenue mobilization. T...
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Cloud computing has significantly impacted businesses across different scales, presenting advantages that can be harnessed by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bolgatanga. However, the effective adoption of cloud services requires a well-defined strategy. SMEs in the Bolgatanga Municipality face challenges in implementing cloud computing due t...
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From one-way communication to two-way communication, text-based to multimedia, unencrypted to end-to-end encrypted chats, computer, computer-to-human chats have evolved over the years to more sophisticated chatbots, mimicking natural human language based on predefined algorithms. ChatGPT is one of the most recent of such tools and, due to its capab...
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This paper delves into the transformative impact of technology on human activities, particularly the digitisation of major and basic tasks. The business landscape has not been immune to this revolution, with traditional methods giving way to digitalisation, commonly referred to as online or electronic business (e-business). Defined as any business...
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In the era of the Knowledge Economy, Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) have become a crucial aspect of the twenty-first-century environment. Software piracy, characterized by the unauthorized copying, downloading, sharing, selling, or installation of copyrighted software, remains a serious problem worldwide, and Ghana is no exception. Various for...
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As important drivers of the economy, Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)in developing countries need to adopt innovative business practices to deal with their volatile economic environment. Business process (BP) redesign provides transformational capabilities that can improve the performance of SMEs. However, research in BP redesign has co...
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Business process redesign is used to improve organizational performance and enhance customer satisfaction. Many methodologies have been developed to support this undertaking. However, most of the methodologies are designed to fit large and established organizations especially those in developed countries. They appear mechanistic, top down and insen...
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This paper explains and describes how Business process management (BPM) Centre’s of Excellence (CoEs) can be effective. Thematic analysis of data collected from two large South African financial services corporations with operational CoEs produced a model based on the Integrated Team Effectiveness Model that shows the factors influencing effectiven...
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Low-income countries such as Ghana are known to have the World's major share of sicknesses and a low doctor-to-patient ratio coupled with lack of proper health care facilities. The few available doctors are not well motivated leading to numerous industrial actions that further worsen the situation. In addition, there is a clear disparity between th...

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