Title :
An Ontological Analysis of the Role of Culture within Green IT
Author :
Bhogal, Jagdev ; Campbell, William
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Technol., Eng. & the Environ., Birmingham City Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
This paper explores the relationship between organizational culture, ontologies and the success of green IT initiatives. It investigates the impact of organizational culture on the degree of adoption of Green IT initiatives and on their success. The nature of culture within IT is explored and the effect of culture on the sustainable use of IT is analyzed. The paper presents ontological dimensions from a philosophical perspective by outlining the origins of ontologies. The ontological analysis is also investigated from a computing perspective with respect to semantic web concepts. The relationship between Culture and Green ICT ontologies is explored. It is argued that green IT systems should be designed with an ontology that incorporates cultural issues. The final section of the paper presents concluding remarks and identifies areas of future work.
Keywords :
cultural aspects; green computing; ontologies (artificial intelligence); organisational aspects; semantic Web; green IT initiatives; ontological analysis; ontological dimensions; organizational culture role; semantic Web concepts; Air pollution; Companies; Cultural differences; Green products; Ontologies; Resource description framework; Green IT; IT culture; Information Technology; Ontologies; Organizational culture; Sustainability;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA), 2015 IEEE 29th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gwangiu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1774-7
DOI :
10.1109/WAINA.2015.20
