Juhana Salim

• National University of Malaysia

Business and Information Technology (IT) alignment involves applying IT in an appropriate and timely way, in harmony with business strategies, goals and needs. Prior research argues that achieving alignment contributes immensely to ensuring that IT investments improve organisational performance. One important issue in business–IT alignment study is...

The purpose of this article is to analyze semantic relations based on graph-independent structural analysis in VocBench. The mix-method of deductive and inductive approach is adapted in operating the research methodology, especially for data collection. The research data are structural domains of semantic relations in ontologies. The data resource...

The purpose of this article is to analyze semantic relations based on graph-independent structural analysis in VocBench. The mix-method of deductive and inductive approach is adapted in operating the research methodology, especially for data collection. The research data are structural domains of semantic relations in ontologies. The data resource...

Diverse tools, application and methods can logically be organized in clear categories (i.e., Gold standard, Application, Data-driven and Human assessment) or their dimensions (i.e., Functionality (task-based), Usability based and Structural evaluation). This paper attempts to propose a novel branch in structural analysis of ontology through analyzi...

Virtual communities of practice (VCoPs) are recognised as a KM initiative, whereby practitioners conduct discussions and share their experiences online. Presently, a lack of widely accepted or overall conceptual framework exists that addresses the important aspects of effective KM to specifically determine whether virtual health communities of prac...

This paper discusses the Knowledge Acquisition (KA) problems in Supply Chain Management (SCM) that faced the SCM members when acquiring knowledge and subsequently shows how the modelling of knowledge can be used as knowledge base for an framework that can assist supply chain management members. Recent research justified that the use of artificial i...

There were a variety of difficulties that users have to face in searching for information through Internet. Past research had shown that users faced the problem of using vocabulary in searching for information through the web. Recent research justified that thesaurus is useful in building ontology as an aid to standardize terminologies and more imp...

In supply chain management, both academic and corporate interest concerning knowledge acquisition has shown an increasing trend in the past few years. This is evidenced by the significant amount of research written and published in journal special issues. In response to this trend, the present study has two objectives – first, it offers to provi...

Business-IT alignment is defined as a stage where the mission, objective, and planning within business strategy is shared and supported by IT strategy. This definition is extended to cover the situation where business executive and IT executive comprehended and committed towards achieving the mission, objective, and plan for both business and IT. O...

Effective knowledge management (KM) initiatives enable the healthcare organizations to develop health practitioners’ knowledge, rather than traditional and expensive learning channels, such as, face-to-face learning. In healthcare sector, virtual communities of practice (VCoPs) are used by health professionals and researchers to improve the quality...

A wide number of reports and news on crimes, increasingly conducted almost every day, have resulted in making detection of such crimes more difficult if not complex. Therefore, the need for detecting and identifying such crimes emerges as a necessary way of detecting and identifying such crime patterns on the news. Document Clustering have been inc...

In today's global economy, it is crucial for all the organizations to manage tacit knowledge. Nevertheless, quite a number of organizations are unable to cope up with the process of tacit knowledge management. As a result of investigating the level of tacitness of knowledge, this paper has proposed a framework based on media richness theory. This f...

In this research, the knowledge-sharing behaviour using ICT among teachers were explored. There are many factors affecting behavioural intention to use ICT in knowledge sharing either from individual, organizational or technological perspectives. In studying knowledge sharing, many previous researchers combined the psychological and knowledge shari...

Graduate students are active information seekers. Their experiences with information seeking range from novices to experts. Graduate students' understanding of the needed information and the different types of information sources accessible are essential for them to search for the required information effectively and efficiently. Previous studies c...

Healthcare organizations spend hundreds of thousands implementing KM initiatives in term of developing practitioners and expert resources. One of the KM initiatives in healthcare sector is Virtual Communities of Practice (VCoPs). VCoPs are used by health professionals and researchers to improve the quality of healthcare services by enhancing health...

This paper discusses the knowledge acquisition problems faced in the Supply Chain Management (SCM) when acquiring knowledge among Supply Chain (SC) members, and it subsequently shows how modelling of knowledge types can be used as knowledge base to assist in solving SCM problems. This paper justifies the types of knowledge are useful in order to bu...

User interfaces are a crucial factor in successful computer games design. Well-designed user interactions in a computer game can enhance user experience in terms of playfulness, immersion and flow, resulting in better user engagement during game playing. The aim of this paper is to better understand the elements of user interface designs in games b...

In this paper we describe our experience using psycho physiological techniques to explore user experience in playing games. We used heart rate devices to measure the user experience during a simulation game play called The Sims™ 3. This study does not emphasize the measurement of data, but focuses mainly on experiences in applying a psycho physiolo...

This study reviews the trends in the Final Year Project (FYP) for Multimedia Programme at the Faculty of Information Science and Technology (FTSM). We identify issues and analyze trends in multimedia FYP from year 2005 to 2010. The method used is the analysis of the FYP reports along with a brainstorming session conducted among the lecturers. Findi...

This paper discusses the conceptual and vocabulary problems users faced when searching the web and subsequently shows how a well structured thesaurus can be used as knowledge base for an interface that can assist user with search topic clarification. Recent research justified that thesaurus is useful in building ontology to help standardize termino...

The Course Teaching Evaluation System (CTES) is a system which has been created to evaluate the quality of the teaching of courses in UKM. It is one of the student feedback systems which provide important input to continuously improve the quality of study programmes in all faculties. A study on UKM's CTES was conducted. The study focuses on the rel...

Despite extensive research on knowledge transfer issues, there is a dearth of research that has explicitly focused on the role of Transactive Memory System (TMS) in enabling inter-organizational knowledge transfer in e-government IT outsourcing. Although the information systems literature has recently acknowledged the role of TMS in improving knowl...

Minyak yang terhasil dari proses pirolisis ditingkatkan kepada produk menyerupai petroleum memandangkan produk sebegini lebih mudah diterima dalam struktur tenaga sedia ada. Dalam kajian ini, proses peningkatan minyak pirolisis yang terhasil daripada pirolisis sarung tangan getah telah dijalankan menggunakan dua unit pelantar pengujian yang dikenal...

Pengajian dalam Sains Hadith melibatkan banyak rujukan terhadap kitab-kitab lama yang ditulis oleh ulama tersohor zaman lampau. Elemen utama dalam pengajian tersebut adalah semakan terhadap kesahihan hadith. Walaupun era teknologi maklumat mempunyai kecanggihannya tersendiri, namun kewibawaan ulama lampau dalam merekodkan maklumat penting serta met...

It is widely recognized that the most critical part of knowledge management process is knowledge sharing. Knowledge sharing is crucial to either profit or non-profit organizations. The first part of this paper introduces the concept and some definitions of knowledge sharing. Next, the paper describes the benefits of knowledge sharing to the educati...

This paper discusses the conceptual and vocabulary problems users faced when searching the web. It will show how a well structured thesaurus can be used as knowledge base for an interface that can assist user with search topic clarification. The first part of the paper covers thesaurus structure needed to support these functions. Several thesaurus...

s - Now days, Internet in becoming a basic medium communication either for business or individual life as most countries in the world are applying free internet access. However, absence of proper regulation has lead to social epidemic such as reducing working performance, addiction to pornographic sites and online gamming. Organization, companies a...

Ontology researchers struggle to propose various methods and methodology in ontology evaluation as reference sources for ontology engineering and evaluating process. In this paper, we intend to explain a new ontology evaluation methodology (i.e., OntoAbsolute) which it is proposed to evaluate structural domains in semantic relations and concepts in...

Most organizations in the world including the health care sector are unsuccessful in getting the expected benefits of knowledge management initiatives (KM). One of the KM initiatives in health care sector is virtual communities of practice (VCoPs). But the effectiveness of its contribution towards the well publicized failure of numerous KM initiati...

The large amount of classic books needs to be explored during the activity in studying the Science of Hadith. In brief, Science of Hadith is a study related to the knowledge about Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in Islamic believe. The main aim of the study is to verify the authentication of the story. Hadith contain not just the story, but al...

This study reviews the trends in the Final Year Project (FYP) for Multimedia Programme at the Faculty of Information Science and Technology (FTSM). We identify issues and analyze trends in multimedia FYP from year 2005 to 2010. The method used is through the analysis of the FYP reports along with a brainstorming session conducted among the lecturer...

In the task of seeking experts who have the skill and knowledge particularly suited to address issues, help in solving problems and contribute to innovation is perhaps one of the biggest challenges in knowledge management (KM). This study aims to design a framework for the development of ontology on ICT experts that will be used in the directory of...

Artikel ini menjelaskan bagaimana teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) dapat dimanfaatkan bagi penyebaran ilmu pengetahuan berhubung ke-Esaan dan kebesaran kuasa Allah secara lebih berkesan. Bahagian awal artikel ini melaporkan penyelidikan yang dilaksanakan di kalangan pakar dalam pelbagai bidang untuk mengesahkan kenyataan saintifi k yang terk...

The ever fast-expanding web information resources pose a big challenge to internet users seeking the most relevant, latest and quality information. The sheer vast amount of web information has resulted in restructuring of the resources. Thus, an appropriate web classification method needs to be established in order for quality web information to be...

In recent years, there were a variety of difficulties that users have to face in searching for information through Internet. Past research had shown that in performing searches, users use query terms that consist of “everyday language, technical terms (with or without knowledge of underlying concepts) and various explanatory model, all influenced b...

Present knowledge management initiatives and systems failed or remained ineffective due to the lack of knowledge creation activities in organizations. It is hypothesized that emphasizing the knowledge creation activities and embedding such activities in the organization’s objective, mission and processes will directly enhance the effectiveness of t...

In the current world today, where Internet plays an important role in the information technology environment for communication, collaboration and file sharing, data is distributed and transform into useful knowledge. Knowledge, known as the body of information such as facts, opinion, ideas, theories and principles is vital in most organisations fro...

Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menyelidik struktur skema klasifikasi perpustakaan konvensional iaitu struktur enumeratif, hierarki dan facet yang menepati ciriciri skema klasifikasi web. Analisis kajian lepas dan kajian kes skema klasifikasi Yahoo! dan Staples dilakukan bagi tujuan ini. Kajian meneroka pendekatan struktur hirerarki yang digunakan oleh...

This article points out the ability of information technology to generate, process and disseminate information, which expands faster than our capability to access, receive, filter, accept, integrate, manage and use information. As a result we are faced with information overload. On the other hand, in performing daily work routines, only relevant in...

The encouraging Information Communication Technology (ICT) growth in Malaysia has seen drastic increase on the usage of Internet in either businesses or daily lives. Small and Medium Industry (SMI) companies are also not an exception in developing websites to promote their products and services. However, most of these companies do not have staff wh...

ABSTRAK Sebuah pusat sumber bagi suatu organisasi yang kecil seperti sebuah sekolah atau fakulti dalam sebuah universiti sudah tentu tidak mempunyai peruntukan untuk melantik seorang pustakawan sepenuh masa atau menyediakan suatu sistem maklumat berkomputer berkeupayaan tinggi. Kertas ini membincangkan satu sistem yang direka bentuk bagi membantu p...

ABSTRAK Kajian ini menganalisis dan mengenal pasti item-item maklumat umum yang terdapat dalam laman web perpustakaan akademik. Item maklumat umum dianalisis bertujuan memudahkan pelaksanaan penstrukturan kandungan untuk laman web perpustakaan akademik. Analisis ini menerangkan tentang perbezaan dan persamaan item-item yang terdapat dalam laman web...

Academic librarians play an important role in meeting the complex challenges of contemporary education by concerning themselves not only with supplying information sources but also in designing and managing proper library instruction programmes. This article gives an account of the library instruction programmes managed at the Tun Seri Lanang Libra...