The User Experience Landscape of South Africa

Pretorius, Marco; Hobbs, Jason; Fenn, Terence

doi:10.1145/2815782.2815807

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“…The crux of the principal-agent predicament is the presumption that the principal and agent have conflicting interests and it is believed that the agent may not behave in the best interests of the principal (Parvinen and Tikkanen 2007;Pretorius 2014).…”

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“…In the case of business rescue, the agent is the practitioner appointed by the distressed business or court, and the principals are the creditors (Pretorius 2014). Agency problems arise in business rescue as each party is affected by the outcome of the business rescue plan, consequently leading to conflicts between practitioners and creditors regarding remuneration and the desired outcome (Weiss and Wruck 1998).…”

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Informing the Vote: The Business Rescue vs Liquidation Decision

Rosslyn-Smith

Abreu

2022

SABR

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Background: Non-unitary insolvency systems require an initial choice between liquidation and rehabilitation. For those systems, the decision to further support rehabilitation is often reinforced by the estimate of a lesser return in liquidation. The creditors’ decision to either accept or reject the business rescue plan depends substantially on comparing the proposed liquidation value with the business rescue value that is mandated in the business rescue plan. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the proposed liquidation value with the actual liquidation value of firms that had commenced business rescue proceedings but were subsequently liquidated. This study is exploratory; therefore, our aim is to use the findings of this study to derive future research opportunities for scholars to explore. Methodology: This research adopted a content analysis research approach by collecting documents such as business rescue plans and liquidation accounts, which are qualitative in nature, and describing these documents through quantitative data analysis. Findings: The study revealed that for the secured creditors’ sample, there was a significant difference between the proposed liquidation value and the actual liquidation value. For the unsecured creditors’ sample, this study found no significant difference between the proposed liquidation value and actual liquidation value. Limitations: The major limitation of this study was access to data; therefore, the huge decline in the actual sample size in comparison to the expected sample size. Value: To the researchers’ knowledge, this is the first study comparing the proposed liquidation value to the actual liquidation value in order to determine whether differences exist. As a result, this study tackles a novel perspective on one of the influences that can affect the vote. This may be of particular importance to creditors, who may find the results of this study to be useful. Lastly, the findings of this study derived future research opportunities for scholars to explore.

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Informing the Vote: The Business Rescue vs Liquidation Decision

Rosslyn-Smith

Abreu

2022

SABR

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“…To date, the analysis appears to have focused on user experience in specific domains and fields. For instance, user experience evaluations in games and interactive entertainment [8], [19], [20], [21], culture [22], [23], [24], robotic [25], safety-critical domains [26], and in business and management [18] and [27].…”

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User Evaluation of UbiQuitous Access Learning (UQAL) Portal: Measuring User Experience

Ali¹,

Ahmad²,

Bakar³

2022

IJACSA

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The goal of user experience (UX) research in human-computer interaction is to understand how humans interact with technology. This paper aimed to evaluate the interface and user experience of UbiQuitous Access Learning Portal (UQAL) and make recommendations for the system interface. UQAL Portal is an e-learning web portal that teaches a targeted group of users how to start a business or an online business using an e-learning portal. The portal will be used to search for business-related information, among other things. The User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) is used to evaluate user experience. The interface is evaluated using a heuristic evaluation technique based on Nielsen's ten heuristics. According to the UEQ results, the average score for each aspect in 30 UQAL users is: Attractiveness aspect: 1.77; Perspicuity aspect: 2.20; Efficiency aspect: 2.30; Dependability aspect: 1.73; Stimulation aspect: 0.63; and Novelty aspect: 1.27. A comparison of the average score in the dataset product of UEQ Data Analysis Tool revealed that the Perspicuity, Efficiency, and Dependability aspects of UQAL belonged to the Excellent category. The Attractiveness and Novelty aspects could be categorized as Good, and its stimulation could be categorized as Below Average. Four evaluators participate in the heuristic evaluation, which tests all user categories in UQAL. The findings of this study can be used as a suggestion and reference for UQAL Portal improvement.

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“…Despite its clear benefits for the improvement of the user experience of IS, the adoption of UCD practices in organisations has been limited [25,26]. This has been attributed to the fact that business potential of an IS and technological requirements are considered before users are attended to [25,26].…”

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A Methodology to Compare the Usability of Information Systems

Kruger

Brosens

Hattingh³

2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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The usability of customer facing software interfaces is a source of competitive advantage for organisations. The usability of systems has also shown to encourage the effective and efficient completion of tasks and in consequence, operations. Furthermore, competitive analysis of the usability of software products has been shown to be a useful tool in the adoption of the user centred design philosophy within organisations. However, low adoption of usability evaluation is prevalent due to a lack of methodologies to support organisations in their endeavours to achieve better usability. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to present a methodology to compare the usability of information systems. By using such a methodology, organisations will be able to gauge the standard of the usability of their information systems, by comparing it to others.

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The User Experience Landscape of South Africa

Cited by 10 publications

References 9 publications

Informing the Vote: The Business Rescue vs Liquidation Decision

Informing the Vote: The Business Rescue vs Liquidation Decision

User Evaluation of UbiQuitous Access Learning (UQAL) Portal: Measuring User Experience

A Methodology to Compare the Usability of Information Systems

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