• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.71-95
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• 2000

Despite repeated exhortation about the importance of social and human dimensions of systems development, socio-organizational issues continue to be neglected and ignored in the current information systems practice. A review of the human information processing literature suggests that the reasons for this continuing lack of attention to social issues may be found in the limitations of human cognition and information processing capacities. Bostrom and Heinen(1978) and Kumar and Bjorn-Anderson(1990) also suggest that the inadequate attention to social problems and issues by the analyst could originate from the analysts limited problem perception. This research explores how the representation forms of information systems(IS) methodology used in understanding and modeling the problem situation affect such systems development problem perception. Typically, a system development methodology prescribes the use of system models(i.e., system representations) to understand, analyze, evaluate, and design the information system. Given the size and complexity of information systems, and the abstraction and simplification underlying the modeling process, system representations usually depict only a limited set of aspects of the system. Thus, a methodology whose representations are limited to technical aspects will tend to limit the analyst's perspective to a technical one only(Kumar & Welke, 1990). Following the same line of argument, in contrast, it is the conjecture of this study that a methodology which specifies both social and technical aspects of IS development will help the analyst develop a more comprehensive view of the IS problem domain. Based on the above concept, a theoretical model was first developed which explained the systems analysts cognitive process. Drawing on this model, a research model was developed hypothesizing the impacts of representation forms on problem identification. The model was tested using a laboratory experiment with 70 individual subjects. A special computer software was developed with a hypermedia authoring tool to conduct the experiments in order to avoid experimenter biases and to maintain consistency in administrating repeated experiments. The program, designed to replace the experimenter, consisted of functions such as presenting the subjects with problem material, asking the subjects questions, and saving the typed answers of the subjects. The results indicate that representation forms strongly influence problem identification. It was found that the use of the socio-technical representation form led to the findings of more social problems than the use of technical representation form. The results imply significant effects of representation forms on problem findings and also suggest that the use of adequate representation forms may help overcome dysfunctional effects of our limited information processing capacity.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.416-423
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• 2021

조직구성원이 상사나 동료를 위해 자발적으로 도움을 베푸는 행동(OCBI)은 조직의 성공과 경쟁력 향상에 도움이 되지만, 기업의 현실에서 OCBI를 활성화시키는 것은 쉽지 않다. OCBI의 선행요인으로 긍정적 정서가 최근 많이 연구되고 있으나, 긍정적 정서-OCBI 관계의 기저에 있는 매개 프로세스에 대한 연구는 여전히 부족한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구는 개인의 긍정적 정서성향이 OCBI의 실천으로 이어지도록 돕는 집단 정체감의 매개역할에 주목한다. 또한, 개인의 긍정적 정서성향과 상호작용하여 OCBI의 활성화 프로세스에 작용하는 긍정적 집단 분위기 인식의 조절효과를 검증한다. 66개 작업집단에 속한 293명의 직원을 대상으로 자료를 수집하여 조절된 매개분석을 실시한 결과, 긍정적 정서성향이 집단 정체감을 거쳐 OCBI에 미치는 간접효과는 긍정적 집단 분위기 인식이 낮을 때만 유의하며, 긍정적 집단 분위기 인식이 개인의 긍정적 정서성향을 대체한다는 것을 확인하였다. 즉, 긍정적 집단 분위기 인식이 낮을 때는 개인의 긍정적 정서성향이 집단 정체감을 높여주는 매우 중요하게 작용하여 OCBI를 높이지만, 긍정적 집단분위기 인식이 높을 때는 개인의 긍정적 정서성향이 수행하는 역할이 긍정적 집단 분위기 인식의 역할과 중복되어 대체된다는 연구 시사점을 제공한다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.57-81
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• 2008

Knowledge is an essential strategic weapon for sustaining competitive advantage and is the key determinant for organizational growth. When knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout the organization, it increases an organization's value by providing the ability to respond to new and unusual situations. The growing importance of knowledge as a critical resource has forced executives to pay attention to their organizational knowledge. Organizations are increasingly undertaking knowledge management initiatives and making significant investments. Knowledge sourcing is considered as the first important step in effective knowledge management. Most firms continue to make an effort to realize the benefits of knowledge management by using various knowledge sources effectively. Appropriate knowledge sourcing strategies enable organizations to create, acquire, and access knowledge in a timely manner by reducing search and transfer costs, which result in better firm performance. In response, the knowledge management literature has devoted substantial attention to the analysis of knowledge sourcing strategies. Many studies have categorized knowledge sourcing strategies into intemal- and external-oriented. Internal-oriented sourcing strategy attempts to increase firm performance by integrating knowledge within the boundary of the firm. On the contrary, external-oriented strategy attempts to bring knowledge in from outside sources via either acquisition or imitation, and then to transfer that knowledge across to the organization. However, the extant literature on knowledge sourcing strategies focuses primarily on large organizations. Although many studies have clearly highlighted major differences between large and small firms and the need to adopt different strategies for different firm sizes, scant attention has been given to analyzing how knowledge sourcing strategies affect firm performance in small firms and what are the differences between small and large firms in the patterns of knowledge sourcing strategies adoption. This study attempts to advance the current literature by examining the impact of knowledge sourcing strategies on small firm performance from a holistic perspective. By drawing on knowledge based theory from organization science and complementarity theory from the economics literature, this paper is motivated by the following questions: (1) what are the adoption patterns of different knowledge sourcing strategies in small firms (i,e., what sourcing strategies should be adopted and which sourcing strategies work well together in small firms)?; and (2) what are the performance implications of these adoption patterns? In order to answer the questions, this study developed three hypotheses. First hypothesis based on knowledge based theory is that internal-oriented knowledge sourcing is positively associated with small firm performance. Second hypothesis developed on the basis of knowledge based theory is that external-oriented knowledge sourcing is positively associated with small firm performance. The third one based on complementarity theory is that pursuing both internal- and external-oriented knowledge sourcing simultaneously is negatively or less positively associated with small firm performance. As a sampling frame, 700 firms were identified from the Annual Corporation Report in Korea. Survey questionnaires were mailed to owners or executives who were most erudite about the firm s knowledge sourcing strategies and performance. A total of 188 companies replied, yielding a response rate of 26.8%. Due to incomplete data, 12 responses were eliminated, leaving 176 responses for the final analysis. Since all independent variables were measured using continuous variables, supermodularity function was used to test the hypotheses based on the cross partial derivative of payoff function. The results indicated no significant impact of internal-oriented sourcing strategies while positive impact of external-oriented sourcing strategy on small firm performance. This intriguing result could be explained on the basis of various resource and capital constraints of small firms. Small firms typically have restricted financial and human resources. They do not have enough assets to always develop knowledge internally. Another possible explanation is competency traps or core rigidities. Building up a knowledge base based on internal knowledge creates core competences, but at the same time, excessive internal focused knowledge exploration leads to behaviors blind to other knowledge. Interestingly, this study found that Internal- and external-oriented knowledge sourcing strategies had a substitutive relationship, which was inconsistent with previous studies that suggested complementary relationship between them. This result might be explained using organizational identification theory. Internal organizational members may perceive external knowledge as a threat, and tend to ignore knowledge from external sources because they prefer to maintain their own knowledge, legitimacy, and homogeneous attitudes. Therefore, integrating knowledge from internal and external sources might not be effective, resulting in failure of improvements of firm performance. Another possible explanation is small firms resource and capital constraints and lack of management expertise and absorptive capacity. Although the integration of different knowledge sources is critical, high levels of knowledge sourcing in many areas are quite expensive and so are often unrealistic for small enterprises. This study provides several implications for research as well as practice. First this study extends the existing knowledge by examining the substitutability (and complementarity) of knowledge sourcing strategies. Most prior studies have tended to investigate the independent effects of these strategies on performance without considering their combined impacts. Furthermore, this study tests complementarity based on the productivity approach that has been considered as a definitive test method for complementarity. Second, this study sheds new light on knowledge management research by identifying the relationship between knowledge sourcing strategies and small firm performance. Most current literature has insisted complementary relationship between knowledge sourcing strategies on the basis of data from large firms. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, this study identifies substitutive relationship between knowledge sourcing strategies using data from small firms. Third, implications for practice highlight that managers of small firms should focus on knowledge sourcing from external-oriented strategies. Moreover, adoption of both sourcing strategies simultaneousiy impedes small firm performance.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.75-89
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• 2015

In recent years, attention to the high debt ratio in public institutions has pushed the government to make efforts in reducing the debt ratio. However, in order to stimulate the economy, the government needs drastically innovative measures that reduce debt by improving efficiency rather than moderate approaches that focus solely on debt reduction. Despite this need, no study has yet systematically analyzed the overall efficiency of domestic public institutions and identified the source of inefficiencies in each public entity. Therefore, largely two research questions are examined. First, this study compares the efficiency levels by types of public institutions. Second, this study identifies the cause of inefficiencies in each public institution and proposes directions for improving efficiency. Based on a 5-year data of 302 public institutions published in public business information systems and organizational websites from 2009 to 2013, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was performed. The input variables include the number of employees and total costs while the output variables include sales and net income. Reflecting the characteristics of public institutions, the input-oriented CCR model and input-oriented BCC model were utilized. Analysis results are as follows. First, market-oriented public institutions showed the highest efficiency while fund management quasi-governmental agencies showed the highest inefficiency. Second, scale efficiency score was measured by applying the CCR model and the BCC model on the organizations with the lowest efficiency level, fund management quasi-governmental agencies. Based on these analysis results, the source of inefficiency and detailed directions for improvement were proposed for Decision Making Units (DMUs) with low CCR and BCC scores.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.101-109
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• 2011

Purpose: This study was done to comparatively analyze the general education curriculum of 4-yr and 3-yr nursing schools in Korea. Methods: Ten university 4-yr nursing schools were selected based on universities in Korean Accreditation Board of Nursing 2010 or "2009 Korea's Best Universities-Top 10" published by Joong-Ang Daily. Ten college 3-yr nursing schools were selected based on colleges in Korean Accreditation Board of Nursing 2010. Results: 1) Generally 4-yr nursing schools maintained the relationships between organizational philosophy/purposes and subjects in the general education curriculum. But 3-yr nursing schools did not. 2) In 4-yr nursing schools there was a relatively higher credits ratio of general education curriculum and selective courses than in 3-yr nursing schools. 3) In 4-yr nursing schools variety of courses was relatively higher than 3-yr nursing schools. 4) In 4-yr nursing schools, operating conditions were relatively better (number of tenure professors, ratio of professors to students, Identification of exclusive organization in charge of the general education curriculum) for the general education curriculum than 3-yr nursing schools. Conclusion: The results identify significant differences in the general education curriculum of 4-yr and 3-yr nursing schools in Korea, indicating that 3-yr nursing schools should make efforts to improve the good quality of general education curriculum.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.366-374
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• 2016

Background: In this study, we screened and identified an endophyte JG09 having strong biocatalytic activity for ginsenosides from Platycodon grandiflorum, converted ginseng total saponins and ginsenoside monomers, determined the source of minor ginsenosides and the transformation pathways, and calculated the maximum production of minor ginsenosides for the conversion of ginsenoside Rb1 to assess the transformation activity of endophyte JG09. Methods: The transformation of ginseng total saponins and ginsenoside monomers Rb1, Rb2, Rc, Rd, Rg1 into minor ginsenosides F2, C-K and Rh1 using endophyte JG09 isolated by an organizational separation method and Esculin-R2A agar assay, as well as the identification of transformed products via TLC and HPLC, were evaluated. Endophyte JG09 was identified through DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. Results: A total of 32 ${\beta}$-glucosidase-producing endophytes were screened out among the isolated 69 endophytes from P. grandiflorum. An endophyte bacteria JG09 identified as Luteibacter sp. effectively converted protopanaxadiol-type ginsenosides Rb1, Rb2, Rc, Rd into minor ginsenosides F2 and C-K, and converted protopanaxatriol-type ginsenoside Rg1 into minor ginsenoside Rh1. The transformation pathways of major ginsenosides by endophyte JG09 were as follows: $Rb1{\rightarrow}Rd{\rightarrow}F2{\rightarrow}C-K$; $Rb2{\rightarrow}C-O{\rightarrow}C-Y{\rightarrow}C-K$; $Rc{\rightarrow}C-Mc1{\rightarrow}C-Mc{\rightarrow}C-K$; $Rg1{\rightarrow}Rh1$. The maximum production rate of ginsenosides F2 and C-K reached 94.53% and 66.34%, respectively. Conclusion: This is the first report about conversion of major ginsenosides into minor ginsenosides by fermentation with P. grandiflorum endophytes. The results of the study indicate endophyte JG09 would be a potential microbial source for obtaining minor ginsenosides.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.803-816
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• 2014

Defense-in-depth is a fundamental safety principle for the design and operation of nuclear power plants. Despite its general appeal, defense-in-depth is not without its drawbacks, which include its potential for concealing the occurrence of hazardous states in a system, and more generally rendering the latter more opaque for its operators and managers, thus resulting in safety blind spots. This in turn translates into a shrinking of the time window available for operators to identify an unfolding hazardous condition or situation and intervene to abate it. To prevent this drawback from materializing, we propose in this work a novel safety principle termed "observability-in-depth". We characterize it as the set of provisions technical, operational, and organizational designed to enable the monitoring and identification of emerging hazardous conditions and accident pathogens in real-time and over different time-scales. Observability-in-depth also requires the monitoring of conditions of all safety barriers that implement defense-in-depth; and in so doing it supports sensemaking of identified hazardous conditions, and the understanding of potential accident sequences that might follow (how they can propagate). Observability-in-depth is thus an information-centric principle, and its importance in accident prevention is in the value of the information it provides and actions or safety interventions it spurs. We examine several "event reports" from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission database, which illustrate specific instances of violation of the observability-in-depth safety principle and the consequences that followed (e.g., unmonitored releases and loss of containments). We also revisit the Three Mile Island accident in light of the proposed principle, and identify causes and consequences of the lack of observability-in-depth related to this accident sequence. We illustrate both the benefits of adopting the observability-in-depth safety principle and the adverse consequences when this principle is violated or not implemented. This work constitutes a first step in the development of the observability-in-depth safety principle, and we hope this effort invites other researchers and safety professionals to further explore and develop this principle and its implementation.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.312-318
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• 2021

Lack of knowledge and digital skills is a threat to the information security of the state and society, so the formation and development of organizational culture of information security is extremely important to manage this threat. The purpose of the article is to assess the state of information security of the state and society. The research methodology is based on a quantitative statistical analysis of the information security culture according to the EU-27 2019. The theoretical basis of the study is the theory of defense motivation (PMT), which involves predicting the individual negative consequences of certain events and the desire to minimize them, which determines the motive for protection. The results show the passive behavior of EU citizens in ensuring information security, which is confirmed by the low level of participation in trainings for the development of digital skills and mastery of basic or above basic overall digital skills 56% of the EU population with a deviation of 16%. High risks to information security in the context of damage to information assets, including software and databases, have been identified. Passive behavior of the population also involves the use of standard identification procedures when using the Internet (login, password, SMS). At the same time, 69% of EU citizens are aware of methods of tracking Internet activity and access control capabilities (denial of permission to use personal data, access to geographical location, profile or content on social networking sites or shared online storage, site security checks). Phishing and illegal acquisition of personal data are the biggest threats to EU citizens. It have been identified problems related to information security: restrictions on the purchase of products, Internet banking, provision of personal information, communication, etc. The practical value of this research is the possibility of applying the results in the development of programs of education, training and public awareness of security issues.

• 경영정보학연구
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.27-41
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• 2023

최근 많은 분야에서 기계학습에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있는데, 상당수의 연구들이 학습 모델의 성능을 개선하는 최신 방법론을 제시하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 방법론의 개발 못지않게 기계학습에 투입되는 훈련용 데이터의 '품질'을 개선하는 것 역시 중요하다는 점에 착안하여, 코퍼스 분석에서 자주 사용되는 '부분 문법' 처리 프로세스를 통해 훈련 데이터의 품질을 향상시키는 방법을 제시한다. 우리나라 100대 기업에 근무하는 재직자들이 채용플랫폼에 게시하는 방대한 양의 비정형 기업 리뷰 텍스트 데이터를 수집하고, 데이터 품질을 부분 문법 프로세스로 개선한 후, 부분 문법이 적용된 분류 모델이 적용되지 않은 모델보다 분류 성능이 우수함을 확인하였다. 분류 카테고리는 직원 몰입의 5가지 요인으로 상정하였는데, 국내 직장인들이 기업 리뷰가 각 유형별로 빈도에 차이가 있는지를 분석하였다. 추가로 리뷰 양상이 코로나 팬데믹 전후로 어떠한 변화가 있었는지도 분석하였다. 본 연구를 통해 국내 직장인들의 생생한 일터 경험들을 자동적으로 식별하고 분류하여, 이직을 포함한 주요한 조직문화 현상의 행태와 유발 원인 등을 유추해 볼 수 있는 근거를 제공한다.

• 교육심리연구
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.767-794
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• 2017

창의성은 사회문화적 맥락에서 발현되고 형성되는 사회적 산물이다. 창의적 수행과 결과물에 영향을 미치는 문화 요인들은 초국가문화, 국가문화, 직업문화, 조직문화에 따라 다르다. 그러나 그동안 수행된 창의성 연구의 대다수는 사회 및 문화요인들을 주된 주제로 다루지 않았다. 극히 드물지만 문화와 창의성 간의 관계를 탐색한 연구들은 대부분 개인주의와 집단주의와 같은 초국가문화의 특성들만을 다루면서 동서양 문화권에서 개인이 보이는 창의성 수준 간 차이를 제시하고 있을 뿐 영역 특수성을 고려한 창의성이나 이것에 직, 간접적으로 영향을 미치는 직업이나 조직 문화의 특성 등을 간과하였다. (초)국가 문화처럼 거시적 관점이 아닌 보다 미시적인 관점에서 창의성을 연구하는 것은 독창성과 유용성을 창의성의 주요 능력으로 간주하는 오늘날의 창의성에 대한 개념적인 이해와 맥을 같이 한다. 본 연구는 문화와 창의성간의 관계를 규명하기 위해서 창의적 사고와 아이디어 생성에 영향을 미치는 사회, 문화적 요인들을 초국가와 국가문화를 포함하는 가치문화와 직업과 조직 문화로 구성된 관습문화로 구분하여 관련 문헌들을 심도 있게 검토하였다. 초국가 및 국가 문화의 특성으로 각각 개인주의와 집단주의, 예술친화적인 사회분위기와 다문화 경험 등을 논의하였고, 관습문화에 포함된 직업 및 조직 문화의 경우, 창의성의 두 가지 핵심 능력인 독창성과 유용성간의 균형을 중시하는 건축 영역을 중심으로 살펴보았다. 문헌분석결과, 창의적 사고와 아이디어 생성에 영향을 미친 문화적 요인들은 관습 문화와 가치 문화에 따라 다르게 나타났으나 연구 결과들이 일관적이지 못한 한계를 보였다. 저자들은 논의한 선행연구의 문제점들을 문화에 대한 다차원성 고려 부족, 국가문화와 창의성 간 관계 규명의 어려움, 개인 또는 집단 창의성에 영향을 미치는 요인에 대한 차별적인 인식의 필요성, 관습과 가치문화에 대한 인위적인 구분 등으로 요약하였고 이를 후속 연구들을 위한 제언과 함께 논의하였다.