• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.139-166
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• 2010

The supply chain management (SCM) systems have emerged as strong managerial tools for manufacturing firms in enhancing competitive strength. Despite of large investments in the SCM systems, many companies are not fully realizing the promised benefits from the systems. A review of literature on adoption, implementation and success factor of IOS (inter-organization systems), EDI (electronic data interchange) systems, shows that this issue has been examined from multiple theoretic perspectives. And many researchers have attempted to identify the factors which influence the success of system implementation. However, the existing studies have two drawbacks in revealing the determinants of systems implementation success. First, previous researches raise questions as to the appropriateness of research subjects selected. Most SCM systems are operating in the form of private industrial networks, where the participants of the systems consist of two distinct groups: focus companies and vendors. The focus companies are the primary actors in developing and operating the systems, while vendors are passive participants which are connected to the system in order to supply raw materials and parts to the focus companies. Under the circumstance, there are three ways in selecting the research subjects; focus companies only, vendors only, or two parties grouped together. It is hard to find researches that use the focus companies exclusively as the subjects probably due to the insufficient sample size for statistic analysis. Most researches have been conducted using the data collected from both groups. We argue that the SCM success factors cannot be correctly indentified in this case. The focus companies and the vendors are in different positions in many areas regarding the system implementation: firm size, managerial resources, bargaining power, organizational maturity, and etc. There are no obvious reasons to believe that the success factors of the two groups are identical. Grouping the two groups also raises questions on measuring the system success. The benefits from utilizing the systems may not be commonly distributed to the two groups. One group's benefits might be realized at the expenses of the other group considering the situation where vendors participating in SCM systems are under continuous pressures from the focus companies with respect to prices, quality, and delivery time. Therefore, by combining the system outcomes of both groups we cannot measure the system benefits obtained by each group correctly. Second, the measures of system success adopted in the previous researches have shortcoming in measuring the SCM success. User satisfaction, system utilization, and user attitudes toward the systems are most commonly used success measures in the existing studies. These measures have been developed as proxy variables in the studies of decision support systems (DSS) where the contribution of the systems to the organization performance is very difficult to measure. Unlike the DSS, the SCM systems have more specific goals, such as cost saving, inventory reduction, quality improvement, rapid time, and higher customer service. We maintain that more specific measures can be developed instead of proxy variables in order to measure the system benefits correctly. The purpose of this study is to find the determinants of SCM systems success in the perspective of vendor companies. In developing the research model, we have focused on selecting the success factors appropriate for the vendors through reviewing past researches and on developing more accurate success measures. The variables can be classified into following: technological, organizational, and environmental factors on the basis of TOE (Technology-Organization-Environment) framework. The model consists of three independent variables (competition intensity, top management support, and information system maturity), one mediating variable (collaboration), one moderating variable (government support), and a dependent variable (system success). The systems success measures have been developed to reflect the operational benefits of the SCM systems; improvement in planning and analysis capabilities, faster throughput, cost reduction, task integration, and improved product and customer service. The model has been validated using the survey data collected from 122 vendors participating in the SCM systems in Korea. To test for mediation, one should estimate the hierarchical regression analysis on the collaboration. And moderating effect analysis should estimate the moderated multiple regression, examines the effect of the government support. The result shows that information system maturity and top management support are the most important determinants of SCM system success. Supply chain technologies that standardize data formats and enhance information sharing may be adopted by supply chain leader organization because of the influence of focal company in the private industrial networks in order to streamline transactions and improve inter-organization communication. Specially, the need to develop and sustain an information system maturity will provide the focus and purpose to successfully overcome information system obstacles and resistance to innovation diffusion within the supply chain network organization. The support of top management will help focus efforts toward the realization of inter-organizational benefits and lend credibility to functional managers responsible for its implementation. The active involvement, vision, and direction of high level executives provide the impetus needed to sustain the implementation of SCM. The quality of collaboration relationships also is positively related to outcome variable. Collaboration variable is found to have a mediation effect between on influencing factors and implementation success. Higher levels of inter-organizational collaboration behaviors such as shared planning and flexibility in coordinating activities were found to be strongly linked to the vendors trust in the supply chain network. Government support moderates the effect of the IS maturity, competitive intensity, top management support on collaboration and implementation success of SCM. In general, the vendor companies face substantially greater risks in SCM implementation than the larger companies do because of severe constraints on financial and human resources and limited education on SCM systems. Besides resources, Vendors generally lack computer experience and do not have sufficient internal SCM expertise. For these reasons, government supports may establish requirements for firms doing business with the government or provide incentives to adopt, implementation SCM or practices. Government support provides significant improvements in implementation success of SCM when IS maturity, competitive intensity, top management support and collaboration are low. The environmental characteristic of competition intensity has no direct effect on vendor perspective of SCM system success. But, vendors facing above average competition intensity will have a greater need for changing technology. This suggests that companies trying to implement SCM systems should set up compatible supply chain networks and a high-quality collaboration relationship for implementation and performance.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.379-408
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• 2023

본 연구는 C대학교 문헌정보학과에 기개설된 <지역문화정보론> 교과목을 프로젝트 기반 학습법을 활용한 캡스톤디자인 교과목으로 구성하여 운영한 사례에 관한 연구이다. 해당 교과목에서는 지역사회 청소년 특화기관과 연계하여 지역 고등학생들을 대상으로 디지털리터러시 교육을 수행하고 휴먼라이브러리 콘텐츠를 제작하는 프로젝트를 기획하여 진행하였다. 프로젝트에 참여한 수강생 5명과 협력기관 업무담당자 3명과의 반구조화된 심층면담을 수행하여, 지역사회와 연계하여 프로젝트 기반 학습법을 적용한 캡스톤디자인 교과목 개발과 운영의 특징 및 성과를 보고하고 개선점을 제안하였다. 또한, 21세기 학습 프레임워크(P21)를 사용하여 수강생들과의 심층면담 내용을 분석하여, 프로젝트 참여를 통해 수강생들은 P21의 3가지 기술 영역 전반의 11가지 학습 기술-자기주도, 프로젝트관리, 다양한 팀과의 협력, 유연함, 책임감, 리더십(삶과 경력 기술 영역)과 의사소통과 협업, 문제해결력, 창의력, 비판적 사고(학습과 혁신 기술 영역), 그리고 미디어결과물생성 기술(정보미디어테크놀로지 기술 영역)-을 강화했음을 확인했다. 본 사례연구는 지역사회협력에 기반한 문헌정보학 캡스톤디자인 교과목의 개발과 운영에 참고할 수 있는 방향성을 제시하고, 프로젝트 기반 학습법의 적용을 통한 커리큘럼 개발에 관심있는 교수자 및 연구자에게 도움이 되고자 하였다.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.204-227
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• 2018

This paper seeks to interrogate the very assumption of "sociality" in social media at a conceptual level and substantiate it with the help of information collected on aged people's use of conventional media $vis-{\grave{a}}-vis$ so called "social media" from the field work. Although global literature has written the obituary of mass media and promoted the "sociality" of social media, one needs to critically engage with such statement. Such statements have been an outcome of the established status of the "post broadcast" model of media where conventional media is in existence for some time and accessible to everyone in society. Further, this paper seeks to explore the interplay of new media in the life of the aged population in select areas of Kolkata city in the state of West Bengal, India. There are few studies on the ageing population's use of new media in the Indian context. While many of the studies reveal the new media literacy among the youth, this is unimportant as both the new media and the youth are relatively young as a field of research in media studies in India. What is missed in the earlier studies is, how new media plays an important function in the life of the aged population. How do older adults engage with the skilling and deskilling process of media literacy in their everyday life? And finally, do new media provide an extension to their on-going social relations? With the help of substantive details, the present study addresses the aforementioned queries.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.35-45
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• 2018

Purpose - The study investigates the impact of consignment on the economic performance in the supply chain with three stages. Through the analysis on distinct forms of consignment application, this study intends to answer to the question of how the consignment should be used in the multi-stage supply chain. Research design, data, and methodology - The proposed mathematical model represents the supply chain system with a manufacturer, a wholesaler, and a retailer. Three different forms of consignment application are considered depending on which stages adapt the consignment, and their system profits are compared with the traditional non-consignment system in numerical examples. Results - The numerical examples show that the serial consignment application performs better than any other forms of consignment as well as the non-consignment system. The additional analysis indicates that the system profit is significantly sensitive to the consignment rate. Conclusions - The outcome of this study implies the potential of consignment to improve the system performance even in the multi-stage supply chain system. Meanwhile, each supply chain member's preference to the specific form of consignment application could be different depending on which stage he has. All the supply chain members should jointly determine the appropriate consignment rates to obtain the best system performance.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.36-42
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• 2012

This study was conducted to develop Web-based multimedia content that assists undergraduate students in a clinical practicum on adult nursing. The study examined whether students in the intervention group could obtain clinical knowledge and perform more effectively when encouraged to learn Web content as compared with students in the conventional group. Web-based multimedia content consisting of 13 learning modules was developed based on real patients' scenarios through collaboration among college professors. A total of 120 nursing students (74 for the intervention and 46 for the conventional groups) from two universities in G-city, who engaged in a 3-week long clinical practicum in the digestive and respiratory units of a university hospital, participated in the study. Students' knowledge, self-directed learning, and clinical performance ability were measured using self-administered questionnaires. Data for pre- and posttests were collected over a 2-month period, between May and June of 2009. Clinical knowledge and self-reported clinical performance scores were significantly higher in students using the Web-enhanced clinical practicum than in those in the conventional group. However, there was no significant difference in self-directed learning ability between the 2 groups. These results demonstrate that Web-based multimedia content can be an effective educational tool for enhancing students' clinical knowledge and performance.

• 컴퓨터교육학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.79-90
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• 2013

의료조직 내에서의 커뮤니케이션 오류와 지연은 의료고객의 서비스 질 하락과 의료분쟁 등 심각한 문제를 야기 시키고 있다. 따라서, 최근 협업적 의료 커뮤니케이션 체계의 중요성이 크게 부각되고 있다. 의사, 환자/보호자, 간호사, 실험실들 간의 커뮤니케이션이 원활하게 이뤄질 때 고효율 저비용 서비스는 물론 궁극적으로 병원의 경영성과에도 도움이 된다. 이러한 동기에서 중소 및 대형병원에서 이 시스템 도입이 급증하는 추세이다. 본 논문에서는 유무선 기반의 협업적 의료커뮤니케이션(Clinical Collaborative Communication)시스템의 구현방법과 모델링을 통한 구현 연구 및 시스템 평가를 위해 S병원을 대상으로 계량적 평가를 수행하였다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.39-69
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• 2012

With the advent of communication technologies including electronic collaborative tools and conferencing systems provided over the Internet, virtual collaboration is becoming increasingly common in organizations. Virtual collaboration refers to an environment in which the people working together are interdependent in their tasks, share responsibility for outcomes, are geographically dispersed, and rely on mediated rather than face-to face, communication to produce an outcome. Research suggests that new sets of individual skill, knowledge, and ability (SKAs) are required to perform effectively in today's virtualized workplace, which is labeled as individual virtual competence. It is also argued that use of online social networking sites may influence not only individuals' daily lives but also their capability to manage their work-related relationships in organizations, which in turn leads to better performance. The existing research regarding (1) the relationship between virtual competence and task performance and (2) the relationship between online networking and task performance has been conducted based on different theoretical perspectives so that little is known about how online social networking and virtual competence interplay to predict individuals' task performance. To fill this gap, this study raises the following research questions: (1) What is the individual virtual competence required for better adjustment to the virtual collaboration environment? (2) How does online networking via diverse social network service sites influence individuals' task performance in organizations? (3) How do the joint effects of individual virtual competence and online networking influence task performance? To address these research questions, we first draw on the prior literature and derive four dimensions of individual virtual competence that are related with an individual's self-concept, knowledge and ability. Computer self-efficacy is defined as the extent to which an individual beliefs in his or her ability to use computer technology broadly. Remotework self-efficacy is defined as the extent to which an individual beliefs in his or her ability to work and perform joint tasks with others in virtual settings. Virtual media skill is defined as the degree of confidence of individuals to function in their work role without face-to-face interactions. Virtual social skill is an individual's skill level in using technologies to communicate in virtual settings to their full potential. It should be noted that the concept of virtual social skill is different from the self-efficacy and captures an individual's cognition-based ability to build social relationships with others in virtual settings. Next, we discuss how online networking influences both individual virtual competence and task performance based on the social network theory and the social learning theory. We argue that online networking may enhance individuals' capability in expanding their social networks with low costs. We also argue that online networking may enable individuals to learn the necessary skills regarding how they use technological functions, communicate with others, and share information and make social relations using the technical functions provided by electronic media, consequently increasing individual virtual competence. To examine the relationships among online networking, virtual competence, and task performance, we developed research models (the mediation, interaction, and additive models, respectively) by integrating the social network theory and the social learning theory. Using data from 112 employees of a virtualized company, we tested the proposed research models. The results of analysis partly support the mediation model in that online social networking positively influences individuals' computer self-efficacy, virtual social skill, and virtual media skill, which are key predictors of individuals' task performance. Furthermore, the results of the analysis partly support the interaction model in that the level of remotework self-efficacy moderates the relationship between online social networking and task performance. The results paint a picture of people adjusting to virtual collaboration that constrains and enables their task performance. This study contributes to research and practice. First, we suggest a shift of research focus to the individual level when examining virtual phenomena and theorize that online social networking can enhance individual virtual competence in some aspects. Second, we replicate and advance the prior competence literature by linking each component of virtual competence and objective task performance. The results of this study provide useful insights into how human resource responsibilities assess employees' weakness and strength when they organize virtualized groups or projects. Furthermore, it provides managers with insights into the kinds of development or training programs that they can engage in with their employees to advance their ability to undertake virtual work.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-33
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• 2017

본 연구는 기술집약적 중소기업인 벤처기업이 외부주체와 수행하는 R&D협력에서 협력성과 강화요인을 규명하기 위해 수행되었다. 이를 위해 벤처기업의 기업가적 지향성과 협력주체 간 사회적 자본의 역할을 고찰하고, 각 요인이 협력성과에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 분석하였다. 협력성과는 R&D협력을 통해 개발된 기술이 기업의 경쟁우위에 기여하는 정도를 의미하는 기술경쟁력과, 해당 기술을 상업적으로 활용하여 달성한 기업성과로 구분하였다. 설문조사를 통해 R&D협력을 수행한 벤처기업을 대상으로 설문조사를 하여 총 218개 표본기업의 응답데이터를 분석하였다. 그 결과, R&D협력에서 벤처기업의 기업가적 지향성과 협력주체 간 사회적 자본은 협력성과 창출에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 사회적 자본은 기업가적 지향성의 형성에 기여하며, 기업가적 지향성은 사회적 자본과 협력성과의 영향관계에서 완전매개의 역할을 담당하는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 분석을 통해 [사회적 자본-기업가적 지향성-협력성과]의 R&D협력성과 창출구조가 작동한다는 사실을 확인하였다. 본 결과가 내포한 학문적 및 실무적 의의는 결론에서 상세히 기술하였다.

• 한국전자거래학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.23-46
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• 2016

인터넷을 통한 개방적 협업의 가치가 사회 경제적으로 증가하고 있는 가운데, 오픈소스 소프트웨어 개발 프로젝트의 성공적인 운영의 중요성 또한 증가하였다. 기존의 연구들이 프로젝트 성과에 영향을 미치는 다양한 요인들을 검증하였으나 프로젝트 운영자가 프로젝트 성과에 어떤 영향을 미치는지에 대한 연구는 한정적이다. 따라서 본 연구는 운영자의 특성을 개인의 특성과 운영 방식의 특성으로 나누어 인상형성 및 사회적 자본 이론을 중심으로 그 영향을 검증하였다. 이를 위하여 대표적인 오픈소스 소프트웨어 개발 플랫폼인 깃허브(Github)에서 611개의 리퍼지토리(Repository)와 리퍼지토리 운영자의 데이터를 수집하였으며, 사회 연결망분석을 통해 각 리퍼지토리의 지식공유 네트워크를 구축하였다. 위계적 회귀분석을 통해 프로젝트 성과에 영향을 미치는 명시적 리더의 특성을 분석한 결과, 운영자가 개인의 정보를 많이 공개하여 신뢰성을 확보하고자 노력하거나, 적극적으로 팔로잉을 하여 외부 개발자에 대한 관심이 높거나, 지식공유 네트워크에서 중심적인 역할을 할 경우 성과에 긍정적인 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 코드의 수용비율이 높거나, 깃허브 내에서 전문가로 인지되어 있을 경우 오히려 성과가 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 향후 오픈소스 소프트웨어뿐만 아니라 다양한 형태의 개방적 협업의 성공적 운영을 위한 운영자 가이드라인으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.473-484
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• 2017

본 연구는 한국 정부에서 '13~'15년에 지원한 정부연구개발사업중 산학연 협력연구 과제를 대상으로 협력유형을 주관기관별로 유형화하여 효율성을 분석하였다. 효율성 분석을 위해 6단계에 걸쳐 순수연구개발과제만을 분류하였으며, 투입과 산출변수를 다양한 조합의 투입과 산출변수를 분해 모형을 만들어 투입과 산출변수간의 효율성 차이점을 분석하기 위해 하여 산출지향 규모수익가변(VRS: Variable Return to Scale)의 DEA 모형으로 효율성을 분석하였다. 또한, 산출변수와 관련 있는 과학적, 기술적, 경제적 성과 모형의 효율성 분석결과를 활용하여 계층적 군집분석으로 클러스터를 확인하고, 클러스터별 강점과 약점에 맞는 산학연 협력유형별 정부 연구개발예산의 투자 포트폴리오 및 투자전략을 제시하였다. 효율성 분석결과 주관기관별 산학연 협력유형의 효율성은 각 모형별로 차이가 있었으나 전반적으로 대기업과 출연연구기관이 상대적으로 효율적이고, 중견기업, 중소기업, 그리고 대학은 상대적으로 비효율적인 것으로 분석되었다. 계층적 군집분석결과 3개 유형의 클러스터가 형성되었으며, 클러스터별로 논문, 특허, 기술료 사업화에서 강점과 약점이 있는 협력유형이 나타나서, 이에 대한 차별적인 투자전략을 제시하였다.