Proceedings of the 19^th Annual Conference of the International Information Management Association in

San Diego, California 13-15 October 2008

Editor

Joseph O. Chang

Roosevelt University

Editor-in-Chief

C.E. Tapie Rohm Jr.

California State University San Bernardino

Table of Contents

Improving E-Readiness of Sri Lanka with Supplementary Grid Supplied Electric Power . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Reggie Davidrajuh, Parwaiz Karamat & Velauthapillai Dhayalan

On Chosen Aspects of Modern E-Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Jacek Unold

Developing Software for Teaching: An Exploratory Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Juan Manuel Gómez Reynoso & Mónica R. Brizuela Sandoval

Comparative Analysis of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Use

by Agricultural Extension Workers in South-west and North-central Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

I. Ndag, R. A. Sanusi & E. O. Aigbekaen

Identifying Core Information System Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Reggie Davidrajuh

Technological Capacity Building in the Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Nathaniel C. Ozigbo

Designing a World-class Undergraduate Transportation and Logistics

Program with Benchmarking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Jake Zhu, Harold Dyck, C. E. Tapie Rohm Jr. & Haw-Jan “John” Wu

A Comparison of Student Characteristics and Student Knowledge of Computer

Concepts in Online and Lecture Sections of an Introductory Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Ronald J. MacKinnon, Hyo-Joo Han & Tom Case

The Effect of Learning Objects on a C++ Programming Lesson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Carlos Argelio Arévalo Mercado, Estela Lizbeth Muñoz Andrade & Juan Manuel Gómez Reynoso

An Empirical Review of Industry Preferences in the Design of E-Commerce Web Sites . . . . . . . . . 85

Donald R. Moscato & Eric D. Moscato