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Annals of Social Sciences & Management Studies-Juniper Publishers Education can really benefit from the many opportunities, although not always immediate and explicit, that technology makes available. Let’s consider the following example. The use of the Internet has determined, among others, the redefinition of the methods of creation and access to teaching and learning resources, of the physical spaces in which the education takes place, of the frequency and type of interaction between learners and teachers. It is a phase of the education’s lifecycle that is neither stoppable nor preventable. We could consider that as a phase of renewal that can further enhance the whole educational process. In other words, new and interesting opportunities are opening for redefinition of educational models. Although the path of “educational evolution” has already begun, there is a lot of potential yet to be explored. As it’s well known, technology offers a wide range of opportunities but, ultimat...

A nnals of Social Sciences & Management Studies-Juniper Publishers Introduction For a time, human resource management was almost firmly an administrative function, with the professionals focusing their attention on completing repetitive tasks and serving as personal consultants to employees. Until 1970s most of the Personnel departments were considered as a place which hire people and keep personnel tracking. Through those records, the companies were able to get information on newly hired employees to the organization, fired, promoted and transferred while producing reports on present and to some extent on the past. There is no depreciation of importance and effect of the human resources management at all. Recently, management of human resources and its needs are becoming the center of the attention of each individual employer in every organization. The orientation of company on human resources starts to be one of the key tasks of a strategic management and human resources play an ...

  A nnals of Social Sciences & Management Studies-Juniper Publishers Introduction Past decade has witnessed rapid adoption of mobile phones across the globe and their role in professional activities [1]. This has led to heightened attention by merchants, financial institutions and telecommunication operators on increasing the mobile enabled services offered to consumers [2]. The mobile enabled services have eased the way communication, interactions and transactions are handled by the consumers. On financial transactions front mobile payment services are at the forefront of providing financial services to consumers and digitizing the payment transactions. The Indian digital payment industry was poised to grow by 10 times to $500 billion by 2020 contributing 15 percent to the GDP [3]. The global reach of internet will reach to almost three billion people covering a staggering 65 percent of world’s population by 2020 [4]. Indian consumers and industries have adopted mobile payment...

  Annals of Social Sciences & Management Studies-Juniper Publishers Mini Review IT implementations do not a high success rate. Only about 25% are successful according to traditional criteria like being delivered on time and within budget [1]. This has led to the popularization of models of evaluation that may help with understanding reasons for this low performance rate whilst being itself easy to use. The most used model for evaluating IT systems that has emerged so far is the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) which was introduced by Fred Davis in his PhD thesis in1986 and published as an article in [2] and in later publications [3,4]. The central ideas of the theory are based on the Theory of Reasoned Action [5] and the Theory of Planned Behavior [6]. The theory states that external factors influence the user’s perceived ease of use which then influences user’s perceived usefulness which then leads to beliefs and attitudes which translate into behavioral intention and then th...

  Annals of Social Sciences & Management Studies-Juniper Publishers Introduction To act as a project leader to manage a large research or engineering project is a dream for many researchers. In parallel to the “three-storey building” metaphor proposed by Feng [1] who described a perfect human life is similar as climbing a three-storey building, I propose here a three-stage metaphor for a perfect researcher. Feng’s first floor is the material life represented by money owned, the second floor is the spiritual life represented by the level one reached in science or art and the third floor is the soul life represented by the level one reached in philosophy and religion [1]. My first stage is one’s ability to use a computer to do his own research, the second stage is his ability to use the administration power he obtained to manage a team to finish a large project and the third stage is his ability to use his personality and reputation to manage a team to finish a large project. The...