Proceedings of the 19th 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