Citing Dzidonu , although not a solution for all development problems, ICT serves as a powerful tool, when used appropriately as part of an overall development strategy to play a key role in the development process. Lucchetti and Sterlacchini carried out a study on factors affecting the adoption of ICTs among businesses in Italy and their study revealed that general ICT use and adoption rates are very high and do not depend on size i.
The study also revealed that when the rate of effective use was measured by the share of total employees with access to these ICT, the percentages of educated workers exerted a positive effect and, in the case of the Internet, a negative impact of size emerged. According to Mwenechanya the dilemma is that entrepreneurial and productive capacities are being severely under-exploited in the informal sector while the capability of the formal economy to generate jobs through the expansion of formal enterprises is limited.
It is therefore important that businesses takeadvantage of ICT to improve the ability of the informal sector to help contribute to national development. Dholakia and Kshetri observed through their study that businesses that utilized e-mail to communicate with their customers experienced sales growth of 3. European Commission A , Carried out a study on e-Business Systems of ALSA in Spain which revealed that the use of the technology is more important than just adoption to obtain positive impacts on the company.
Due to new e-business technologies ALSA has an increased labour productivity, some systems, like the resource planning system have led to a big. This productivity also translates into an increase in competitiveness in cost and resource management versus other competitors. The reduction in the number of operation errors is also a very positive impact of this system as it improves the production process making it more reliable and effective.
Information and Communication Technology ICT connectivity is very extensive in modern businesses regardless of its size. In many countries, ICT has played a crucial role in creating jobs and providing economic stability. Despite this recognition, there is evidence that most businesses have not been quick to respond to changes in ICTs and that their acceptance of such technologies has not been widespread Pavic, et al.
Jose, Marcel and Batista carried out a study on the effects of internet use on the performance of businesses in Brazil. A study by Greenberg has proven that ICTs were dynamic input factors and that their use improved labour productivity for informal as well as formal businesses. Globally the rapid spread of information and communication technologies ICTs and ever decreasing prices for communicationhave made market places in different parts of the world become more cohesive and accessible.
Despite this state of affairs a number of studies show a slow rate of ICTs adoption and use by modern businesses. The methodology presents the various procedures that were used in conducting the research. These procedures include, the research design, the population and the sampling techniques used, data collection procedures, research instruments used and the data analysis used.
The study adopted a descriptive survey approach to answer the research questions. According to Zikmund surveys require asking people who are called respondents, for information, using either verbal or written questions.
This encompasses the use of questionnaire as an instrument to help achieve the objectives of the study. A self-administered structured questionnaire with a combination of open and close-ended questions will be used to obtain the data. Consequently, the study useda quantitative approach in addressing the objective of this research. Neuman defines a research population as the specific pool of cases, individuals or groups of the individuals which the researcher wishes to investigate.
The target population for this study comprised of the staff of K. Logistics has staff strength of 60 workers. The sample size for a given study is derived by considering the population size of that study.
A simple random sampling method was used to select 50 respondents from the company. According to Monga , simple random sampling method affords each member of the population to have an equal chance of being selected.
Thus the names of the members of staff of K. Logistics were written on pieces of papers, wrapped nicely and placed in a bowl. The papers were picked one after the other without replacement until the sample size of fifty was obtained.
The main instrument that was used in the data collected was a questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised of both open and closed ended questions. This was to ensure that the respondents were not only presented with questions that do not allow them to express their opinions. The questionnaire was divided into sections. Section A comprised of the demography of the respondents whiles the subsequent sections comprised of questions aimed at answering the research questions. Pre-testing is done to better refine the questions in the questionnaires to eliminate ambiguity in the questions and make the question easy and comfortable to answer.
The researcher visited the K. Logistics to interact with the staff to familiarize themselves with the respondents and also to build a relationship with them.
A draft version of the questionnaire was pre-tested during this period using fifteen 15 workers to check for possible problems statement clarity and respondents understanding of the questions. Some of the respondents answered the questionnaire and indicated any ambiguous and difficult to understand question. Consequently, some minor changes were made to the questions as a result.
The questionnaires were self-administered by the researcher. The purpose for the study was described to the respondents before the questionnaires were administered to them. The respondents were also assured of anonymity and confidentiality. The questionnaire was self-administered by the researcher.
A formal letter was written to the management of the company requesting permission to undertake the study at the office premises. After permission was granted, the questionnaire was self-administered to the workers of K. An estimated 4 weeks was used to collect the data. The researcher visited the respondents at their place of work. The questionnaires obtained were checked daily to eliminate the incidence of questionnaires not being responded to.
The questionnaires collected were coded and keyed into the data base of the statistical package for social sciences. Thus, the data collected were processed using the statistical package for social sciences SPSS version A qualitative approach to analyzing the data was adopted. The processed data was presented in graphs and tables. The questionnaires used for this study were administered solely to the staff of K. Logistics Bachelor Thesis, 47 Pages, Grade: 4. S K Selorm Kuffour Author.
Add to cart. Some of these laws or policies include; i. Problem Statement The contribution of ICT to the growth and development of every business have been stated by many researchers. Logistics which is located in Accra Ghana as a case study General Objectives The general objective of the study is to contribute to the general body of knowledge and to examine the impacts of ICT on modern world business in Ghana.
Specific Objectives To achieve the general objectives, the research will be aimed at addressing the following three 3 specific objectives: i.
To determine the effect of the use of the ICT on the performance of businesses Research questions To address the objectives of the study, the following research questions will be made use of: i.
Significance of the Study The findings of the study will enumerate the enormous benefits that ICT adds to the modern world business so as to encourage massive investment in ICT.
Delimitation of the Study The study confines itself to businesses in the greater Accra region of Ghana. Limitation of the Study The study makes use of descriptive survey design which just like other research designs have inherent limitations. Some of the limitations of the research design include, i. Definition of Terms ICT : Informationcommunication Technology ICT is an umbrella term that includes any communication device or application, encompassing: radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software, satellite systems and so on, as well as the various services and applications associated with them, such as videoconferencing.
Establishing measures to effectively curb SP in Lebanon, however, requires understanding the underlying motivations and justifications for SP behaviors as well as SP rates and the factors influencing them.
In their study, Khalil and Seleim, adopted and tested a causal model of software piracy attitudes, intentions, and behaviors in Lebanon using professionals and managers sample. Future research designs should also employ other student and non-student samples in other Lebanese private and public sectors in order to verify the findings.
Future research models should also include and investigate new constructs, such as national culture, demographics, corruption index, and economic development, that may moderate the SP intention-behavior relationship. Several studies have been conducted in this area. For example, the impacts of using SNSs social networks sites as a way to encourage word of mouth between customers or the effects of SNSs on social or academic performance of university students.
Also, in community-based dental education programs, student-provided services can be an important source of community clinic and practice revenues. Therefore, the research within the department of Developmental Sciences are directed towards the construction of new community-based programs as the construction of an educational message to the pre-school teachers in relation to dental traumatology.
In a dynamic business environment, accounting profession should deal with different multifaceted new issues. For instance, how to record innovative business transactions, expand value-added business and information processes, distribute valuable knowledge to a broad group of information users, and offer assurance services across a whole range of economic activities. Information communication and technology has drastically altered the way in which business is performed.
Now, most companies used accounting information systems in running their operations. Developments in information technology have radically enhanced accounting systems. This has paved the way for an especially convenient environment in which employees can be trained cost-effectively. As your office-based organisation peruses the communication tools at its disposal with ICT, it could recognise more and more strategies for saving money. Following through with these strategies could help you to trim costs while boosting revenue and profitability.
Consider how using video conferencing to facilitate meetings between people in disparate physical locations could see you saving money on travel. Meanwhile, if your staff can, in scrutinising production data, pick up on quality issues, then waste and reworking costs could both fall as a result. Members of your sales department could even notice, in customer databases, information helpful in unearthing valuable opportunities for promoting particular products or services.
Should your sales staff act well on these opportunities, appreciable increases in revenue could result.
However, there remain many other tantalising possibilities for how ICT could further evolve to the benefit of various companies this century. With future growth possible in areas of ICT including 3D communications and remote printing, it will be intriguing to see what the approaching years and decades hold for ICT.
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