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This study analyzes and discusses key strategies for digital education. It begins by examining an... more This study analyzes and discusses key strategies for digital education. It begins by examining and defining several key concepts, including global citizenship, digital citizenship, computational thinking, informational thinking, and systemic thinking. Moreover it analyzes the role of leadership in the age of digitalization and advocates for panoramic leadership. Then it compares STEM-based education with STEAM-based education extended by panoramic leadership-STEAMPL.
The article advances a synthesized view of the world based on an intelligently communicated undiv... more The article advances a synthesized view of the world based on an intelligently communicated undivided Universe. It presents a fundamental component-based architecture and characterizes the controlling role of info-communication processes in the interplanetary system. The Fermi Paradox is then considered, which leads to a discussion about the concept of God as it pertains to Albert Einstein's and Stephen Hawking's theories. The article next introduces the author's own understanding of God. The approach adopted in this study situates Earth's civilization within the broader context of extraterrestrial civilizations, and it considers what this means for modern humans. Further research is also suggested in this area regarding the current needs of human civilization on Earth. The study uses an IT approach that is based on systemintegrated info-communication processing. The approach is horizontal rather than vertical, which is popular for natural sciences such as physics and chemistry.
This chapter introduces a concept of the capstone course of the CIS/BIT program at the Western Mi... more This chapter introduces a concept of the capstone course of the CIS/BIT program at the Western Michigan University. The course is composed of lectures and ?ve projects, which are related to each other. The lectures provide knowledge that supports every project. The end-product of this course is prototyped software of an Enterprise Performance Manage-ment System, which is demonstrated by each team as an integrated software package. The course is divided in three following parts: Part I: Enterprise System De?nition (Classic Knowledge and Skills), Part II: Business Process Integration (Trend-oriented approach), Part III: Enterprise System Development (ERP Prototype-Demo Software). The author hopes that the presented capstone’s course concept facilitates the understanding of the business process-driven CIS/BIT program.
This study analyzes and discusses key strategies for digital education. It begins by examining an... more This study analyzes and discusses key strategies for digital education. It begins by examining and defining several key concepts, including global citizenship, digital citizenship, computational thinking, informational thinking, and systemic thinking. Moreover it analyzes the role of leadership in the age of digitalization and advocates for panoramic leadership. Then it compares STEM-based education with STEAM-based education extended by panoramic leadership-STEAMPL.
The article advances a synthesized view of the world based on an intelligently communicated undiv... more The article advances a synthesized view of the world based on an intelligently communicated undivided Universe. It presents a fundamental component-based architecture and characterizes the controlling role of info-communication processes in the interplanetary system. The Fermi Paradox is then considered, which leads to a discussion about the concept of God as it pertains to Albert Einstein's and Stephen Hawking's theories. The article next introduces the author's own understanding of God. The approach adopted in this study situates Earth's civilization within the broader context of extraterrestrial civilizations, and it considers what this means for modern humans. Further research is also suggested in this area regarding the current needs of human civilization on Earth. The study uses an IT approach that is based on systemintegrated info-communication processing. The approach is horizontal rather than vertical, which is popular for natural sciences such as physics and chemistry.
This chapter introduces a concept of the capstone course of the CIS/BIT program at the Western Mi... more This chapter introduces a concept of the capstone course of the CIS/BIT program at the Western Michigan University. The course is composed of lectures and ?ve projects, which are related to each other. The lectures provide knowledge that supports every project. The end-product of this course is prototyped software of an Enterprise Performance Manage-ment System, which is demonstrated by each team as an integrated software package. The course is divided in three following parts: Part I: Enterprise System De?nition (Classic Knowledge and Skills), Part II: Business Process Integration (Trend-oriented approach), Part III: Enterprise System Development (ERP Prototype-Demo Software). The author hopes that the presented capstone’s course concept facilitates the understanding of the business process-driven CIS/BIT program.
This study defines the nature, scope, pace, and consequences of the development of globalization ... more This study defines the nature, scope, pace, and consequences of the development of globalization waves over the last 500 years. Such waves as led by Pax Portugannica, Pax Britannica, Pax Americana and Pax Sovietica, Pax Consortia, and Pax Virtualiziana are defined. They are graphically modeled and compared within four dimensions: guiding, executable, technological, and societal In conclusion, Portuguese and British Globalizations expanded the world physically and mentally as the Triumph of Humanity, the subsequent globalizations have been testing humanity over the last 100 years and continue to test it, since despite strong technological and economic development, the morality and ethics of humans are in question today. However, there is some hope that revitalized dialectics between Pax Consortia and Pax Virtualiziana may lead us to the Triumph of Humanity again.
The enterprise system approach is defined by its evolution and major milestones of architectural ... more The enterprise system approach is defined by its evolution and major milestones of architectural planning. The ES architectures are multi-faceted solutions, hence it is defined in the scope of the enterprise organization architecture (EOA), enterprise functional architecture (EFA), enterprise processive architecture (EPA), enterprise information architecture (EIA), enterprise software architecture (ESA), enterprise network architecture (ENA), enterprise service architecture (ESA), business component architecture (BCA), enterprise information infrastructure (EII), and enterprise configurations. A composite ES architecture is presented as a transitional architecture, which is currently practiced by most enterprises. The near future of the ES approach will be rather limited to the ways of delivering ES’ applications within a framework of service-oriented architecture (SOA) and the cloud computing, which satisfies effective large-scale operations. The progressive process of organization/business virtualization and the urgent need for more sustainable enterprise development should lead to new development of enterprise systems.
The purpose of this chapter is to show that the Cold War is behind the invention of the Internet.... more The purpose of this chapter is to show that the Cold War is behind the invention of the Internet. This is one of a very few positive results of this war, which had tremendous influence on the further development of civilization. The research on the universality of info-communication processes was conducted on both sides of the Iron Curtain, which indicates the similarities in engineering thinking, regardless of the geographic locations. The political meaning of the Internet does not only result from its history but also stands for the support of democratic development and the obstruction of dictatorships. The history of the Internet is also an example of the development of great engineering talents and research and development centers, which rise to the occasion on such ambitious projects. All of these aspects of the Internet will be investigated in this paper, as well as its impact upon the emergence of the Global Civilization.
In this millennium, global organizations will increasingly focus on the critical value of the cro... more In this millennium, global organizations will increasingly focus on the critical value of the cross-cultural communication process, efficiency, competence and its cost of doing business. In order to successfully communicate cross-culturally, knowledge and understanding of cultural factors such as values, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors should be acquired. Because culture is a powerful force that strongly influences communication behavior, culture and communication are inseparably linked.
ABSTRACT Personal information privacy is arguably the most important issue facing the growth and ... more ABSTRACT Personal information privacy is arguably the most important issue facing the growth and prosperity of the Internet, especially of e-commerce. Protecting personal information privacy has ignited a debate that pits privacy advocates against technology ...
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ABSTRACT This paper addresses the economic role of these two countries: Will the Chinese economy,... more ABSTRACT This paper addresses the economic role of these two countries: Will the Chinese economy, as many suggest, continue its strong economic advance under its system of "undemocratic capitalism" and surpass in size the United States and its economically-integrated partners (currently NAFTA), or will China convulse and stagnate? This paper explores the scenario that the United States will see its destiny at the heart of a Free-Trade Area of the Atlantic with an economy significantly greater than China's and with even a larger population. China will remain the dominant Asian economy, but independently and not part of a regional economic union. MARKET AND POLITICS World economies strongly affect international politics. At present, about 210 national economies interact on the world political and economic stages. This interaction raises important questions: Will the United States maintain not only military superiority, buf also its economic dominance in the world? Will any country or group of countries challenge the U.S. as the superpower? Will the reconfiguration of the world market in the 21st century mean peace or war? Will it mean the "clash of civilizations," or the "end of history?" Many books and articles have sprung up, suggesting that China will become the world's largest market (Lin and Robinson, 1994; Henderson, 1999; Foy and Maddison, 1999; Mines, 1997). The same kind of predictions were made back in the 1970s, when Japan's economy was growing 7 percent annually and very soon, according to some writers, would become the number one economy in the world. However, since 1989 the Japanese economy has stagnated, real estate and stock markets have imploded, and the Japanese government has been unwilling, if not unable, to tend to its wounds. Japan's role in the world has contracted. In the 1980s, when the Asian Tigers were also growing at 7 percent, a few writers even predicted that sooner or later they would become the largest economy. However, these implausible predictions were not fulfilled. The Asian crisis in 1997 proved that the Asian Tigers had switched to a restricted "diet" as the region passed through a disastrous economic contraction. It has become evident that the Asian Tigers are more economically dependent on the West than vice-versa. Both the "Tigers," collectively, and Japan, individually, are too small to become the world's dominant economy. The People's Republic of China is the only economy that has the economic potential to possibly challenge the U.S. for economic leadership in the next generation. The question, however, is whether China can actually fulfill that potential. A related issue is whether, in an era of regional economic integration, the United States will become the heart of an even larger economic group than the current North American Free-Trade Area (NAFTA) during this decade. Current trends could well see NAFTA (comprised of the United States, Canada and Mexico) expanding to encompass most of the Americas (the Free-Trade Area of the Americas - FTAA). An even grander, but still very plausible, scenario could see the Americas plus most of Europe (perhaps to be called the Free-Trade Area of the Atlantic - FTAAT), unite into a massive free trade area. That economic integration, coupled with the economic dynamics resulting from that process, would likely maintain the American economic predominance. This process could integrate as many as fifty to sixty Western-Civilization countries and create the world's largest market by 2020. It would have even more consumers than China and include almost half of the world's gross national product in 2020. This development could lead to a continuation of the long dominance by Western Civilization but it could also lead to a "clash of civilizations" between east and west. Much will depend upon the country that will possibly be the dominant Asian country in the first third of the 2 P1 Century: China. …
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