Mohamed Abdalla Nour

University of Sharjah | US · Department of Management Information Systems

Using the theoretical lens of the contingency approach to leadership, this study explores the relationship between the information intensity of the organization's value chains and IT leaders' role and structural power. Based on data obtained from a sample of 174 Australian IT senior executives, a multiple analysis of variance (MANOVA) is used to em...

The revolution in wireless and cellular communications has led to a remarkable growth in smart mobile cellular devices capable of Internet access and mobile web browsing. This study empirically examined the emerging role of the mobile Internet as an alternative access channel for a growing list of applications and services. Based on a survey of 220...

This paper investigated management accounting innovation in the UAE to add to the current literature on external and contextual factors influencing management accounting sophistication in a developing country context. The paper conducted a survey of 138 practicing management accounts in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to determine from their perspec...

This paper investigated the impact of globalisation, information technology and market forces on the traditional role of management accountants of providing relevant information for managerial decisions in an emerging market in the Middle East. The paper conducted a survey of practising management accountants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to ex...

Although organizations can gain many benefits from successful implementation of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, there are high failure rates in ERP implementation projects. Therefore, a better understanding of ERP implementation success is a critical. One of the best known approaches used to define and measure ERP implementation succe...

Customer relationship management (CRM) is predicated on the notion that understanding and responding to customers is key to customer satisfaction, retention, and ultimately revenue growth and profitability. With the increasing power, reach, and role of information and communications technologies (ICT), business organisations are increasingly findin...

Although organizations can gain many benefits from successful implementation of an enterprise resource planning ERP system, there are high failure rates in ERP implementation projects. Therefore, a better understanding of ERP implementation success is a critical. One of the best known approaches used to define and measure ERP implementation success...

Systems Analysis is the most critical phase of the systems development life cycle, as all the subsequent stages depend on it. Many commercial CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering) tools are available to standardise the documentation of the analysis and design phases. However, CASE tools are not much involved in the data gathering process. Some...

The recent advances in the Internet technology have propelled the development of related applications in electronic communications and transactions, including electronic commerce and electronic government (e-government). There has been a proliferation of e-government initiatives worldwide undertaken under different forms of government, socioeconomi...

Blended learning is emerging as a new phenomenon in the teaching and training profession. A number of issues remain unresolved, however. One central issue is its likely comparative advantage, or disadvantage, over traditional classroom instruction with regard to the effect on student performance. The current research investigates the students' acce...

The revolution in information and communications technology (ICT) has had a pervasive impact on all aspects of human endeavor. Unfortunately, educational institutions in many parts of the world are still trying to cope with the issue of integrating ICT in their teaching methods. This research examines the extent of IT use by the faculty members in...

One of the major issues related to teaching an introductory programming course is the excessive amount of time spent on the language’s syntax, which leaves little time for developing skills in program design and solution creativity. The wide variation in the students’ backgrounds, coupled with the traditional classroom (one size-fits-all) teaching...

“It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it,” goes the refrain of a big-band standard. Companies that are trying to establish a commercial presence on the Web should heed the lesson those lyrics teach. Although the Web has the potential to level the playing field for all competitors, those companies that effectively market themselves on Web...

The Kohonen self organizing neural network has been applied to an increasingly wider range of application problems that traditionally have been the domain of statistical and operational research techniques, such as data clustering and classification, and optimization and control. This Kohonen network is bestowed with a number of unique strengths wh...

Group decision support systems (GDSS) have been the focus of extensive research studies over the last decade. These, however, have largerly been experimental in nature and dealt mainly with students in laboratory settings. Although the significance of these studies are not questioned, the findings have sometimes been conflicting. Further, the study...

This study explored the perceptions of hospital unit secretaries regarding computer usage. Specifically, six attitudinal variables: performance, resistance, interpersonal relations, satisfaction, challenge, and work overload were examined. The study had two major findings: (1) hospital unit secretaries have positive perceptions of job performance,...